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Meditations On Moloch - LessWrong

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[Content note: Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!] • I. …

x Meditations On Moloch — LessWrong Community and Cooperation Moloch Eldritch Analogies Game Theory Incentives Punishing Non-Punishers Social & Cultural Dynamics World Optimization Personal Blog 222 Meditations On Moloch by Scott Alexander 30th Jul 2014 57 min read 11 222 [Content note: Visions! omens! hallucinations! miracles! ecstasies! dreams! adorations! illuminations! religions!] I. Allan Ginsberg’s famous poem, Moloch : What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars!

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