How to Help People See Through the Social Bubble

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If people are too aware of the fact that they're being heavily socially influenced on all different topics, is that bad for them? I think most people just cannot want to join this tribe. Like you can't learn this yourself. And if you join the tribe and you don't actually have a background in STEM, you're not very good at this stuff. You won't like it. The way to make the world more reasonable is just to convince more people to listen to Z by making him appear cool and high status and trustworthy.

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What's the best way to teach rationality? How do you communicate rationalist principles to people who aren't already interested in thinking more clearly? What has COVID taught us about how people typically make decisions and think about problems? Where and how can the rationalist community improve? Does rationalism have anything to say about (for example) exercise, spirituality, art, or other parts of the human experience that aren't typically addressed by rationalists? What are some positive aspects of social media (especially Twitter)? What's going on with recent dating trends? Has dating gotten harder in recent years? How many people does it take to make a pencil? Is there a case to be made for anti-antinatalism?

Jacob is the only rationalist with an MBA. He writes Putanumonit.com and is famous for bringing the idea of decision matrices to the pages of the Economist and the New York Times. Jacob is Russian-Israeli and is currently living in Brooklyn with his wife and two guinea pigs. Follow him on Twitter at @yashkaf.

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