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 I want the thing Ozy is doing here to be _socially unacceptable_; I want it to be _laughed out of the room_
 https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2019/04/10/in-my-culture/
 https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zGJw9PGhu9e8Z6BEX/fake-norms-or-truth-vs-truth
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+https://srconstantin.wordpress.com/2018/12/24/contrite-strategies-and-the-need-for-standards/
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+ the elephant in my brain has been using "I'm going to be in incredible emotional pain until I write the story down" as a precommitment device
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+If an Outer Party member in the world of George Orwell's 1984 says, "Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia," even though they clearly remember events from last week, when Oceania was at war with Eurasia instead [...] even if it's not really their fault
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+> but not worth starting over over
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+I mean, this is the part where I do a very not Effective Altruist-themed thing, and stop talking as if I do anything for the good of the lightcone. (Maybe see Ben on "Against Responsibility" and "The Humility Argument for Honesty".) I internalized a particular vision [...] of what conduct is appropriate to a "rationalist"; I'm didn't that standard upheld with respect to my Something to Protect; so I am doing a halt–melt–catch-fire on "the community." It's worth starting over over _for me_. If my actions (implausibly) represent a PR risk to someone else's Singularity strategy, then they're welcome to try to persuade or negotiate with me.