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3 months agofinish draft of "A Generic Ontological Finickiness"
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 14 Sep 2025 04:25:09 +0000 (21:25 -0700)]
finish draft of "A Generic Ontological Finickiness"

3 months ago"Ontological Finickiness": FtM panic skepticism
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 13 Sep 2025 06:53:25 +0000 (23:53 -0700)]
"Ontological Finickiness": FtM panic skepticism

3 months agodrafting "A Generic Ontological Finickiness" (f.k.a. "Asymmetric Trans Panic")
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 13 Sep 2025 06:02:57 +0000 (23:02 -0700)]
drafting "A Generic Ontological Finickiness" (f.k.a. "Asymmetric Trans Panic")

3 months agocheck in
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3 months agodrafting "Comment on Yudkowsky on Asymmetric Trans Panic"
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:57:43 +0000 (16:57 -0700)]
drafting "Comment on Yudkowsky on Asymmetric Trans Panic"

3 months agoHuman Diversity review still invoked the psueudonym
Zack M. Davis [Mon, 1 Sep 2025 23:03:18 +0000 (16:03 -0700)]
Human Diversity review still invoked the psueudonym

4 months agopublish Kelsey Piper interview
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 7 Aug 2025 02:33:15 +0000 (19:33 -0700)]
publish Kelsey Piper interview

4 months agoKelsey Piper interview
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:07:45 +0000 (19:07 -0700)]
Kelsey Piper interview

4 months agodecommission The Unit of Caring tag, commission Kelsey Piper tag
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 24 Jul 2025 01:41:13 +0000 (18:41 -0700)]
decommission The Unit of Caring tag, commission Kelsey Piper tag

5 months agocheck in Twitter strike draft
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:17:49 +0000 (19:17 -0700)]
check in Twitter strike draft

The other month, I was thinking of preparing a more optimized Twitter
attack on Yudkowsky. After a brief interaction with him at Less
Online, I'm thinking I'll prioritize memoir pt. 5 instead, but when
the time comes, this work can be refashioned as Twitter promotion for
pt. 5.

5 months agodrafting "A Proud Wells Fargo Customer"
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 11 Jul 2025 02:14:16 +0000 (19:14 -0700)]
drafting "A Proud Wells Fargo Customer"

5 months agodrafting "A Proud Wells Fargo Customer"
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 10 Jul 2025 04:50:54 +0000 (21:50 -0700)]
drafting "A Proud Wells Fargo Customer"

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8 months ago"Jenner Shift" linkpost
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:45:47 +0000 (20:45 -0700)]
"Jenner Shift" linkpost

8 months agorevise SEXNET sampling draft
Zack M. Davis [Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:14:19 +0000 (23:14 -0700)]
revise SEXNET sampling draft

8 months agocheck in SEXNET draft
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check in SEXNET draft

9 months agodrafting SEXNET post
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 9 Mar 2025 15:54:26 +0000 (08:54 -0700)]
drafting SEXNET post

9 months agocheck in
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9 months agoredact an irrelevant name
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:48:20 +0000 (09:48 -0800)]
redact an irrelevant name

9 months agodraft SEXNET post on "Cut From the Same Cloth?"
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 23 Feb 2025 02:19:10 +0000 (18:19 -0800)]
draft SEXNET post on "Cut From the Same Cloth?"

9 months agocheck in
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11 months agopull the trigger on "Prediction Markets Are Not"
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:33:07 +0000 (09:33 -0800)]
pull the trigger on "Prediction Markets Are Not"

12 months agodrafting "Virginia Prince and the Hazards"
Zack M. Davis [Mon, 9 Dec 2024 02:37:51 +0000 (18:37 -0800)]
drafting "Virginia Prince and the Hazards"

(This is for a school presentation; I don't know if it's really worth
repurposing for the blog, but it felt right to compose in the blog
repository, not least because I don't do non-blog "word processing"
these days.)

