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Thank you for the reference. I just stumbled into this website and found the essays interesting to me. As a Chinese reader there is not so many this kind of contents in chinese web. Really lucky to enjoy the thought while improving my English.

3Richard_Kennaway7mo
Welcome! There's a monthly open thread [https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WCHKpqvdpGhiFtLTc/open-and-welcome-thread-november-2022] where newcomers are invited to introduce themselves.

The essay reminds me of the book š‘³š’‚š’š’ˆš’–š’‚š’ˆš’† š’š’ š‘»š’‰š’š’–š’ˆš’‰š’• š’‚š’š’… š‘Øš’„š’•š’Šš’š’ by Samuel Hayakawa. The author also used the map and territory metaphor in the book.

3Richard_Kennaway7mo
Eliezer has elsewhere mentioned it as having been an influence in his youth. The saying "the map is not the territory" originated with Korzybski [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski], and Hayakawa's book is a popularisation of his work.