/ideology/

The problem with multicultural and multiracial societies and how to, or not to organize society
One way not to organize society is to bring together different groups of people of different ancestral origins based on meritocratic traits which you choose and expect them to gel together based on an artificially created "national identity". ... posted 11mo ago with 6 replies 3 3

The problem with mul 3 3

I think you're right on all counts. The nation-state is done, historically at least if not conceptually. The pull of online/commercial/industrial/financial/scientific universal civilization seems to dissolve everything else into tendencies within itself. S... 2d ago 3 3

I think you're right 3 3

Accelerationism
Has anyone read a lot of materials on Accelerationism that wants to have a good discussion on pros and cons of this theory? posted 3mo ago with 23 replies 10 10

Accelerationism 10 10

Tieing it back to the topic in OP, energy rate density is closely related to a lot of the thermodynamics that are used and abused by accelerationists. In many ways that Chaisson article I shared is accelerationist through and through. And on a personal lev... 6d ago 5 5

Tieing it back to th 5 5

Should You Hide Your Power Level?
It's common in radical chan-derived internet circles to speak of "hiding your power level", meaning not letting the normies know just how much anime you watch, or just how nuanced your opinions of Hitler are. Its a sort of necessity to keep the tradition a... posted 6mo ago with 21 replies 21 21

Should You Hide Your 21 21

This is great. Thanks. 1w ago 5 5

This is great. Thank 5 5

The border patrol shooter was a zizian rationalist. Let's read ziz.
I love edgy philosophy. My general hunch is that the forbidden stuff contains truths that the nomos longhouse doesn't want you to know. Those truths give you important leverage against the established control structures, so it's a key move in the martial a... posted 3mo ago with 6 replies 8 8

The border patrol sh 8 8

interesting theory. You're right that rationalists have self-serving motivation to believe intelligence is and ought to be the one true virtue, and have fantasies of omnipotence. I'm less convinced of the particular psychologization of abuse-seeking or rat... 1w ago 5 5

interesting theory. 5 5

You've never actually studied history. Matt Ellison on history as conceptual archaeology (mattellison.substack.com) posted 2w ago with no replies 3 3

You've never actuall 3 3

Rationalists should embrace will-to-power as an existential value fact
Imagine a being who systematically questions and can rewrite their beliefs and values to ensure legitimate grounding. I think humans can and should do more of this, but you might more easily imagine an AI that can read and write its own source code and bel... posted 2mo ago with 5 replies 8 8

Rationalists should 8 8

am I supposed to envy this? 4w ago 3 3

am I supposed to env 3 3

Ideology is more fundamental than *just* post-hoc rationalization
Mosca argued that every ruling class justifies itself with a political formula : an ideological narrative that legitimizes power. Raw force alone is unsustainable; a widely accepted narrative makes dominance appear natural. Internally, shared ideology unif... posted 2mo ago with 10 replies 14 14

Ideology is more fun 14 14

I think even acts of intuitive human intelligence are often difficult to explain to other people; perhaps the metaphor of Cassandra is a good reminder how genius is often recognized far too late: ... 2mo ago 1 1

I think even acts of 1 1

should we be anti-principle?
clickbait title but maybe you can help me out on this one. ... posted 3mo ago with 5 replies 7 7

should we be anti-pr 7 7

Thats true for principles as zero sum political tools, but the positive sum questions requires principles as leap-of-faith on strategy that must actually work on its own terms. 3mo ago 4 4

Thats true for princ 4 4

Against Yarvin's Absolute Monarchy
I recently watched the Yarvin interview on NYT. I want to argue against Yarvin’s position on monarchy. Yarvin makes his typical argument in favor of monarchy: ‘look around you, everything here in this room is built by a monarchy’ and ‘NYT is a 5th ... posted 3mo ago with 7 replies 8 8

Against Yarvin's Abs 8 8

Monarchy in Yarvin's sense (per OP) need not be hereditary and typically is not. ... 3mo ago 6 6

Monarchy in Yarvin's 6 6

How a more intelligent/educated population would change the system
I have been thinking a lot about how a more educated population could both become just economically richer or understand/realize the flaws of the system and so create a better one based on less exploitation (as the current one) of less intelligent /fortuna... posted 4mo ago with 9 replies 7 7

