Moloch is the personification of terrible systems or situations in society that everyone hates but don't get fixed.
Originally the name of a Canaanite god which received child sacrifices, Allen Ginsberg used Moloch to symbolize the state of industrial civilization in his poem "Howl".
The blogger Scott Alexander popularized the term as it is commonly used by many rationalists, although it was already in occasional use by historians and economics to describe systemic issues within or caused by their respective fields.
The term is often used by particularly condescending rationalists to talk down to public servants, academics, and occasionally founders of startups who are trying their best to change the world for the better but likely have no real power to do so.
Originally the name of a Canaanite god which received child sacrifices, Allen Ginsberg used Moloch to symbolize the state of industrial civilization in his poem "Howl".
The blogger Scott Alexander popularized the term as it is commonly used by many rationalists, although it was already in occasional use by historians and economics to describe systemic issues within or caused by their respective fields.
The term is often used by particularly condescending rationalists to talk down to public servants, academics, and occasionally founders of startups who are trying their best to change the world for the better but likely have no real power to do so.
Very often with capitalism, business practices are set by Moloch: No one person has any influence over the matter.
Oh, you're in welfare policy research? I thought Moloch had already eaten all the value there.
Oh, you're in welfare policy research? I thought Moloch had already eaten all the value there.
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Skid: Let's do a prank call!
(Teleport to the attic)
(They summon Moloch)
Pump: It's Spooky Month!
(Moloch starts doing the spooky dance)
(Teleport to the attic)
(They summon Moloch)
Pump: It's Spooky Month!
(Moloch starts doing the spooky dance)
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2) n. An individual who refuses to pay for porn, but rather subsists on the seemingly infinite supply of lo-res pictures and truncated, money shot-less clips meant to induce subscriptions. Without use of a proper browser, this usually leads to a porn storm. The search of good porn using this method can often result in succumbing to a porn vortex.
2) n. An individual who refuses to pay for porn, but rather subsists on the seemingly infinite supply of lo-res pictures and truncated, money shot-less clips meant to induce subscriptions. Without use of a proper browser, this usually leads to a porn storm. The search of good porn using this method can often result in succumbing to a porn vortex.
Matt is such a porn mooch! I gave him my goatslikeitrough.com login like three months ago, and he changed my password!
Every time you pass by Eric's computer, there's a porn storm. He's such a porn mooch! Why doesn't he just pay for the stuff?
Every time you pass by Eric's computer, there's a porn storm. He's such a porn mooch! Why doesn't he just pay for the stuff?
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