1. What are the three most interesting things that happened to you at LessOnline? Or any recent large-scale in-person event you went to.
2. Is there any topic you've been interested in, but felt like it in some way wouldn't fit in this blog? If so, what?
3. Do you have any very-specific rules for common parts of your life? Like, making friends, or deciding what to eat for dinner, or something random like that, that you don't imagine other people think about as much.
How does being vegan/lacto vegetarian interact with parenting? Do you have diet restrictions for your son that are similar to the ones you have for yourself, and if so, how do you handle situations where other people are providing food for him?
(I want to be a parent someday, and I'm the only vegan in my social circle, so this is something I'm pondering a lot.)
1. Any book recommendations? Any anti-recommendations, i.e. books to avoid?
2. Not to get you into too much hot water, but are there any critiques of Effective Altruism/Rationalism that you agree with/wish were taken more seriously?
2. Do the new trans-hostile laws worry you or affect you on the daily? Especially the passport debacle, the government of my own country has now officially advised transgender people not to travel to the States at the moment
3. Sorry if insensitive: what are your thoughts on potentially passing on your diagnoses, especially borderline, to your kids? How bad do you think having borderline is? Just curious as another mentally ill person, now very well managed, who has chosen not to have kids partially for this reason
4. Thoughts on school reform/abolishing school on a broader level? Not everyone can have a cute little micro hippie school run by highly accomplished parents. I've found other rationalists critical of school to not offer many alternatives?
5. What would your semi-realistic utopia look like? Do you think most other rationalists would share that view?
What do you think of the switch from the term "transsexual" to "transgender"? Many of the things some self-identifying transgender people want (in particular hormonal and surgical changes) appear more motivated by wanting to change something you could call "sex" rather than a change of societal gender role. (Inevitably, of course, there is an interrelation between the two.) Is there a case for rescuing "transsexual", or has it had its time and is now outré?
In March, you mentioned that your priorities with respect to the Trump administration were preserving American democracy and PEPFAR. Are those still your priorities? With the crazy mess of political things happening, which do you think are the most important to focus on?
What tabletop RPGs are you currently playing (if any), have enjoyed the most in the past, or hate and will never play?
Have you read any of Wildbow's web serials (Worm, Pale, etc.)? If so, what did you think?
Which is better, the 'But I'm a Cheerleader' movie or stage musical?
How fast do you type?
Do you think that, in a fantasy setting, a sovereign state's laws against slavery should include an exception for genies, and if so, to what extent?
Should live sex acts be permitted as part of pride parades, and if so, what measures should be taken to shield children from viewing them?
What is the cutest small nonhuman animal? (I think chinchillas.)
What does it take for you to refrain from publicly saying/writing a purported slur? Like, I'm of the opinion that Yankees who say that 'gringo' is a slur are morons, but if most Yankees felt that way then I might refrain from saying it just for the sake of diplomacy.
Note that to many folks from the US "yankee" specifically refer to people from New York and a surrounding area (?). When the rest of us say it, we mean all people from the US.
1. What are the three most interesting things that happened to you at LessOnline? Or any recent large-scale in-person event you went to.
2. Is there any topic you've been interested in, but felt like it in some way wouldn't fit in this blog? If so, what?
3. Do you have any very-specific rules for common parts of your life? Like, making friends, or deciding what to eat for dinner, or something random like that, that you don't imagine other people think about as much.
How does being vegan/lacto vegetarian interact with parenting? Do you have diet restrictions for your son that are similar to the ones you have for yourself, and if so, how do you handle situations where other people are providing food for him?
(I want to be a parent someday, and I'm the only vegan in my social circle, so this is something I'm pondering a lot.)
1. Any book recommendations? Any anti-recommendations, i.e. books to avoid?
2. Not to get you into too much hot water, but are there any critiques of Effective Altruism/Rationalism that you agree with/wish were taken more seriously?
1. Have you ever travelled outside the US?
2. Do the new trans-hostile laws worry you or affect you on the daily? Especially the passport debacle, the government of my own country has now officially advised transgender people not to travel to the States at the moment
3. Sorry if insensitive: what are your thoughts on potentially passing on your diagnoses, especially borderline, to your kids? How bad do you think having borderline is? Just curious as another mentally ill person, now very well managed, who has chosen not to have kids partially for this reason
4. Thoughts on school reform/abolishing school on a broader level? Not everyone can have a cute little micro hippie school run by highly accomplished parents. I've found other rationalists critical of school to not offer many alternatives?
5. What would your semi-realistic utopia look like? Do you think most other rationalists would share that view?
What do you think of the switch from the term "transsexual" to "transgender"? Many of the things some self-identifying transgender people want (in particular hormonal and surgical changes) appear more motivated by wanting to change something you could call "sex" rather than a change of societal gender role. (Inevitably, of course, there is an interrelation between the two.) Is there a case for rescuing "transsexual", or has it had its time and is now outré?
In March, you mentioned that your priorities with respect to the Trump administration were preserving American democracy and PEPFAR. Are those still your priorities? With the crazy mess of political things happening, which do you think are the most important to focus on?
What tabletop RPGs are you currently playing (if any), have enjoyed the most in the past, or hate and will never play?
Have you read any of Wildbow's web serials (Worm, Pale, etc.)? If so, what did you think?
Do you currently prefer he/him pronouns?
Which is better, the 'But I'm a Cheerleader' movie or stage musical?
How fast do you type?
Do you think that, in a fantasy setting, a sovereign state's laws against slavery should include an exception for genies, and if so, to what extent?
Should live sex acts be permitted as part of pride parades, and if so, what measures should be taken to shield children from viewing them?
What is the cutest small nonhuman animal? (I think chinchillas.)
What does it take for you to refrain from publicly saying/writing a purported slur? Like, I'm of the opinion that Yankees who say that 'gringo' is a slur are morons, but if most Yankees felt that way then I might refrain from saying it just for the sake of diplomacy.
> what measures should be taken to shield children from viewing them?
Augmented reality censor-ware, obviously.
Note that to many folks from the US "yankee" specifically refer to people from New York and a surrounding area (?). When the rest of us say it, we mean all people from the US.