new PG essay

https://paulgraham.com/woke.html

my takeaway was

1. performative moralism + outrage mobs by prigs are bad, and repeats in society starting in Victorian England (i think you could argue earlier)

2. actual non-fragile, uncomfortable truth is good and important for intellectual rigor and curiosity

3. the moral principles of woke (racism is bad, treat others with respect), like those from religion, are good and should be kept

this essay describes exactly what i lived through in college and then SF-NYC FAANG & BLM protests. so i vibe w the message

i think it's a reasonable centrist take and explanation

Given this some thought and I think PG both doesn’t get the problem and is also foolishly thinking it’s in retreat way too soon. We have a long way to go. This generally aligns with my thinking:

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