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Oliver wrote an internal Lightcone Infrastructure memo that lists the top enemies of the Rationality movement. He saw fit to post his Enemies List to the site, because that’s a very normal thing to do.
no. 2 is a neoreactionary troll who ran a downvote bot in 2013-2014.
Emile Torres is only #3, sorry Emile some of us are just better at increasing existential risk
no. 4 is Ziz. I am officially considered worse than the literally murderous death cult.
what can i say some of us have just got it
LessWrong used to call themselves a “phyg” in the hope that the word “cult” would not show up in Google so much as being associated with them
Two cases that are a bit less clear, but still show some structural similarities: Peter Thiel, Sam Altman.
A bit less clear because these two have a bit more money to throw around, and damn would it be good if they started throwing some in our direction again
Context: Post #4 in my sequence of private Lightcone Infrastructure memos edited for public consumption.
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Look at this goober, trying to be THE cult leader.
Try to prevent “slums” forming where people who don’t meet your group’s standard congregate (this generally gets more likely the later you kick out people)
I think that this nets all of us here at sneerclub an honorable mention on the list. Good job, everyone!
Okay this wasn’t as dramatic as thought it’d be. And the list seems to be merely alphabetic.
It’s some weird wrongthink policy initiative?
He should have mentioned SBF, whose red flags they spectacularly failed to notice despite so many people telling them to, but I guess that’s too painful of a thought lol
Eugine is after Emile alphabetically
so no, I AM NUMBER ONE
Also, were you ever actually “asked to leave” as such or did you just start to recognize the bullshit and show yourself out? Or did you, as seems to be the more common trail to sneerclub, drop offline for unrelated reasons and circle back some time later to realize you were no longer 15?
Oh and also the roko guy. His idea of a time travelling evil robot sunk little credibility they had deeper and contributed to the internet urban legends collection, for which I am thankful.
Well done, bravo!
