[chiefmcloud]

Thanks for the thoughtful and interesting responses, looking forward to listening to the podcast. I loved the Cixin trilogy, but hadn’t heard of the dark forest theory applied to online conversations before. I’m not sure I agree with such a strong suggestion, maybe more that the people that are most verbal in a group are rarely the people with the most interesting thoughts. It is sadly becoming increasingly true though that anything you say is now a permanent liability.

[jiggunjer]

Did you read the English version? I'm trying to read the trilogy but the prose is just dull and the characters are flat.

[chiefmcloud]

I did. The beginning was a slog, but then it got really interesting. For me it was more about the plot than the characters.