Society Explained: a tool for efficiently exploring >100 theories of society - LessWrong
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A new tool maps over 100 competing theories of society — from Marx to Yudkowsky — revealing just how differently thinkers explain the same human world.
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Theory Briefing
- A LessWrong tool lets users rapidly explore 100+ theories of society, from Adam Smith's markets to Karl Marx's class struggle.
- The tool frames competing thinkers like Steven Pinker and Eliezer Yudkowsky side by side, exposing deep disagreements about human progress and social order.
- By mapping rival frameworks together, the project surfaces how paradigm lock-in shapes which theories we even consider plausible.