I second this! It’s a big psychological boost for someone (like me in 2019) to go from just reading lots about problem areas and the normative/empirical arguments for them, to actually talking with people who are engaged and believe in the ideas. Definitely helps reduce the heuristic of ‘this is weird and I don’t personally know anyone else who thinks this, so I shouldn’t put much stock in it’.
I second this! It’s a big psychological boost for someone (like me in 2019) to go from just reading lots about problem areas and the normative/empirical arguments for them, to actually talking with people who are engaged and believe in the ideas. Definitely helps reduce the heuristic of ‘this is weird and I don’t personally know anyone else who thinks this, so I shouldn’t put much stock in it’.