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Eldritch Analogies are the association of impersonal social or physical dynamics with fictional or mythological deities. The most well known is Moloch, who is associated with coordination problems and competition.

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152Meditations On Moloch
Scott Alexander
9y
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72The Goddess of Everything Else
Scott Alexander
8y
8
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180An Alien God
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
162
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165The ‘ petertodd’ phenomenon
mwatkins
2mo
48
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81In Favor of Niceness, Community, and Civilization
Scott Alexander
9y
9
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63Mythic Mode
Valentine
5y
81
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69Conjuring An Evolution To Serve You
Eliezer Yudkowsky
16y
26
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67Demon Threads
Raemon
5y
74
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44A parable in the style of Invisible Cities
Daniel Kokotajlo
4y
6
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60You're in Newcomb's Box
HonoreDB
12y
176
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22Let's Read: an essay on AI Theology
Yuxi_Liu
4y
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18What is Ra?Q
Chris_Leong, pjeby
3y
Q
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11Frankenstein Delenda Est[anonymous]3y
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