OK, I guess people want a more substantive reply, so here goes. Sorry for the initial post, which must have came off as insulting, but I sincerely believed that this was a troll.

A few days ago, I described a post as "almost the epitome of what I don't want to see on LessWrong." This post, on the other hand, is the epitome of what I don't want to see on LessWrong.

It makes weird and unproven claims ("very reliably gives people deep experiences," NLP, etc.), generally takes itself way too seriously ("stricter set of formal rules than almost anything of its length ever published," "Seven Secular Sermons"), and exists entirely to plug something that I think is generally poor quality.

I did not have a "deep experience" on viewing this video. I had much the reverse-- I cringed and closed the window before watching the entire thing, because I considered it generally creepy and in poor taste.

I don't want content like this associated with LessWrong. I think it is completely embarrassing, and I say this as someone who plans on attending Solstice events. Your username doesn't help either, though I know that certainly one's username does not necessarily reflect their true personality, etc. etc.

But my least favorite part of this post is the fact that, on seeing it, I knew it was going to be upvoted significantly, simply because it was on the "right side." And that's a really bad omen for LessWrong as a whole. There shouldn't be sides or positions that LessWrong favors thanks to external factors-- there really shouldn't!

That is why I thought your post was a joke-- I thought you were trying to make fun of the LW community's support of certain kinds of content without any real eye for merit. I apologize for that presumption and any insult it or the above remarks may have caused, but I consider this an important issue for LessWrong as a whole-- too important for me to mince my words.