Archive - Seeking Bird Perspectives

Defending conflict theory against Scott Alexander

Include status conflict, then conflict theory and open society work together

Apr 17

December 2024

Never forget how unnatural the bird perspective is

And isn't it remarkable what lucky frogs and squirrels we are?

Dec 15, 2024

Bird Perspectives and Outside Views

Very powerful, even though outside views can be misapplied

Dec 2, 2024

March 2024

The surprising resilience of naive views

With Hegel to the root of the culture wars?

Mar 31, 2024

September 2023

Understanding the danger from strong AI

Default problem and anthropomorphism confusion

Sep 21, 2023

Can kindness lower the quality of a discussion forum?

How this is not impossible, at least in theory

Sep 4, 2023

February 2023

Designing the perfect poker format

Turns out it exists already! Well, then: how to make it more popular

Feb 8, 2023

Book Review: The Mathematics of Poker

Recommended for the poker philosopher

Feb 8, 2023

January 2023

Desire as Belief (David Lewis 1988)

Probably not overly related to the orthogonality thesis

Jan 12, 2023

December 2022

As social media took off, the track of reason ran out

But does “as” mean “because”? What is really to blame for polarisation and dysfunction?

Dec 4, 2022

August 2022

Two kinds of social status, with exercises

Social dynamics in a nightclub explained (not really)

Aug 17, 2022

June 2022

How many-worlds understanding can increase agency

Expect best results for one-boxers

Jun 24, 2022

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