I thought the final three paragraphs were the best part of this post and I wish you had led with them!
“Consider two types of thinkers...I think that ‘hero worship’ is often a problem in this community because people—including myself—have mistaken innovators for systematizers...Sounds plausible, right? Let’s take Eliezer as an example (sorry, Eliezer!)...”
This practice of “This generally pretty great person/org in our community [probably] has a FLAW!!” *upvote upvote upvote upvote* doesn’t seem very healthy to me[1], whereas “Here’s a mistake I think I’ve made and I think lots of us are making” (and sharing the post in advance with anyone identifiable singled out for criticism) seems very helpful :)
Although if Eliezer is as condescending as you make out, part of me thinks it’s fair play to be somewhat ridiculing in response. Still, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, ya know.
I thought the final three paragraphs were the best part of this post and I wish you had led with them!
“Consider two types of thinkers...I think that ‘hero worship’ is often a problem in this community because people—including myself—have mistaken innovators for systematizers...Sounds plausible, right? Let’s take Eliezer as an example (sorry, Eliezer!)...”
This practice of “This generally pretty great person/org in our community [probably] has a FLAW!!” *upvote upvote upvote upvote* doesn’t seem very healthy to me[1], whereas “Here’s a mistake I think I’ve made and I think lots of us are making” (and sharing the post in advance with anyone identifiable singled out for criticism) seems very helpful :)
Although if Eliezer is as condescending as you make out, part of me thinks it’s fair play to be somewhat ridiculing in response. Still, an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, ya know.