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Comment author: Armok_GoB 21 March 2011 06:46:19PM 2 points [-]

This sounds extremely awesome. Something like this would improve my quality of life incomprehensibly much, I'd do very desperate things for it.

If I were in an area with critical mass, I'd go out and do the hero thing RIGHT NOW. I'd probably fail but as I said I'm desperate. However, where I live is not near critical mass, not even near it, maybe 2 or 3 orders of magnitude away from it. I can't travel far or move because of... medical reasons, and it will likely remain this way for the foreseeable future. I am trapped and miserable, please help.

Comment author: Goobahman 20 April 2011 12:18:56AM 1 point [-]

Hey Armok

Have you considered that there may be those who have very similar values as us here at Less Wrong, but rather champion them under a different banner than 'Rationality'?

I'm just thinking it might be worth widening your search, and scracth under the surface a bit more of what's around you to see if you can find any gold.

Short of that, send out a few transmissions in the local forums e.g. newspapers and their websites. and see if you can pick up any signals.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 28 July 2012 11:52:07PM 1 point [-]

Got any keywords to suggest?