I feel confused about this but I think my current take is “it is good for Best of LW to have like 1 playful thing in it every 1-2 years, but I think I feel worse about satire than like Elephant seal 2, where satire is playing a political game that feels like can deal slight damage to the landscape (esp. if if it’s not also succeeding as intellectual work qua intellectual work).
(this is not saying I think satire is bad on LW, just, I feel worse about it showing up in our Best Of collection)
I feel confused about this but I think my current take is “it is good for Best of LW to have like 1 playful thing in it every 1-2 years, but I think I feel worse about satire than like Elephant seal 2, where satire is playing a political game that feels like can deal slight damage to the landscape (esp. if if it’s not also succeeding as intellectual work qua intellectual work).
(this is not saying I think satire is bad on LW, just, I feel worse about it showing up in our Best Of collection)