Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media

Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by ForHackernews on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @11:38AM (#23846778)

> Maybe the issue is that so many people are quick to label anything that sounds like rationalism as alt-right.

That is an issue, but I'll hope it's uncontroversial to point out that people like, say Curtis Yarvin, who are closely associated with both the alt-right and rationalist movements. There is in fact some significant overlap between those communities.

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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by resters on Thursday July 16, 2020 @04:31PM (#23863504)

I'm not all that familiar with Yarvin. Could you contextualize how he fits into the broader rationalist movement? I want to understand how someone with such strongly authoritarian beliefs finds common ground with rationalists.

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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by zozbot234 on Thursday July 16, 2020 @04:40PM (#23863581)

He doesn't, when you really get into it. But the rationalist movement is generally willing to engage neutrally with new and interesting ideas, and there's no reason why neo-reaction would be an exception.

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