Though perhaps LessWrong’s scope should be extended to this topic. After all, it seems to be a very serious problem for semi-evolved monkeys playing rationality games…
We could certainly encourage more discussion of the political virtues on Less Wrong—I’m talking about general concepts like mediation or compromise—and this would definitely help forestall the factionalization of Less Wrong’s userbase.
However, it would be a grave mistake to encourage “base level” political discussions on Less Wrong itself: that part should be left to specialized open politics websites, which often need to include such features as argumentation frameworks, support for clearly-defined factions, acceptance of anonymous input etc.
Though perhaps LessWrong’s scope should be extended to this topic. After all, it seems to be a very serious problem for semi-evolved monkeys playing rationality games…
We could certainly encourage more discussion of the political virtues on Less Wrong—I’m talking about general concepts like mediation or compromise—and this would definitely help forestall the factionalization of Less Wrong’s userbase.
However, it would be a grave mistake to encourage “base level” political discussions on Less Wrong itself: that part should be left to specialized open politics websites, which often need to include such features as argumentation frameworks, support for clearly-defined factions, acceptance of anonymous input etc.
Agreed.
yes, exactly.