EA is adjacent to Yudkowsky LessWrong Rationality-as-a-Lifestyle/Asimov's Second Foundation LARPing, which leads to some weird places like Roko's Basilisk and e

EA is adjacent to Yudkowsky LessWrong Rationality-as-a-Lifestyle/Asimov's Second Foundation LARPing, which leads to some weird places like Roko's Basilisk and expensive places like the Center for Applied Rationality [0]; and it's also a fad among Silicon Valley VC/founder types [1], so it does have a rather specific techno-psuedo-intellectual sheen to it that can be suspect to those who aren't into such subcultures or scenes. [0] $3,900 for four nights https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-happiness-code.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-happiness-co... [1] https://haseebq.com/why-i-became-an-effective-altruist/ https://haseebq.com/why-i-became-an-effective-altruist/