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When I was in high school, because I was on the history bowl team the teacher who advised the model UN club recruited me to play as their delegate in various “historical committees” like the Roman Senate or 1789 French Assembly. I never engaged in any normal committees since you couldn’t undertake false flag attacks or convince the Pope to excommunicate other delegates.

In most committees, as far as I can tell, players represent countries trying to pass a resolution addressing some topic like climate change that's decided beforehand. An award is given to the player the facilitator decides is the “best delegate”—an unwritten combination of speaking ability, social dominance, and accurately representing (or at least not fatally misunderstanding) your assigned country's positions and interests.

I often make a mental metaphor about “model UN discussions” and “model UN solutions.” Model UN discussions revolve around [...]

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First published:
December 8th, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vDRjwdGHJCNtfWJgf/model-un-solutions

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[Linkpost] “‘Model UN Solutions’” by Arjun Panickssery

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[Linkpost] “‘Model UN Solutions’” by Arjun Panickssery