Very naive guess: people in Israel live in constant high proximity to the two biggest mindkillers, religion and politics/nationalism, both of which have serious and immediate real-world consequences for them.
I’m Israeli, and although my contact with general society in the country is low, I think that’s probably a factor. Meme propagation also just takes time.
Israel seems like a natural place for LW. Any thoughts on why the memes haven’t gotten more traction there yet?
Very naive guess: people in Israel live in constant high proximity to the two biggest mindkillers, religion and politics/nationalism, both of which have serious and immediate real-world consequences for them.
I’m Israeli, and although my contact with general society in the country is low, I think that’s probably a factor. Meme propagation also just takes time.
Actually I doubt it’s something that complicated. In my opinion, the site is not known because there are few people to publicize it, loop.
Anyhow, ARE there more LWers from Israel? I would really like it if there was a meetup here.
According to this survey, there are at least 2 people from Israel (from Haifa and Kfar Saba).