I get extremely suspicious of people when I discover that there's some guy whose work they're super into and have made the foundation of their personal philosophy. I do this even if the guy is someone whose work I like, and even if they're someone I like personally.
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This is my account where I don't worry about being polite to people though.

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Yeah maybe I should have an alt
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I recall Eliezer on one occasion noting that "if you tell your followers not to form a cult, they will go around saying 'We must not form a cult, Great Leader Mundo said so'."
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I have seen this happen several times.
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Do you have any ideas why cultishness hasn’t popped up around you, David? I wonder if meta-rat’ism having no fixed frame helps. CR does have this IMO, but everyone tends to interpret it as having a practical ideology that is True and Follows from the Laws of Epistemology.
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Turning the question around: Cults are rare enough that there must be fairly stringent preconditions for formation. I’ve got a reasonably good idea of what those are and don’t meet most of them.
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it’s normal to take a living architect you’ve never met as your personal savior
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I almost started a cult in The mid 90's! When I saw it happening I ran for the hills.
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How did you get out of it, Vivek? Any advice on how to build a community without culty stuff happening?
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