Few times seen a blog post touching on so many subjects, without actually saying anything. Is there an argument, point, story, poem, news, analysis or something being made here?
> touching on so many subjects, without actually saying anything
This is a characteristic of modern rationalist/EA discourse: It’s more about opining on a subject in a heavily hedged manner that only dances around the topic. Making points too directly opens one up to being wrong, and therefore is avoided. The goal is more to wax philosophically about the subject to flex your understanding while touching multiple sides of the argument to demonstrate your breadth of knowledge, not to actually make a point.
This is a characteristic of modern rationalist/EA discourse: It’s more about opining on a subject in a heavily hedged manner that only dances around the topic. Making points too directly opens one up to being wrong, and therefore is avoided. The goal is more to wax philosophically about the subject to flex your understanding while touching multiple sides of the argument to demonstrate your breadth of knowledge, not to actually make a point.