No, but I’d say I’m rationalist-adjacent. I find the topics interesting and I love the community, but I’m not really part of it. I imagine there being circles of rationalism, with the outermost circle being people who read I Can Tolerate Anything But The Outgroup once and quite enjoyed it, and the innermost circle being literally a room with Eliezer, Luke Muehlhauser, Gwern and Scott Alexander playing Dungeons & Discourse. I’m in a medium-sized circle in between those two.
No, partly for similar reasons, and partly because I don’t think I deserve it because I don’t donate enough to charity. I have a small monthly direct debit going to GiveWell and it should be more but it isn’t. In fact I will go and double it after I’ve said bye here because it really should be more.
No, but I’d say I’m rationalist-adjacent. I find the topics interesting and I love the community, but I’m not really part of it. I imagine there being circles of rationalism, with the outermost circle being people who read I Can Tolerate Anything But The Outgroup once and quite enjoyed it, and the innermost circle being literally a room with Eliezer, Luke Muehlhauser, Gwern and Scott Alexander playing Dungeons & Discourse. I’m in a medium-sized circle in between those two.
No, partly for similar reasons, and partly because I don’t think I deserve it because I don’t donate enough to charity. I have a small monthly direct debit going to GiveWell and it should be more but it isn’t. In fact I will go and double it after I’ve said bye here because it really should be more.