Rationalists in Australia and surrounding regions
2023-10-29 — 2024-10-08
Wherein networks of rationalists in Australia and neighbouring lands are catalogued, and their tendency to be organised chiefly via Facebook groups and meetups is noted, with local EA and AI‑safety chapters listed.
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Discussion of an open community that specifically aims to engage with edgy arguments; dialogue with people with uncomfortable opinions on objectionable topics.
In practice, I do not engage much with rationalists, not because of lack of interest, but because they seem to skew towards organising via Facebook, which I find psychologically corrosive. Nonetheless, rationalists do fill a need I feel, so I had better track some down.
Here are some associated institutions:
- The Good Ancestors Project
- AI Safety Australia and New Zealand
- AI Safety Australia and NZ mailing list
- AI Safety Sydney on LessWrong
- AI Safety Sydney on Facebook
- All Minus One an Australian ❄️🍑 club, which is something close, except a bit more passive-aggressive.
- EA Sydney Events
- EAGxAustralia
- Effective Altruism Australia Local Community
- Effective Altruism Melbourne | Meetup
- Effective Altruism Melbourne
- Effective Altruism Sydney Facebook Vortex
- Effective Altruism Sydney Linktree
- Effective Altruism Sydney Meetup
- Effective Environmentalism Sydney
- LW Jakarta; Ok, this is actually in Indonesia, but it’s close enough.
- Rationality - Sydney Meetup