Patri Friedman
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read

While quite different in form, the blog Unqualified Reservations has a mimetic similarity to Q, in that it was an attempt to rewrite our understanding of the last 1–2 centuries of history, using primary sources. It focused on pointing out places where the Blue Church narrative is highly inaccurate in ways proveable using online-accessible materials. The impact of UR was the creation of neoreaction, which to some degree led to the alt-right, and so there is a through line from UR’s sensemaking a decade ago to the 4chan world today.

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