Yes, I meant #1. It’s only noticeable with my eyes open when I look at a textureless dark surface. If I sit with my eyes closed and concentrate on the visual snow for several minutes, it will usually progress to level 2 or 3 described here. But that goes away immediately when I open my eyes, unless the surroundings are completely dark.
clone of saturn
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So this is a write-up of discussion points brought up at a meetup, it’s not intended to be a comprehensive overview about every single thing about social class.
Okay… but it still seems like a surprising omission. I’m only familiar with two concepts of class, the somewhat vacuous American one where everyone is middle class (which you seem to be criticizing) and the Marxist one.
it’s now pretty common to be wealthy without owning any productive capital
I would have thought almost all wealthy people own either stocks or real estate… what do you mean by this?
It’s relatively easy to be a master ninja of philosophy relative to anyone in 1710, because you’ve had a chance to crib from the work of all the smartest people who’ve lived since then.
No mention of selling your labor versus owning productive capital or state-granted monopoly rights?
I could already see all 3 of these.
How would you know if you had?
I think it’s completely fair to describe that as “sexual misconduct.”
I added web push notifications to GreaterWrong, you can activate them on your inbox page. If your browser and device have the proper support, they should show up even when you don’t have a GreaterWrong tab open.
This is pretty experimental, let me know how it works for you.
Good point. We’re unlucky that nuclear war didn’t break out in 1983.
I want to see a backlink feature, so people can find replies to a post that aren’t in the form of a comment.
Added to GreaterWrong.
Thanks! While I have you here, any reason why voting is disabled in the inbox and recent comments on GW?
Voting from recent comments was enabled for a while, but Said objected to it because he thought people might vote on comments in a knee-jerk way without understanding the context. For the inbox, though, it’s more of an oversight (I just never missed having the buttons there).
Also, I submitted a feature request on the GW issue tracker to display AF karma (the numbers next to the Omega signs on LW).
Sure, that should be doable. Originally I thought it would require two independent sets of voting buttons, which seemed too weird and confusing, but it looks like that’s not actually the case.
I suggest a “I already replied” indicator for messages in my inbox.
Added to GreaterWrong.
It’s probably worth noting that the two tweets don’t actually contradict each other.
It seems like you’ve set up a dichotomy between there being universally compelling normative statements versus normative statements being meaningless, but what about the position that specific subsets of possible statements are compelling to specific people? Would that be realist, anti-realist, or neither?
Right, but what’s their motivation for transferring their wealth in this way?
Could you explain why shareholders are subsidizing Uber drivers, in your opinion?
pulling laterally on the chain, a tiny amount, makes it move from one gear to another, even if the gears are very different sizes?
There are small grooves or bumps (depending on the design) on the sides of the gears that help lift the chain onto the next gear.
Oops, these links should be translated properly now.
I don’t have any clear explanation. I noticed them before I ever tried meditation or drugs. It’s possible that I’m neurodivergent but I’m not sure.