The political is the total, and as a result we know that any decision about whether something is unpolitical is always a political decision, irrespective of who decides and what reasons are advanced.#
The metaphysical image that a definite epoch forges of the world has the same structure as what the world immediately understands to be appropriate as a form of its political organization.#
A common complaint in our era of global populism is that certain politicians are making a mockery of our institutions. Don’t they realize politics is more than just a game? They should take politics seriously and stop playing.
Any observer of politics can sympathize with this complaint. But what
if it . . .
Thou Shalt Punish Defectors; this is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Thou Shalt Not Punish Cooperators. On these two commandments depend all of society and cooperation.
RT @ESYudkowsky: Hate directed at Scott Alexander? At Scott Aaronson? These are some of the nicest, politest, *kindest* people on Earth and anyone who goes after them is, there is no mincing this word, evil.