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Comment author: beoShaffer 19 February 2013 02:32:40AM 2 points [-]

Hi Pinyaka!

I find that I become fairly unhappy without some kind of regular socialization in a largish group, but it's difficult to find groups whose core values are similar to mine. In fact, after leaving a quasi-religious group last year it occurred to me that I've always just fallen in with whatever group was most convenient and not too immediately repellant.

Semi-seriously, have you considered moving?

Comment author: pinyaka 20 February 2013 01:52:27PM 0 points [-]

I'm sort of averse to moving at the moment, since I'm in the middle of getting my doctorate, but I'll likely have to move once I finish that. Do you have specific suggestions? I have always picked where I live based on employment availability and how much I like the city from preliminary visits.

Comment author: beoShaffer 20 February 2013 05:30:24PM 0 points [-]

I have always picked where I live based on employment availability and how much I like the city from preliminary visits.

In that case its going to strongly depend on your field, and if your going into academia specifically you likely won't have much of a choice. That said NY and the Bay Area are both good places for finding rationality support.