in which Emile Torres concisely* explains all (waves around wildly) this shit
https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/skeptical-of-the-tescreal-acronym
* well 6,100 words. it's short for these guys and is a zippy read.
@davidgerard Good stuff. Man, TESCREAL is twisted.
A small quibble: I live and work in Silicon Valley, and I don’t believe any of this shit. And nobody I know believes any of this shit either. We’re just programmers trying to build working systems. The “Silicon Valley worldview” described by the article is embodied by a gaggle of tech CEOs, venture capitalists, industry “thought leaders”, pseudo philosophers, and crackpots. There’s zero overlap between us and them.
@stuartmarks oh sure, but also i bet you work with more than one Scott Alexander reader, if not on the floor then in management
@davidgerard Hm, I suppose yes that’s within the realm of possibility. However I’m fairly confident there aren’t any. The reason is explained by the application of this well-worn joke schema:
Q: How can you tell if a person is a regular Scott Alexander reader?
A: He’ll tell you.
@davidgerard I got a lot of Frank Tipler vibes from this
