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    1. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      9/ Some try to apply the label “metamodernism” to the metatribe. This could work in theory, but in practice, metamodernists are a sociologically distinct group that is only one part of the metatribe.

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    2. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      10/ There are many In-roads to the metatribe. They include: • @lesswrong • Daniel Schmactenberger • Game B • @Meaningness • Michael Vassar • Effective Altruism • @SamoBurja • Bay Area subcultures • @EricRWeinstein's Portal podcast • @LeverageRes • Ephemerisle

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    3. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      11/ [cont.] • @MonasticAcademy • The Castle festival • @ribbonfarm and @vgr • The former "Thielosphere" • @slatestarcodex • Foresight Institute • Take 3 • @vervaeke_john • The Embassy Network • @newmodality • Postrat Twitter (eg @eigenrobot and @0x49fa98)

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    4. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      12/ Canonical texts of the metatribe include Dune, Thinking Fast and Slow, Foundation, the Sequences, The Matrix, and Impro. Yes, here is me shilling Dune again bc Herbert described the mindset of metatribe back in 1965. The culture has only recently caught up.pic.twitter.com/dM5EW0NuGZ

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    5. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      13/ The metatribe is an inevitable reaction to postmodernism and globalism. As the world fractured into a million narratives, the mind still strove for integration. I will do a separate thread on why I think the metatribe is coming together now.

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    6. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      14/ Toward the end of 2020 and start of 2021, the rise of remote work will finally enable the metatribe to gather from across the world to form in-person community. My group is working on this with our castle search & there are other effortshttps://twitter.com/TylerAlterman/status/1303492867311230976 …

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      Tyler Alterman @TylerAlterman
      We're offering $5000 for intel on a buyable castle where we can build a physical community for the diaspora. Read more here: https://www.notion.so/Wanted-European-Castle-e7bc9f7c0482485886b0114854a4f2de?fbclid=IwAR2fs4hMC8559fzTSZXDqP2LJ6NpRVbPobN2bJHyr_5GkbX4whcN_tUsn6k …
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    7. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      15/ In March, I gave a talk with Foresight Institute called “The renaissance came from the plague.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gEe1HN7W0 …

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    8. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      16/ The renaissance came from the plague. A new renaissance will emerge from the new plague. The metatribe will lead it.

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 13
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      Replying to @TylerAlterman

      feels like you’re just randomly dumping stuff you read into a cultural trend theory tbh

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    10. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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      I don't know how this would account for the ability of the relevant people to identify one another from across the room (Also, they mainly want to date each other and are beginning to have babies together)

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 13
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      they’re just in the same places at the same time in the same age cohort

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        2. Tyler Alterman‏ @TylerAlterman Sep 13
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          isn't that a cultural trend? (esp given that it's not *all* the people in same place, time, cohort)

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Sep 13
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          no that’s just life and statistical odds 😄 I’d bet social class, income, employer/school etc will explain almost all of it at best it’s a meta tribe the way “crypto” is a meta tribe

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