Background reading list

this is where any useful information goes, preferably with a summary of important points

Project Hufflepuff"In a nutshell, the emotional vibe of the community is preventing people from feeling happy and and connected, and a large veriety of skillsets that are essential for group intelligence and ambition to flourish are undersupplied."

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/03/16/book-review-seeing-like-a-state/

be aware of the hidden knowledge of established practice/chesterton fences

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-silicon-valley-suicides/413140/

one of the many reasons we should be no-obligation

https://hackernoon.com/invoke-the-tools-of-the-present-aa2b37e35830

in the general category of act now rather than later, dont bank on the gold at the end of the rainbow

http://www.meltingasphalt.com/personhood-a-game-for-two-or-more-players/

some of the qualities of personhood, and civic values some people think they are above, some descriptions of useful yet "old fashioned" social technology

https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths

a warning to be heeded

https://www.harihareswara.net/libreplanet-2016-inessential-weirdnesses-in-free-software.txt

a starting point for making rationality more accessible

http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/23/the-price-of-glee-in-china/

getting at the intuition for why the current rationalist strategy of optimizing for highest gross income might not be the best thing to do

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-28/how-utah-keeps-the-american-dream-alive

conservative social technology that has elements we could use

http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm

trying to avoid this failure mode, even though we are generally opposed to hierarchy, a shadow hierarchy is usually worse

https://markmanson.net/digital-nomad

some of the disadvantages of a rootless, temporary existence lifestyle, also partually applies to people who change locations a lot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherbourg_Project

Jewish people on the whole are intelligent yet passive, it doesn't have to be this way, also #aesthetic alone is enough to include this in the links

https://rationalconspiracy.com/2017/04/22/moving-to-the-bay-area/

further reading on the problems with the bay area