Friday, November 14, 2025

Friday Links

 In case you wanted to know what the worst of leftist radicals are advocating

Why ChatGPT sounds the way it does 

Singal on the Great Feminisation Theory Part II - Soft Spots 

Honest Debate by Scott Alexander in 2017.  I no longer have much confidence. But it's nice to read someone more hopeful.  I think that one of the problems is that people are sure they are willing to listen and fight fair, but quickly aren't. Maybe you first have a series of debates about other subjects, with secret ballots of which of the two is arguing more fairly. After a few rounds you should have a better pool to draw from.

Of the 103 who were asked by a sixth-grade class, only Kurt Vonnegut answered with advice

 

 

2 comments:

Christopher B said...

I'm trying to figure out where you meant that first link to go. Google found the hidden quote at Derek Thompson's SubStack and at Battleswarm but neither seems to match your description.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Fixed. It was from City Journal