12 months agopolish and revise "Prediction Markets Are Not"
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:23:57 +0000 (17:23 -0800)]
polish and revise "Prediction Markets Are Not"

12 months agorevising "Prediction Markets Are Not"
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 29 Nov 2024 06:48:11 +0000 (22:48 -0800)]
revising "Prediction Markets Are Not"

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12 months agofinish drafting "Prediction Markets Are Not a Drop-In"
Zack M. Davis [Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:47:51 +0000 (22:47 -0800)]
finish drafting "Prediction Markets Are Not a Drop-In"

12 months agodrafting "Prediction Markets Are Not"
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:28:32 +0000 (12:28 -0800)]
drafting "Prediction Markets Are Not"

12 months agodrafting "Prediction Markets Are Not a Drop-In Replacement"
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 17 Nov 2024 07:10:17 +0000 (23:10 -0800)]
drafting "Prediction Markets Are Not a Drop-In Replacement"

13 months agodrafting "Prediction Markets Are Not ..."
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 10 Nov 2024 04:57:11 +0000 (20:57 -0800)]
drafting "Prediction Markets Are Not ..."

14 months agoI don't think my prediction market code is right
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 13 Oct 2024 06:32:37 +0000 (23:32 -0700)]
I don't think my prediction market code is right

14 months agopoke at "Prediction Markets ..."
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:06:07 +0000 (13:06 -0700)]
poke at "Prediction Markets ..."

14 months agodrafting "Prediction Markets Are Not a Drop-In Replacement for Concepts"
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:04:46 +0000 (11:04 -0700)]
drafting "Prediction Markets Are Not a Drop-In Replacement for Concepts"

14 months agocheck in
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17 months agoschedule "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript
Zack M. Davis [Mon, 15 Jul 2024 02:14:17 +0000 (19:14 -0700)]
schedule "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript

17 months agocomplete edit of "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript
Zack M. Davis [Mon, 15 Jul 2024 01:02:11 +0000 (18:02 -0700)]
complete edit of "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript

17 months agoediting "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:40:26 +0000 (22:40 -0700)]
editing "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript

17 months agoediting "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 13 Jul 2024 05:58:51 +0000 (22:58 -0700)]
editing "AGP and Epistemic Despair" transcript

17 months agoediting "AGP and Epistemic Despair" episode transcript
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:00:58 +0000 (23:00 -0700)]
editing "AGP and Epistemic Despair" episode transcript

17 months agoupdate Best Of to include memoir pt. 3 & 4
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:39:38 +0000 (22:39 -0700)]
update Best Of to include memoir pt. 3 & 4

17 months agocheck in
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The anti–dath ilan piece should be a Less Wrong exclusive, rather than
part of this blog; it's not part of my memoir.

19 months agocheck in
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21 months agomake sure to include Twitter links in recap
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 2 Mar 2024 22:02:30 +0000 (14:02 -0800)]
make sure to include Twitter links in recap

21 months agopull the trigger on memoir pt. 4
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 2 Mar 2024 21:45:32 +0000 (13:45 -0800)]
pull the trigger on memoir pt. 4

21 months agomemoir: pt. 4 Hoffman links
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 2 Mar 2024 21:36:27 +0000 (13:36 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 Hoffman links

21 months agomemoir: pt. 4 Cade Metz footnote
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 2 Mar 2024 20:51:25 +0000 (12:51 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 Cade Metz footnote

21 months agomemoir: pt. 4 practical tail to "Challenges" summary
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 2 Mar 2024 18:05:18 +0000 (10:05 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 practical tail to "Challenges" summary

21 months agomemoir: pt. 4 final read-through
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 2 Mar 2024 05:01:55 +0000 (21:01 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 final read-through

21 months agomemoir: pt. 4 at the line
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 1 Mar 2024 03:57:03 +0000 (19:57 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 at the line

The "maybe I should have just learned to persuade people" anecdote
gets cut because the relevant authorities have ruled that that
conversation was protected by privacy norms.

21 months agomemoir: pt. 4 culminating edits
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:43:19 +0000 (16:43 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 culminating edits

21 months agomiserable day of being too trigger-shy to edit
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 28 Feb 2024 06:17:01 +0000 (22:17 -0800)]
miserable day of being too trigger-shy to edit

21 months agocheck in
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21 months agomemoir: molasses pokes at pt. 4 continue
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:04:34 +0000 (21:04 -0800)]
memoir: molasses pokes at pt. 4 continue

21 months agopoke
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 21 Feb 2024 04:33:08 +0000 (20:33 -0800)]
poke

21 months agopt. 4 edits from an incomplete day
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 17 Feb 2024 18:00:13 +0000 (10:00 -0800)]
pt. 4 edits from an incomplete day

Was having trouble concentrating yesterday, and then a medical
emergency came up. Concentration deficit is probably related to me
being sick of this, definitely need to shove it out the door this
week.

