Personal contact via the people employed in the Wired magazine and a lot of hackers are quite strong. Wired had actually an intention of pushing projects like Cypherpunks or in the last years the Quantified Self movement which they essentially founded (Keven Kelly and Gary Wolf are both Wired Editors).
I don't think that LW is really the place that needs positive PR. I can't really think of a story about LW that I want to tell a reporter. I can think of stories about MIRI or about CFAR but LW itself doesn't need PR.
I can think of stories about MIRI or about CFAR but LW itself doesn't need PR.
That's a great point. LW is not MIRI. LW comments are not MIRI research. LW moderation policy is not FAI source code. Etc.
The proper response to basilisk would probably be: "So, tell me about the most controversial comment ever in your web discussions. You know, just so I can popularize it as the stuff your website is really about."
WARNING: Memetic hazard.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html?wpisrc=obnetwork
Is there anything we should do?