An interesting post, well written, upvoted. Mere existence of such posts here constitutes a proof that LW is still far from Objectivism, not only because Eliezer is way more rational (and compassionate) than Ayn Rand, but mainly because the other people here are aware of dangers of cultism.

However, I am not sure whether the right way to prevent cultish behaviour (whether the risk is real or not) is to issue warning like this to the leader (or any sort of warning, perhaps). The dangers of cultism emerge from simply having a leader; whatever the level of personal rationality, being a single extraordinarily revered person in any group for any longer time probably harm's one's judgement, and the overall atmosphere of reverence is unhealthy for the group. Maybe more generally, the problem not necessarily depends on existence of a leader: if a group is too devoted to some single idea, it faces lots of dangers, the gravest thereof perhaps be separation from reality. Especially if the idea lives in an environment where relevant information is not abundant.

Therefore, I would prefer to see the community concentrate on a broader class of topics, and to continue in the tradition of disseminating rationality started on OB. Mitigating existential risk is a serious business indeed, and it has to be discussed appropriately, but we shouldn't lose perspective and become too fanatic about the issue. There were many statements written on LW in recent months or years, many of them not by EY, declaring absolute preference of existential risk mitigation above everything else; those statements I find unsettling.

Final nitpick: Gandhi is misspelled in the OP.