Aella: the rationalist community stayed steadfast through the culture-war storm
AaronBergman18 · x · 2026-10-09
Aella argues the rationalist community is unusually good at discourse norms and truthfinding: through recent culture-war turbulence it was neither overrun by woke discourse nor turned rabidly anti-woke, holding steady instead. The take has sparked discussion about the culture of AI-adjacent communities.
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