Annoyingly Principled People, and what befalls them — LessWrong
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Here are two beliefs that are sort of haunting me right now: …
x Annoyingly Principled People, and what befalls them — LessWrong Rationality Curated 2026 Top Fifty: 14 % 306 Annoyingly Principled People, and what befalls them by Raemon 13th Apr 2026 6 min read 71 306 Here are two beliefs that are sort of haunting me right now: Folk who try to push people to uphold principles (whether established ones or novel ones), are kinda an important bedrock of civilization. Also, those people are really annoying and often, like, a little bit crazy And these both feel fairly important. I’ve learned a lot from people who have some kind of hobbyhorse about how society
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