Many readers may already have appreciated this point, but one of the Go stones placed to block that failure mode is being careful what we bless with the great community-normative-keyword ‘rational’. [...] Nonetheless, the second Go stone placed to block the Objectivist Failure Mode is trying to define ourselves as a community around the cognitive algorithms;
I don’t think that Go constitutes good metaphor. Go isn’t much a game about preventing certain outcomes, It’s a game where you trade territory for influence. It’s a game about leaving aji open.
I don’t think that Go constitutes good metaphor. Go isn’t much a game about preventing certain outcomes, It’s a game where you trade territory for influence. It’s a game about leaving aji open.