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Naming the Nameless - LessWrong
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Some people claim that aesthetics don't mean anything, and are resistant to the idea that they could. After all, aesthetic preferences are very indi…
x Naming the Nameless — LessWrong Best of LessWrong 2018 Aesthetics Politics Social Status The SF Bay Area UI Design Rationality Frontpage 143 Naming the Nameless by sarahconstantin 22nd Mar 2018 16 min read 43 143 Epistemic status: political, opinionated, personal, all the typical caveats for controversial posts. I was talking with a libertarian friend of mine the other day about my growing discomfort with the political culture in the Bay Area, and he asked why I didn't just move. It's a good question. Peter Thiel just moved to L.A. , citing the left-wing San Francisco culture as his reason.
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