Generally, I have a sense that there are all kinds of really cool niche intellectual communities on the internet, and Reddit might be a good place to find some.
I guess what I most want is “things that could/should be rationalist adjacent, but aren’t”, not that that’s very helpful.
So the obvious options are r/rational, r/litrpg, …
That being the case, these seem like the most relevant para from your recs:
/r/streamentry for high-quality meditation discussion, and /r/mlscaling for discussions about the scaling of machine learning networks. Generally, the subreddits gwern posts in have high-quality links (though often little discussion). I also love /r/Conlanging, /r/neography and /r/vexillology.
And, of course, /r/slatestarcodex and /r/changemyview. /r/thelastpsychiatrist sometimes has very good discussions, but I don’t read it often. /r/askhistorians has the reputation of containing accurate and comprehensive information, though I haven’t read much of it.
… I’m probably not going to be very serious about reddit; I’ve tried before and not stuck with it. But finding things that aren’t just inane could be a big help.
This sounds like a really useful filter:
Top posts of all time are great on good subs, and memes on all the others.Still great to get a feel for the community.
Thanks for all the recommendations!
Generally, I have a sense that there are all kinds of really cool niche intellectual communities on the internet, and Reddit might be a good place to find some.
I guess what I most want is “things that could/should be rationalist adjacent, but aren’t”, not that that’s very helpful.
So the obvious options are r/rational, r/litrpg, …
That being the case, these seem like the most relevant para from your recs:
… I’m probably not going to be very serious about reddit; I’ve tried before and not stuck with it. But finding things that aren’t just inane could be a big help.
This sounds like a really useful filter: