Quick take on the Rationalist movement: most surprising is how deeply normal it all is. The extremes are not that extreme. About as cult-like as the coöp I lived in in college one Summer: a few shibboleths, quirky effects of high social trust, youth, surplus wealth. …
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How much overlap was there? I had assumed lots of crossover between the groups (or their ancestors) during the mailing list era.
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I think that the rationalists have discovered a mode in which they largely reached peace with the world, by resolving to make up for their differences to the normies via developing compensating strategies. But you cannot be avantgarde if you are at peace.
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