254 – The True Theme and Meaning of HPMOR
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What are the announcements and feedback for this episode?
Oh, well, the thing I was going to say on the record is how lots of times I feel like I feel like Jennifer's mom sometimes when she struggles to use what we consider pretty basic software tools. Oh, dude, me too. Yeah. And now I'm like, I'm logging into Plex. I'm like. somewhere there's a way to add friends i've done it before it's moved apparently and i can't find it and i ask the ais and the ais like go to here and here and 80 of the time they find it 20 of the time it's just not there and i'm like i feel like an old old person who can't set his vcr clock so it isn't blinking why why am i still alive i should just kill myself because i cannot interact with the modern world
For what it's worth, I feel that way too. And I monkey with computers for my day job. It's not you, it's them. And I mean that. Every website is getting worse and harder to navigate. So it's pure madness.
There used to be... You know what? Never mind. It used to be simple. Well, there used to be standardized menus. In the top left, it started with file and then edit and then the rest of the menu across the menu bar and it would drop down. Hmm, but now I sound like an old man.
No, we sound like people who are pointing out that things actually used to be better. This is a software... People who work in application development understand this too. There's this whole thing, oh, it's getting stagnant, so we've got to add new shit. And it's like, no, just keep it good. People liked it when it worked. They don't need it to do other stuff.
And now half the time menus are gone and there's just this little AI that you talk to. And it's like, hey, I'm your program AI. Tell me what you want to do and I'll get it for you.
What are Eneasz's concerns about podcasting?
And I'm like, I don't know.
How does WSCFriedman interpret HPMOR?
I kind of want to access the tools and see the list of tools and see how I can monkey around with this. And it's like, nope. Tell me what you want to do. Do you want to add friends? I can do that for you. I'm like, how about you just give me the tool that takes me to the add friends menu and I will add in the email of my friends and it'll be good. And it's like, tell me the email of the friend you want to add and I'll do it for you. I'm like, fuck you. I don't want a personal assistant managing my life. I want a damn tool.
And go ahead and give me your phone number, too, so I can text you updates as well. Oh, my God. It's madness. Madness, I say. Makes one almost want to become a serial killer. Trying to tie us into today's subject.
Ooh, I see. Oh, like the old Ted... I don't think... Was Ted Kaczynski a serial killer?
I guess... He tried to do some killings. I don't think he was the traditional serial killer.
Yeah, but that man had it figured out. He was like, we must return to the woods where we eat bugs and die in 40 of a communicable simple disease.
He had a version of something figured out. All right, I got to show the... Well, actually, this version... We're doing video again, so for a little out there, that's why it sounds that way. So only people who are looking can see my cool new mug that I got from Doof Media.
uh we also have a swag store that we never plug but it's in the show notes every time it's true but i wanted this mug so i got a cool new mug yeah and also only people who are paying can see that mug because we only release video to paying subscribers that's right if you want to look at our beautiful young not yet surgeried faces which is a reference you'll understand if you did we talk about this in the patreon content Yes, we did. To reference, you will understand if you are a paying subscriber that that is what you need to do. Pay.
That's right. But for non-paying subscribers and everybody else, we're going to talk about an awesome post by WSC Friedman. I'm going to call him Friedman for the rest of the episode.
Yeah. Oh, wait, hold on. Let's do a quick intro.
Oh, yeah. By the way, this is a podcast. Yeah. What is the name of the podcast? Welcome to the Baystream. Welcome to the Bayesian Conspiracy. I'm Steven Zuber.
I'm Ineosz Brodsky. Let's keep doing with the podcast.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the announcements and feedback for this episode?
0:05–1:38
2
What are Eneasz's concerns about podcasting?
1:38–1:39
3
How does WSCFriedman interpret HPMOR?
1:39–4:45
4
What is the significance of rationality in HPMOR?
4:45–9:38
5
How does the concept of authority play into HPMOR's narrative?
9:38–12:54
6
What are the main conflicts between characters in HPMOR?
12:54–17:38
7
What lessons can be learned from Harry's journey?
17:38–21:31
8
How does HPMOR reflect on themes of mentorship and friendship?
21:31–1:35:05