How a more intellige 7 7

The Chynese don’t want global government, that is a mischaracterization of American boomers that believe everyone thinks like them 3mo ago 1 1

The Chynese don’t wa 1 1

Is independent thinking still possible in an environment where escaping social media ecochamber is nearly impossible?
Is it possible to be an independent thinker in general? ... posted 4mo ago with 6 replies 9 9

Is independent think 9 9

Independence is tough as always. The time before social media, many too didn't have independent thinking, just there wasn't a platform to make it evident. ... 4mo ago 3 3

Independence is toug 3 3

The Virtue of Cruelty by Avetis Muradyan (im1776.com) posted 5mo ago with 2 replies 6 6

The Virtue of Cruelt 6 6

Disagree that the essence of masculine virtue is hatred. The Homeric Greeks said it was ἀνδρεία, usually translated courage. Aristotle said ἀνδρεία was developed and demonstrated especially in combat. ... 5mo ago 6 6

Disagree that the es 6 6

How did Effective Altruism get so big?
I disagree with many of the views behind EA, but I've been fascinated by how they managed to make institutions, build a scene, start companies, NGOs, get funding, etc. ... posted 10mo ago with 14 replies 18 18

How did Effective Al 18 18

Right, you can't serious probe and weigh these questions without getting into questions of ends that are ultimately not utilitarianism. ... 10mo ago 7 7

Right, you can't ser 7 7

How do you make yourself a Nazi?
“1) Wherever there is impersonality and chance, introduce conspiracy, lucidity, and malice. Look for enemies everywhere, ensuring that they are such that one can simultaneously envy and condemn them. Proliferate new subjectivities; racial subjects, natio... posted 13mo ago with 10 replies 10 10

How do you make your 10 10

The better known version of this thesis is Burnham's Managerial State, which many think would more precisely be called the administrative state. That some version of this is true is pretty uncontroversial in our circles. Calling it "fascism" is a kind of p... 13mo ago 2 2

The better known ver 2 2

The Post-Liberal Synthesis. The founding essay of the Governance Futurism project. (www.palladiummag.com) posted 14mo ago with 3 replies 10 10

The Post-Liberal Syn 10 10

Yes. "Post-Liberal" rapidly became a useless label colonized by insincere pseudo-movements. ... 14mo ago 3 3

Yes. "Post-Liberal" 3 3

Nietzsche - Homer's Contest
https://archive.org/details/NietzscheHomersContest/mode/2up ... posted 14mo ago with 5 replies 10 10

Nietzsche - Homer's 10 10

Yeah there's a phase shift with Plato to philosophy as a self-conscious program and type, with a politics. Alamariu points out tyranny and proto-philosophy existed for a while pre-plato, but true philosophy only really comes into being with xenophon and th... 14mo ago 3 3

Yeah there's a phase 3 3

Who is Portugal For? (and what's the point of democracy anymore?) (www.palladiummag.com) posted 1y ago with 12 replies 14 14

Who is Portugal For? 14 14

Indeed. The difference between what seems possible according to the world of ideas and what actually is possible is potentially large and always the essence of the game. This is why I'm not sure we can put too much stock in the "it can't reference or be mi... 1y ago 5 5

Indeed. The differen 5 5

Six Sufficiencies of "Religions"
I really wanted to like Religions. There were philosophical cores there that no one else was anywhere close to. They were ambitious, elite, curious, systematic, and utterly unashamed. That's what drew many of us in. ... posted 1y ago with 11 replies 9 9

Six Sufficiencies of 9 9

I will reformulate your six points as I see them from the Nietzschean perspective, especially as articulated by Dr Alamariu: ... 1y ago 5 5

I will reformulate y 5 5

Some thoughts on extropian/accelerationist life strategy
What is to be done with respect to acceleration and accelerationist arguments? Should you try to accelerate overall intelligence growth, or decelerate it, or do your own thing despite it, or cut off your balls and go insane, or what? People do all of these... posted 2y ago with 6 replies 10 10

Some thoughts on ext 10 10

\> I need a way to think about accelerationist AI apocalypse in a non-millenarian way. ... 2y ago 1 1

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Ideology is not for arguing or justifying. It is for living.
A forum is an ideological thunderdome in which we can train the martial art of ideology. ... posted 2y ago with 9 replies 9 9

Ideology is not for 9 9

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