Last night I tried to describe the rationalist community to a friend who had never heard of it. I struggled, but finally settled on describing it as "A school of philosophy that arose on the internet rather than in the academy."
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I agree… the “weekend salon” we organized a year and a half ago, which you contributed to, was an attempt to address that. I expected to make that a series, but life events intervened… Funding is also a major issue, I think. Not many people can be a full-time para-academic.
You and Michael have both helped foster para-academic networks! But yeah, it's hard to sustain without funding/institutional support.
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Part of me wants to seek funding and set up institution(s), for this reason. Peter Thiel has been an innovator in this area, obviously. There’s much more that could be done… that NEEDS to be done…
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An inspiring example (h/t
@saul) is Black Mountain College. Not exactly the model I’d go for, but many interesting aspects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_College … - 7 more replies
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