I think these are great initiatives. Ever since reading Anathem (which was before I joined Less Wrong), I’ve wanted rituals and songs that fitted my worldview.
The one thing I wonder is how easy these are to export to the rest of the world (especially to places where English isn’t the first language).
Great question! Clearly, there needs to be an equivalent of Ray composing rationalist songs in every language :). Translation is probably easier, but also likely to be lower quality and less relevant to people in other cultures than an original composition in their language. Now that you mention it, I might experiment with translating some songs into Russian.
I think these are great initiatives. Ever since reading Anathem (which was before I joined Less Wrong), I’ve wanted rituals and songs that fitted my worldview.
The one thing I wonder is how easy these are to export to the rest of the world (especially to places where English isn’t the first language).
Great question! Clearly, there needs to be an equivalent of Ray composing rationalist songs in every language :). Translation is probably easier, but also likely to be lower quality and less relevant to people in other cultures than an original composition in their language. Now that you mention it, I might experiment with translating some songs into Russian.