i think of this as sort of a flywheel, where what comes in is raw zeal. people show up, and they believe in the cause, and they give what they can. if you're talented, educated, etc, it is the best professional network on earth. since Peter Thiel is most of the rats' funding, often his ventures

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so to jump into rat history in the middle, a whole lot of them moved to the Bay Area in the 2010s, and this worked out very well for some and horribly for others

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i also didn't mention peter thiel or roko's basilisk or the zizians or the belligerent national security stance favoring brinkmanship with china that Dario specifically got the biden white house to pursue

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Rather than responding to individual who-said-what-when stuff, it would be more helpful to address this specific idea: that the fact that the Rationalist movement gives adherents access to sex and money creates incentives for Rationalists to overstate claims and pander to funders.

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Good morning to you too, Grinch.

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