After thinking about it some more, I think my issue is that, while I know the ideology/memeplex very well, I don't really "know" many of the people in the Bay Area, personally. As friends. So I feel like a latecomer in the community.
my favorite rationalists are those who know the ideology/memeplex very well. i can find common ground with such a person over someone in the social scene, but not in the literature, any day :)
Aww, thanks! I guess it always felt like I was looking in from afar for most of it. It was a weird parasocial relationship instead of a real relationship.
you seem like a venerable old-timer to me -- i found lw / rationality in 2022 :)
After thinking about it some more, I think my issue is that, while I know the ideology/memeplex very well, I don't really "know" many of the people in the Bay Area, personally. As friends. So I feel like a latecomer in the community.
my favorite rationalists are those who know the ideology/memeplex very well. i can find common ground with such a person over someone in the social scene, but not in the literature, any day :)
cf [this interest-space diagram](https://lydianottingham.substack.com/p/ais-student-you-can-be-an-ic), but with cities not colleges (i'll try to make a post on the broader principle soon)
Aww, thanks! I guess it always felt like I was looking in from afar for most of it. It was a weird parasocial relationship instead of a real relationship.
We never got any FTX money! We were supposed to, but Claire sent it all back
Where did our 2022 budget come from? I thought it was from some sub-sub-charity that SBF gave a bunch of money to. I glossed that as "FTX money."
Nah, if was some other EA money