From 6d0ece5eaffd3614196417aea4733379af7d5fef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Sun, 15 May 2022 18:38:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Sunday redemption hypercycle 8: reviewing Feb. '17 meltdown docs I had already compiled a notesfile of links to my posts, but I'm interested in the timestamps now; I don't have a sense of exactly how I spun out of control --- ...-hill-of-validity-in-defense-of-meaning.md | 12 ++++++++--- notes/Feb_2017_Facebook_meltdown_guide.txt | 20 ++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/drafts/a-hill-of-validity-in-defense-of-meaning.md b/content/drafts/a-hill-of-validity-in-defense-of-meaning.md index f945353..1a27514 100644 --- a/content/drafts/a-hill-of-validity-in-defense-of-meaning.md +++ b/content/drafts/a-hill-of-validity-in-defense-of-meaning.md @@ -228,13 +228,19 @@ With some prompting from a right-wing friend (and some re-reading of Mencius Mol (It was also around this time that I snuck a copy of _Men Trapped in Men's Bodies_ into the [MIRI](https://intelligence.org/) office library, which was sometimes possible for community members to visit. It seemed like something Harry Potter-Evans-Verres would do—and ominously, I noticed, not like something Hermione Granger would do.) -In an effort to not let this political crusade take over my life, I promised myself not to comment about gender +In an effort to not let my anti–autogynephilia-denialism crusade take over my life, in December 2016, I promised myself (and [published the SHA256 hash of the promise](https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154596054540199)) not to comment on gender issues under my real name through June 2017—_that_ was what my new pseudonymous blog was for. -(and [published the SHA256 hash of the promise](https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154596054540199)) +... the promise didn't take. There was just too much gender-identity nonsense on my Facebook wall; I _had_ to push back on some of it. +[TODO: at first I made some pushback comments on other people's posts; e.g., Robby's thread on 7 Feburary +Then it blossomed into an extended tantrum on my own wall— +starting on 11 Feb at 7 p.m., a Saturday +Dear Totally Excellent Rationalist Friends on 7 a.m. Sunday 12 Feb +> She had a delusional mental breakdown; you're a little bit manic; I'm in the Avatar state. https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154813104220199 +] -[TODO: early 2017, eventually I start being louder on Facebook and eventually have a nervous breakdown] +[TODO: where does my terrible date with Anna T. fit in chronologically??] [TODO: one thing that kept coming up during the private and Facebook discussions was this category boundary argument—including, e.g., with MIRI comms director Rob Bensinger. That part, I knew I could win] diff --git a/notes/Feb_2017_Facebook_meltdown_guide.txt b/notes/Feb_2017_Facebook_meltdown_guide.txt index f7f78dd..5c664a6 100644 --- a/notes/Feb_2017_Facebook_meltdown_guide.txt +++ b/notes/Feb_2017_Facebook_meltdown_guide.txt @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154596054540199 (December promise) + https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154790569745199 (you don't have to preemptively commit suicide! Wait for other people to kill you instead!) Robby's comment: https://www.facebook.com/robbensinger/posts/10158073223040447?comment_id=10158073685825447&reply_comment_id=10158074093570447&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R2%22%7D https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154807871200199 (some of you may have noticed) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154808888680199 (Dear Totally Excellent Rationalist Friends) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154810042700199 (model clicked, causality goes the other way) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154811044280199 (PC is just respect) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154811974995199 (if you make yourself really small ...) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812225235199 (Daphne Koller and the Methods) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154808888680199 (Dear Totally Excellent Rationalist Friends, 0743 12 Feb) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154810042700199 (model clicked, causality goes the other way, 1625 12 Feb) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154811044280199 (PC is just respect, 0038 13 Feb) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154811974995199 (if you make yourself really small ..., 0843 13 Feb) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812225235199 (Daphne Koller and the Methods, 1036 13 Feb) https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812243735199 https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812307555199 (priors are BAD) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812629495199 -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812673305199 (Gender Wars) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812970895199 (nice, mean versions) -https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154813104220199 (Avatar state) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812629495199 (1351 13 Feb) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812673305199 (Gender Wars, 1412 13 Feb) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154812970895199 (nice, mean versions, 1643 13 February) +https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154813104220199 (Avatar state, 1749 13 February) https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154813788715199 (what we wish women were) https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154814051030199 https://www.facebook.com/zmdavis/posts/10154814172625199 -- 2.17.1