Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
I am noticing that the most successful new ideologies of the past decade are very object-level (prescriptions on specific issues) and quite little meta-level (social processes for making decisions on object-level issues). Examples: * Abstract libertarianism feels much weaker than 10 years ago. But issue-specific versions of it are quite successful: YIMBY (housing), the crypto space * e/acc (it's about all technology in theory, but ends up being about AI in practice) * The largest cluster in effective altruism morphed from being meta-level ("think harder to making sure your donations are going where they can do the most good!") to object level (AI safety, with a little bit of animal welfare and global public health) * Longevity movement Maybe network states and Glen and Audrey's Plurality movement are two exceptions - but in general the above feels like a strong pattern. Any ideas why this meta level -> object level shift seems to be taking place?
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Aaron Blaisdell / ittybit 533
@aaronblaisdell
My best guess is that the greater ease of global access to networks via the internet, especially web2, led to greater tribalism and echo chamber behavior. The result being a narrowing of opinions to fewer but major issues.
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Now that in the 2020s, we're moving away from total twitter-as-global-watercooler dominance toward something more fragmented/pluralist, what will that imply about the ideologies that come about this decade?
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Future of Radio
@michael-smith
I would say what you describe could be noted as layer 4 (near consensus agreement with humanity & fair ai). A fluid overlay protecting the trusted work of the other layers. I understand their are other concepts imagining layer 4, but I would build it like a sandwich. With layer 0 representing scattered consensus and layer 4 representing near consensus.
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