I agree with all of this, except for existential risk reduction and other potential goals of the rationality community don’t fit with waiting rationality to coalesce into a world religion, which you’ve already acknowledged. Also, I feel like just because it’s the rationality community we should find a way to create tighter feedback loops of coalescing into worldwide community in a shorter period than religions typically take. Personally I’m more motivated by the Craft than the Community, but I figure to rally the whole community both are necessary (and interdependent?), so I’m still trying to hack together a way to balance both while accelerating sustainable development of local rationality communities.
I agree with all of this, except for existential risk reduction and other potential goals of the rationality community don’t fit with waiting rationality to coalesce into a world religion, which you’ve already acknowledged. Also, I feel like just because it’s the rationality community we should find a way to create tighter feedback loops of coalescing into worldwide community in a shorter period than religions typically take. Personally I’m more motivated by the Craft than the Community, but I figure to rally the whole community both are necessary (and interdependent?), so I’m still trying to hack together a way to balance both while accelerating sustainable development of local rationality communities.