Having had a couple days to sit with this thread, I think it’s worth adding that I’m willing to participate in addressing this issue in future Solstice celebrations (so for 2020 at least). I think I’m a poor choice for lots of things related to Solstice organizing because I’m not close enough to the core of rationalist culture to reliably drive things in ways most rationalists would like, but within the context of a team that is doing that I think I could probably have a positive impact on the Solstice experience by pushing it to better incorporate the kinds of things I have in mind and that would be effective at achieving their ends, though I am also happy to defer to others if they are motivated to do this and think they can succeed.
Put another way, if I just complain and point out the problem and offer some suggestions for who to fix it that’s not enough to make change happen, so since I think this is important I think it’s important enough that I should try to do something about it with my actions rather than just my words.
Having had a couple days to sit with this thread, I think it’s worth adding that I’m willing to participate in addressing this issue in future Solstice celebrations (so for 2020 at least). I think I’m a poor choice for lots of things related to Solstice organizing because I’m not close enough to the core of rationalist culture to reliably drive things in ways most rationalists would like, but within the context of a team that is doing that I think I could probably have a positive impact on the Solstice experience by pushing it to better incorporate the kinds of things I have in mind and that would be effective at achieving their ends, though I am also happy to defer to others if they are motivated to do this and think they can succeed.
Put another way, if I just complain and point out the problem and offer some suggestions for who to fix it that’s not enough to make change happen, so since I think this is important I think it’s important enough that I should try to do something about it with my actions rather than just my words.