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He isn't basically running a cult, he is literally running a cult where he teaches people a new philosophy of thought that causes them to realize they should lo
by astrange 3y ago
He isn't basically running a cult, he is literally running a cult where he teaches people a new philosophy of thought that causes them to realize they should logically move into a group home in Berkeley and join a polycule - ie a high engagement alternate sexual practice that's extremely difficult to leave.
This shouldn't be surprising though (it should "conform to your priors") because that's just what people in Berkeley do, they start hippie sex cults. When they're not inventing nuclear weapons and blocking new housing projects.
- ShamelessC 3y agoSounds pretty fucked up! Has there been any investigative journalism on this?
- astrange 3y agoUsually comes in the form of biographies of young tech workers with an aside about how they logiced their girlfriends into open relationships and then got depressed because they got broken up with. There's at least one of these in the New Yorker.
- ShamelessC 3y agoI believe this is at least one such article talking about the houses they buy for members. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-reclusive-hedge-fund-tycoon-behind-the-trump-presidency https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-reclusive-...