mingyuan

Com­mu­nity mis­con­duct dis­putes are not about facts

Five years since lockdown

Chang­ing the world for the worse

How to do a digi­tal declutter

“The first two weeks are the hard­est”: my first digi­tal declutter

Digi­tal in­ten­tion­al­ity is not about productivity

Digi­tal in­ten­tion­al­ity: What’s the point?

• mingyuan 20 Dec 2025 21:19 UTC

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  in reply to: AnnaSalamon’s comment on: The im­pos­si­ble prob­lem of due process

  (I’m rarely online but for the record) I agree that the last section is weak and specifically agree with all of the points you made in this comment, including agreeing with the observation that exile from the community can ruin people’s lives.

Why does ev­ery­thing feel so ur­gent?

Re­learn­ing how to be human

A son­net, a ses­tina, a villanelle

Two easy digi­tal in­ten­tion­al­ity practices

Willpower is ex­haust­ing, use con­tent blockers

Digi­tal min­i­mal­ism is out, digi­tal in­ten­tion­al­ity is in

What are you ex­cited about do­ing?

Build the life you ac­tu­ally want

A glimpse of the other side

You’re always stressed, your mind is always busy, you never have enough time

The im­pos­si­ble prob­lem of due process

• mingyuan 17 Oct 2023 23:02 UTC

  7 points

  5

  on: Ra­tion­al­ity Club at UChicago

  [Context: For ~4 years up until a year ago it was my job to keep track of rationalist groups around the world, also I happen to have gone to UChicago]

  I don’t know of any other currently active rationality groups at universities, but I recommend joining this Discord server for people who run rationality meetups. Some of the organizers in there previously ran university groups, and even those who didn’t will probably have helpful advice.

  For UChicago in particular, you probably already know this but you’ll need to apply for RSO status before December 1st. Without this you won’t be able to even book rooms, and that’s annoying because even if you successfully apply in this cycle you won’t have active RSO status until the spring. If UChicago still has an EA group that’s an official RSO, I recommend asking them for help with booking rooms in the meantime.