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Alexander is probably next up for cancellation. The scuttlebutt is that [the empty shell of] the NY Times has a hit piece on him in the works.

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I recall when LessWrong and Yudkowsky was covered by NYT. They came off as looking like a bunch of hyper-rationalist kooks, a bit New Age and cult-like even, but otherwise harmless. The same will likely happen to Alexander.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-happiness-co...

For his sake, I hope you're right.

But there have been one or two notable personnel changes at the NYT since that piece on the rationalists, and we're in the midst of a moral panic / cancellation frenzy.

I mean, the NYT tackled the tradcath subculture recently and it was sympathetic, even laudatory. [0] I think the NYT treats these subcultures as more curios than targets for cancellation. Not to mention, post-2016 election, they’ve even caught flack for being too sympathetic towards reactionary individuals or groups, even those who are outright hateful. [1]

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/weird-chri...

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/opinion/nazi-sympathizer....

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Scott Alexander, the author of the blog SlateStarCodex

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