[mod hat] I suspect some people may be confused about where we draw some lines re: “what goes on the frontpage”, and thought I’d outline why we thought this post made sense for frontpage.
The post may be confusing because it references a bunch of political positions that are controversial. We sometimes don’t promote things to frontpage that we expect to invite a bunch a bunch of controversy that sheds more heat than light.
But this post does a pretty good job of otherwise sticking to the “explain rather than persuade”, using political examples to illustrate broader points that seem quite important. Even when it comes to the core point of “what are the best ways to think”, it does a good job of explaining-rather-than-persuading, as well leaving signposts for what sort of people/situations might benefit from which sort of approaches.
[mod hat] I suspect some people may be confused about where we draw some lines re: “what goes on the frontpage”, and thought I’d outline why we thought this post made sense for frontpage.
The post may be confusing because it references a bunch of political positions that are controversial. We sometimes don’t promote things to frontpage that we expect to invite a bunch a bunch of controversy that sheds more heat than light.
But this post does a pretty good job of otherwise sticking to the “explain rather than persuade”, using political examples to illustrate broader points that seem quite important. Even when it comes to the core point of “what are the best ways to think”, it does a good job of explaining-rather-than-persuading, as well leaving signposts for what sort of people/situations might benefit from which sort of approaches.