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It's an odd article. I think Cade Metz wanted to write a broadly positive piece on SSC; the theatrics from last year generated some bad blood with the NYT; and the editors wanted a more negative piece. So Cade gave them one, even though his heart really wasn't in it and he wasn't really interested in putting Scott on blast.

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Or the article was never really about putting Alexander on blast, and was always really about the broader SSC phenomenon, how it connects to the NRX psychos, and how that's just a hop or two away from SFBA power centers. That seems like an NYT article, more than a long profile about an obscure psychiatrist with a popular blog.

> Or the article was never really about putting Alexander on blast, and was always really about the broader SSC phenomenon, how it connects to the NRX psychos, and how that's just a hop or two away from SFBA power centers. That seems like an NYT article, more than a long profile about an obscure psychiatrist with a popular blog.

It does seem characteristic of NYT to think that “people discussing things on the internet” is something Very Serious People should be Concerned With.

I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean.

Very Serious People are Concerned With it...? Sam Altman and other tech power players are involved? I wouldn't call any of the Silly Valley people "serious" but they definitely have power and think they are serious.

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