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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So I'm going to go through this and say what I agree with and could be expanded on, and the points I think this thread is trying to be emotionally manipulative. Cards on the table: I'm an ex-rationalist going on ~10 years since I hung around these circles and it has been WILD seeing their influence

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've never been to any Bay Area events and never met Yudkowsky, but spent 2012-2016 reading the sequences (some of HPMOR but didn't like it and stopped maybe 1/5th of the way in), and going to local rationalist events in Atlanta. And I still use GiveWell for part of my charitable giving decisions.

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Surplus Cornbread @surpluscornbread.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

And I fully admit, part of why I dislike much of this thread is the people I met in person and online were kind, caring, and yes weird folks. Which are descriptors I strive to embody in my own life! And yes some of them quite enjoy group sex and polyamory, neither of which are lifestyles I enjoy.

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