What do you think of the notion that a significant cause of many of the problems that plague the Bay Area rationalist communities is precisely the conflation of the community and the task/project group?
It seems plausible, but mostly I think I’m unqualified to have an opinion since I’ve neither researched nor interacted with that community. However… I’m very skeptical that craft/community mixing is inherently bad. Could you elaborate more on why you think this is the case for the Bay Area, or link me to something that explains the reasoning a bit more?
It seems plausible, but mostly I think I’m unqualified to have an opinion since I’ve neither researched nor interacted with that community. However… I’m very skeptical that craft/community mixing is inherently bad. Could you elaborate more on why you think this is the case for the Bay Area, or link me to something that explains the reasoning a bit more?
Hmm, I’d have to dig up links, which I don’t have handy; I was hoping you’d already be familiar with this debate. Ah well.
I guess I’ll just say that past experience and observation leads me to be very skeptical of your “mixed approach”, so to speak.