eli_sennesh comments on State of the Solstice 2014 - LessWrong

36 Post author: Raemon 23 December 2014 06:18AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 27 December 2014 03:45:35PM 1 point [-]

but we don't yet know what it is about those institutions that allow them to form such communities.

As a first guess: couldn't it be the fact that they explicitly claim to put their community members in touch with cosmic, existential truths larger than their own lives and daily concerns?

Comment author: therufs 27 December 2014 07:56:46PM 2 points [-]

The closest analogy I can think of is that it's like being part of an enormous LARP with millions of participants and thousands of years of history.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 27 December 2014 06:33:02PM 1 point [-]

As a first guess: couldn't it be the fact that they explicitly claim to put their community members in touch with cosmic, existential truths larger than their own lives and daily concerns?

It could very well be that, yes.