@kissane a lot of this is too close for comfort but “It’s as if 3M’s accidental invention of Post-It notes while failing to make space glue landed them a UN veto.” was almost physically painful to read

@kissane this was dense - the intro I had to read aloud to really grasp the dark forest analogy, but now that I have made it through piece this analogy is going to stick with me. Shared among my tech friends as well

@kissane “It’s as if 3M’s accidental invention of Post-It notes while failing to make space glue landed them a UN veto.”

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@kissane this is really good

I wonder whether "light forests" (savannas? glades?) - public, community focused networks with strong moderation - can exist long-term alongside the dark forests?

Like, do all of the safe spaces have to be in small caves and burrows, or can we keep enough of the monsters out of places like here and bluesky to stake out a region on the surface? Will context collapse and bad incentives always end up bringing the wolves and bears?

@kissane this is excellent work, Erin

Have you spoken previously on or incorporated the idea of Accountability Sinks? It's a recent idea to my reading, but it's kind of like the glasses from They Live -- I just see them everywhere, poised to create ruin.

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/accountability-sinks

When we leave a system with no inputs, create a megaphone instead of a telephone, we get collateral damage. It's almost universal, it's just the degree of damage that's negotiable.