22 months agopoke at pt. 4 prep, incl. #drama strategy opening statement
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:54:16 +0000 (19:54 -0800)]
poke at pt. 4 prep, incl. #drama strategy opening statement

I'm not happy with my motivation this week—it looks like I'm going to
miss the framerule for publishing on Saturday! I don't want to rush
it—I want to be absolutely comfortable that what I'm doing is
rock-solid. Still disappointing. (And then I'll catch up with
everything I've been putting off in March?)

22 months agopoke at pt. 4 prep
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 14 Feb 2024 05:31:21 +0000 (21:31 -0800)]
poke at pt. 4 prep

22 months agocheck in
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22 months agocheck in
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22 months agocheck in
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22 months agoremove underlines for TOC, blog/post title, page links
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 4 Feb 2024 02:20:18 +0000 (18:20 -0800)]
remove underlines for TOC, blog/post title, page links

22 months agomemoir: pt. 4 special critic edits
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 2 Feb 2024 06:33:37 +0000 (22:33 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 special critic edits

22 months agomemoir: tweak description of Brennan drama
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 1 Feb 2024 05:59:37 +0000 (21:59 -0800)]
memoir: tweak description of Brennan drama

22 months agoless goofy, more standard CSS link underlines (thx again to Said Achmiz)
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:38:52 +0000 (15:38 -0800)]
less goofy, more standard CSS link underlines (thx again to Said Achmiz)

22 months agocheck in wordcount data
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:33:50 +0000 (15:33 -0800)]
check in wordcount data

The journey isn't over until it's over.

22 months agomemoir: recap links don't need to be the entire sentence
Zack M. Davis [Tue, 23 Jan 2024 07:10:01 +0000 (23:10 -0800)]
memoir: recap links don't need to be the entire sentence

22 months agosuperscript line spacing fix
Zack M. Davis [Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:53:36 +0000 (22:53 -0800)]
superscript line spacing fix

22 months agocheck in
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23 months agomemoir: pt. 4 additional edit pass
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 13 Jan 2024 04:26:33 +0000 (20:26 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 additional edit pass

Said Achmiz said he'd have detailed comments for me, but I wanted to
make another pass first.

23 months agocheck in
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23 months agopull the trigger on memoir pt. 3
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 30 Dec 2023 17:34:44 +0000 (09:34 -0800)]
pull the trigger on memoir pt. 3

23 months agocheck in
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23 months agomemoir: pt. 3 final FINAL for real FINAL revisions.docx
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 30 Dec 2023 01:55:06 +0000 (17:55 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 3 final FINAL for real FINAL revisions.docx

I was feeling anxious about publishing after my walk with Anna this
morning, so I did another read-through, and I feel a lot better
now. Perhaps it's not so much that the changes I made are necessary
and the post would be bad without them, but I needed a recent final
readthrough in my head in order to feel confident that pulling the
trigger is the right choice.

I don't want to pull the trigger now because it's nighttime and I
don't want to be wired checking for comments, but I'm ready for the
morning.

23 months agomemoir: pt. 3 fine-tuning at the wire
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 29 Dec 2023 06:28:24 +0000 (22:28 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 3 fine-tuning at the wire

Anna recommended cutting the "brother" comment, and I'm feeling
inclined to acquiece, even though coach will accurately call me a
coward.

23 months agomemoir: more trans kids word-level scrutiny
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 28 Dec 2023 19:47:14 +0000 (11:47 -0800)]
memoir: more trans kids word-level scrutiny

23 months agomemoir: trans kids word-level scrutiny
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:05:21 +0000 (22:05 -0800)]
memoir: trans kids word-level scrutiny

23 months agomemoir: provisional pt. 5 § headers
Zack M. Davis [Mon, 25 Dec 2023 22:48:23 +0000 (14:48 -0800)]
memoir: provisional pt. 5 § headers

23 months agocheck in
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23 months agoI have been informed that CSS doesn't support //-comments
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:29:39 +0000 (15:29 -0800)]
I have been informed that CSS doesn't support //-comments

