I was thinking about this myself when I was looking through some conversations earlier, and seeing people polarizing. I could feel myself getting upset, too, and I didn’t want to be. It feels a bit like a Shiri’s scissor catalyst!
I think it’s important to remember we all want the same thing—safe and empowered humanity. And we’re just trying our best to work out how to get there, even if it seems like different approaches are at cross purposes.
I was thinking about this myself when I was looking through some conversations earlier
Not sure if you are referring to LW conversations, but when I wrote this, I had private interactions in mind more than specific LW threads. This may apply to LW/twitter as well (not necessarily agreeing or disagreeing) but just want to clarify what I originally meant!
I was thinking about this myself when I was looking through some conversations earlier, and seeing people polarizing. I could feel myself getting upset, too, and I didn’t want to be. It feels a bit like a Shiri’s scissor catalyst!
I think it’s important to remember we all want the same thing—safe and empowered humanity. And we’re just trying our best to work out how to get there, even if it seems like different approaches are at cross purposes.
This post from earlier today helped put me in the frame of mind that an adversarial disagreement can be dissolved with better communication: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Wstw6zmc9gszpANnc/why-control-creates-conflict-and-when-to-open-instead
Not sure if you are referring to LW conversations, but when I wrote this, I had private interactions in mind more than specific LW threads. This may apply to LW/twitter as well (not necessarily agreeing or disagreeing) but just want to clarify what I originally meant!