Yeah, previously a large part of meta was essentially “LW sucks”, which is a bad kind of meta. There are also other kinds of bad meta.
There are also good kinds of meta. Arguably, rationality itself may belong to this category. But I meant the kind that inspires people to do stuff.
I guess I tried to say that we need more good meta and less bad meta, but it’s a bit difficult to explain what exactly makes the difference. (People sometimes come up with rules like “it must include a proposal for how to do things, not just complaints”, but it is still possible to write a bad meta that formally fulfills the requirement.)
Yeah, previously a large part of meta was essentially “LW sucks”, which is a bad kind of meta. There are also other kinds of bad meta.
There are also good kinds of meta. Arguably, rationality itself may belong to this category. But I meant the kind that inspires people to do stuff.
I guess I tried to say that we need more good meta and less bad meta, but it’s a bit difficult to explain what exactly makes the difference. (People sometimes come up with rules like “it must include a proposal for how to do things, not just complaints”, but it is still possible to write a bad meta that formally fulfills the requirement.)