EA was a loose forum-born movement that splintered; someone should write its ethnography
tszzl · x · 2026-09-20
tszzl argues EA is a loosely organized group briefly brought together in the late 2010s on an internet forum, which then splintered in a million ways as forums do. He suggests someone should write a definitive ethnography of that era titled 'Bentham's Seed'.
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