Aug 30, 2023
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request for ACX meetup organizers. Volunteers have arranged meetups in 169 cities around the world, from Baghdad to Bangalore to Buenos Aires.
You can find the list below, in the following order:
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Africa & Middle East
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Asia-Pacific
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Europe
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North America
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South America
You...
Aug 30, 2023
Original post here. And I forgot to highlight a link to the directory of dating docs.
Table Of Contents
1: Comments That Remain At Least Sort Of
Against Dating Docs
2: Comments Concerned That Dating Docs Are Bad For
Status Or Signaling
3: Comments About Orthodox Judaism And Other
Traditional Cultures
4: Comments...
Aug 30, 2023
On the fetish post, I discussed people who had some early sexual experience - like seeing a sexy cartoon character - and reacted in some profound way, like becoming a furry. Sometimes people have described this as a “critical window” for sexuality (similar to the “critical period” in language learning?) where...
Aug 30, 2023
Scott Young writes about Seven Expert Opinions I Agree With That Most People Don’t. I like most of them, but #6, Children don’t learn languages faster than adults, deserves a closer look.
Some people imagine babies have some magic language ability that lets them pick up their first language easily, even as we...
Aug 30, 2023
Epistemic status: Ha ha, only serious...
Arguing about gender is like taking OxyContin. There can be good reasons to do it. But most people don’t do it for the good reasons. And even if you start doing it for good reasons, you might get addicted and ruin your life. Walk through San Francisco if you want to see...