Bay Area rationalists and EA don't document their own history, sparking debate
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-09-20
A quoted post argues Bay Area rationalists and effective altruists rarely document their own history because it is disgraceful—"only their enemies keep records." The original tweet describes EA as a loosely organized group that briefly coalesced on an internet forum in the late 2010s before splintering, calling for a definitive public ethnography jokingly titled "Bentham's Seed."
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