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The conspiracy worries about our post-truth government and looks at the question of why Rationalists aren’t at the top of everything they do.
Articles/things discussed in this episode
Link with analysis and discussion of the Jim Acosta incident
Sailor Vulcan’s post on LessWrong
Scott Alexander’s reply in the comments
The Last Rationalist’s take on the question
Relevant Links
The wonderful Rationality From AI to Zombies podcast’s episode on The Simple Truth (It turns out Eneasz didn’t actually do it)
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Why aren’t rationalists winning? What does that mean? Why aren’t they ruling the world?
They aren’t because they are poor rationalists. Everyone who didn’t follow the EA advice to become a banker and then use the power that money brings to make the world they want is a bad rationalist.