One of the worst things about ideology is that it makes people attribute problems to the wrong causes. E.g. plagues are caused by sin. This is easier to see in history, but it still happens all the time. And if you get the cause wrong, you have no hope of fixing the problem.
Scott Alexander wrote about how a truth that can’t be said in a society tends to warp it, but I can’t find it. Does anybody know the SSC post?
Paul Graham on Twitter:
Scott Alexander wrote about how a truth that can’t be said in a society tends to warp it, but I can’t find it. Does anybody know the SSC post?
“Kolmogorov Complicity And The Parable Of Lightning”.
Yes, that’s it. Thank you.