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Young People are Young and Stupid
As a reminder that yes college students are often young and stupid and wrong about everything, remember the time they were behind a ban on paid public toilets? This is a central case of the kind of logic that often gets applied by college students.
No One Voted for This
HR and Title IX training seems like it's going a lot of compelled speech in the form of ‘agree with us or you can’t complete your training and the training is required for your job,’ and also a lot of that compelled speech is outright lying because it's confirmation of statements that are universally recognized to be insane?
Robin Hanson: Scenario: 2 women talking. X, married to woman, announces is pregnant. Y asks how they got pregnant, was it friend [...]
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Outline:
(00:11) Young People are Young and Stupid
(00:29) No One Voted for This
(02:32) Discrimination
(09:02) Morality
(11:56) Only Connect
(15:22) It's Not Me, It's Your Fetish
(16:23) It Takes a Village You Don’t Have
(17:46) The Joy of Cooking
(20:18) The Joy of Eating
(20:59) Decision Theory
(26:22) FTC on the Loose
(31:27) Good News, Everyone
(36:19) Antisocial Media
(40:02) Technology Advances
(40:46) For Science!
(41:19) Cognition
(44:28) Discourse
(48:54) Communication
(49:32) Honesty
(51:09) Get Involved
(52:19) Government Working
(01:00:58) Quickly On the Student Loan Claim
(01:03:50) Variously Effective Altruism
(01:08:23) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game
(01:15:57) For Your Entertainment
(01:17:20) Sports Go Sports
(01:18:42) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars
(01:23:50) Get to Work
(01:25:23) While I Cannot Condone This
(01:30:48) The Lighter Side
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First published:
November 18th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/puJeNs9nLJByjatqq/monthly-roundup-24-november-2024
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