I’d recommend Primer over this.

How do I opt into the LessWrong Watercolor Aesthetic?

Object for the stated reason.

I have a personal rule that I tell people when they start bringing this energy into my life: “I’m happy to listen to you for 5 minutes a day on this topic. After that I’m out.”

I’m interested! But I live in Portugal, so it would need to be remote.

The former. I think you can just explain the blinds without explaining the entire poker game.

I like the idea and would consider doing something like that in the future. Thanks! FWIW, I found the explanation of poker completely extraneous to the main point.

Vernor suggested a principle: The bad beings nearly always optimize for engagement, for pulling you ever deeper into their influence. They want to make themselves more firmly a part of your OODA loop. The good ones send you out, away from themselves in an open ended way, but better than before.

That is profound!

Oh, I should clarify that we won't be doing Circling. We'll just be talking.