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I really can't say that I was affected by it all that much. Just thought "Ew." and moved on.

Do you have a permalink to any of those instances? It would be helpful to know what they defined medium as.

I'm fairly sure it's for the examples referencing the politically charged issues of racism and sexism.

I'm NIH, I'm 17, and I discovered this site through HPMOR in late 2010.

At that time I read "The Problem With Too Many Rational Memes", closed the tab and forgot about it for two years. In spring 2012, I discovered that there was a new arc for HPMOR, read it and decided that some of EY's other works might be worth reading. Over the summer I began to lurk heavily, culminating in me reading the "Blog posts 2006-2010" EPUB from start to finish in November, which led to me registering.

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That still isn't an answer as to how MIRI' would differ from MIRI.

This is an extremely belated reply, but with regards to

So, I was constantly looking for a "rational" justification for continuing living a good life . I am on the verge of giving up looking, since there seems to be nothing to find, and just living.

The Fun Theory and Metaethics sequences helped me through my personal period of existential angst.

The two most immediately helpful posts I would recommend for someone like you are Joy in The Merely Real and Joy in the Merely Good.

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