my politics

my childhood background was deeply activist hyper-environmentalist leftist organic farmer parents. my teenage years were a intellectual backdrop of lesswrong and SSC, meaning mostly "politics is the mindkiller"
then:
- 2015 supreme court ruling on gay marriage. made me realize how incredibly important it was to me that ppl i loved could live how they wanted to, shifted me towards political action
- reading inadequate equilibria. made me viscerally pro-capitalism, impossible to ignore or forget.
- banning of american sniper from my college when some students wanted to do an innocent showing. made me realize for the first time that young progressive activists weren't just overzealous, they were actively stupid and dangerous
- the NYT slate star codex debacle. full radicalization against journalists, the democratic establishment, and speech norms.
- covid, clearly showing me that regardless of party government is totally fucking incompetent.
- gpt-3 showing me that artificial intelligence alignment was a short term political issue, not just something for eliezer and my children to worry about
- october 7th.

anyway i remain a blue tinged ai safetyist transhumanist anti-trad anti-disgust reaction capital allocatoooor speech loving grey triber and one day i hope to get to vote for someone who represents even a fraction of my values

@goblinodds

i've got a migraine coming on, everyone is having feelings, now feels like a good time to ask abt turning points in ppl's political views over time

i'm curious what events had the biggest effects on u politically