[whoByFire]

I was expecting a discussion of harmful technologies. Instead, he essentially says "rationalization considered harmful". Which is not too controversial.

But his model of humanity is interesting. He seems to think of humans as harboring dark passions that are just itching to be rationalized. Despite Russell's atheism, I can't help but wonder if the doctrine of total depravity [1] hasn't rubbed off on him. Or if we are seeing evidence of the typical mind fallacy [2].

But I also can't help but wonder that maybe he's just better at introspecting than I am. And that maybe my model of humanity should be a little more depraved.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_depravity [2] https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Typical_mind_fallacy