23 months agoenable ToC on memoir pt. 3–4
Zack M. Davis [Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:53:10 +0000 (22:53 -0800)]
enable ToC on memoir pt. 3–4

23 months agomemoir: pt. 4 red team edits
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:19:45 +0000 (17:19 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 red team edits

23 months agocheck in
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23 months agomemoir: one more trans gaslighting anecdote, a couple word tweaks
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:58:28 +0000 (21:58 -0800)]
memoir: one more trans gaslighting anecdote, a couple word tweaks

23 months agomemoir: pt. 4 section headers
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 22 Dec 2023 03:49:33 +0000 (19:49 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 section headers

23 months agomemoir: retitle pt. 5
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:50:29 +0000 (15:50 -0800)]
memoir: retitle pt. 5

"Zevi's Choice" was never a good title. This one alludes to a
well-known meme, while reflecting the despair of the "Death With
Dignity" era (and my personal despair in the "Challenges" era).

23 months agoenable table-of-contents Markdown extension
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 21 Dec 2023 23:27:47 +0000 (15:27 -0800)]
enable table-of-contents Markdown extension

I don't want to render the ToC because it's a hideous <ul> in the
absence of more specific CSS (which would not be a good use of my time
today), but at least this gets me autogenerated IDs on the h3s?—which
are nice.

23 months agomemoir: pt. 3 section headers
Zack M. Davis [Thu, 21 Dec 2023 05:58:31 +0000 (21:58 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 3 section headers

If both Said (private correspondence) and Ray
(https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/ZjXtjRQaD2b4PAser/a-hill-of-validity-in-defense-of-meaning/comment/Lmhum2tXLXzmbKvm5)
agree that I need section headers, then I probably need section
headers.

I was feeling reluctant about it, but after doing it, I agree that
this is a lot better.

I have mixed feelings about giving the "Why are you a boy?" anecdote
the prominence of its own section. (I wanted it to be subtle
foreshadowing, but if it gets its own section, then it's blantant
foreshadowing, which I choose to lampshade with a Suspiciously
Specific Denial.)

I'm not sure where the defaults were inherited from, but <h2> was too
big and <h3> was too small, so I edit the CSS to make <h3> bigger.

(Ideally, the titles would be anchor links ... do I need to write a
Pelican patch or plugin for that?)

23 months agomemoir: Ruby regret note
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 20 Dec 2023 06:08:28 +0000 (22:08 -0800)]
memoir: Ruby regret note

23 months agomemoir: apply pt. 4 pro edits (lower half)
Zack M. Davis [Wed, 20 Dec 2023 04:55:07 +0000 (20:55 -0800)]
memoir: apply pt. 4 pro edits (lower half)

23 months agocorrect year of autogenderphilia reply
Zack M. Davis [Tue, 19 Dec 2023 06:22:12 +0000 (22:22 -0800)]
correct year of autogenderphilia reply

I was confused why this apparently didn't publish—that is, why it
didn't appear at the newest post after `git push`ing. This is what I
get for letting it rot in drafts for decades of ever (two years).

23 months agocheck in
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23 months agofinish and ship autogenderphilia reply
Zack M. Davis [Tue, 19 Dec 2023 06:16:40 +0000 (22:16 -0800)]
finish and ship autogenderphilia reply

Maybe rushed, maybe imperfect, but this has been sitting in drafts for
decades of ever, and it needs to slot in before memoir pt. 3.

2 years agocheck in
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2 years agomemoir: revise FTX footnote further
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:14:59 +0000 (19:14 -0800)]
memoir: revise FTX footnote further

2 years agomemoir: pt. 4 belated ispell pass
Zack M. Davis [Sat, 16 Dec 2023 01:14:11 +0000 (17:14 -0800)]
memoir: pt. 4 belated ispell pass

(Should've done this before sending it to editor and red team.)

2 years agomemoir: apply pt. 4 pro edits
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:44:48 +0000 (15:44 -0800)]
memoir: apply pt. 4 pro edits

2 years agoadd free speech 🖤 stickers to stricker graffiti post
Zack M. Davis [Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:21:22 +0000 (12:21 -0800)]
add free speech 🖤 stickers to stricker graffiti post