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Re:Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class by Kim_Bruning on Sunday December 14, 2025 @08:52AM (#46262974)
How can I forget Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality [1].

HPMOR is written by Eliezer Yudkowsky to promote rationalist concepts, and is somewhat influential in startup and AI circles.

Directly: Emmet Shear {co-founder of Twitch (YC S07)} is apparently superfan and gets a cameo.

So for once I get to post something that's almost on-topic for yc. :-P

[1] https://hpmor.com/

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/21/what-does-a-harry-potter-f...

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Re:Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class by beepbooptheory on Sunday December 14, 2025 @09:11AM (#46263101)
Maybe not the best thing for kids to be reading!

https://www.thecut.com/article/milo-youngblut-max-snyder-ziv...

Even without the, you know, murder stuff, I think we can do better for kids than another generation of "rationalists", considering the track record here.

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Re:Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class by onraglanroad on Sunday December 14, 2025 @01:02PM (#46265200)
> How can I forget Harry Potter And The Methods Of Rationality

If you find out, let me know. I wish I could.

I've never read such self absorbed drivel in my life. To be fair, I've not read any Ayn Rand, so I might be judging harshly.

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