The Smugosphere

The Smugosphere is

“That place where we do things because they make us feel good/get us status tokens, not because they might actually work, and where there is little to no unambiguous feedback (i.e. no selection pressures)”

It’s not an entirely pleasant and welcoming title, but then neither is it supposed to be. “Activists” have to have a better sense of how they come across (without saying they should never offend anyone). Blah blah