Richard Ngo: Entering 'What Should I Fight For?' Mode Means You've Already Lost
RichardMCNgo · x · 2026-10-11
Richard Ngo argues that once you enter the 'what should I pay costs to fight for?' regime, you've already lost intellectual virtue—big barriers to truth-seeking deserve investigation into why they exist, citing Scott Alexander's tacit 'Kolmogorov Complicity' as an example. He adds that much nastiness stems from polarization dynamics, which is why a liberal/populist synthesis matters.
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