Rationalists in Australia and surrounding regions
October 30, 2023 — October 9, 2024
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Discussion of an open community that specifically aims to engage with edgy arguments; dialogue with people with uncomfortable opinions on objectionable topics.
In practice, I do not engage much with rationalists, not because of lack of interest, but because they seem to skew towards organising via Facebook, which I find psychologically corrosive. Nonetheless, rationalists do fill a need I feel, so I had better track some down.
Here are some associated institutions:
- The Good Ancestors Project
- AI Safety Australia and New Zealand
- AI Safety Australia and NZ mailing list
- AI Safety Sydney on LessWrong
- AI Safety Sydney on Facebook
- All Minus One an Australian ❄️🍑 club, which is something close, except a bit more passive-aggressive.
- EA Sydney Events
- EAGxAustralia
- Effective Altruism Australia Local Community
- Effective Altruism Melbourne | Meetup
- Effective Altruism Melbourne
- Effective Altruism Sydney Facebook Vortex
- Effective Altruism Sydney Linktree
- Effective Altruism Sydney Meetup
- Effective Environmentalism Sydney
- LW Jakarta; Ok, this is actually in Indonesia, but it’s close enough.
- Rationality - Sydney Meetup