Watching nerdy online communities become world-shaping forces: a reflection on Yudkowsky as prophet
dioscuri · x · 2026-09-09
Quoting QiaochuYuan's essay framing Eliezer Yudkowsky as a prophet "fairly literally" — someone struck a quarter century ago by a great and terrible vision of the future that reorganized his life — the author reflects on the strangest surprise of his 30s and 40s: watching the weird nerdy online communities of his youth become incredibly influential forces in the world. Ends with the wry sign-off, "Follow your heart and be nice to your moots."
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