The article is perhaps a little more cautious than I would but, but does hit on my core conflict with the so called 'Less Wrong' category - "The rationalists regularly fail to reckon with power as it is practiced, or history as it has been experienced, and they indulge themselves in such contests with the freedom of those who have largely escaped discrimination."
If one of the bedrock beliefs in Silicon Valley is that the future ought to be determined by a truly free market in ideas, one emancipated from the influence of institutional incumbents and untainted by the existing ideological polarities, Slate Star Codex is often held up as an example of what the well-behaved Internet can look like—a secret orchard of fruitful inquiry.
The article is perhaps a little more cautious than I would but, but does hit on my core conflict with the so called 'Less Wrong' category - "The rationalists regularly fail to reckon with power as it is practiced, or history as it has been experienced, and they indulge themselves in such contests with the freedom of those who have largely escaped discrimination."
Excellent!
If anyone wants read Slate Star Codex, archive of all aritcles(2013-2020)