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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How would you describe the rationalist community (to fresh ears)? And (while I have your attention) what are some other examples of fields born on the internet?
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In general, I love the idea of para-academic communities - the notion that serious research communities can now arise completely in parallel to standard academia. But there's not a lot of examples I know of - most are connected to LW in some way.
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What else would these communities need do you think?
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Academia has the advantage of structured institutional networked space. It filters out annoying time-sink intrusions: “sorry, I have a job to do, I can’t deal with X”. In para-academic communities, livelihood necessities are often intrusions: “sorry, can’t respond now bc job.” >
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