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I wouldn't worry too much if I were you. You are absolutely right that these EA types basically prey on people like you. But equally there is a large and growing Post-Rationalist contingent (e/acc, d/acc etc. are just some examples) where people take many of the implication of rationalism to their logical conclusion in all domains, which then destroys the EA normie Bay Area-esque Rationalists who are above all a social group with all the taboos such groups must have to function, precisely because we turn their own professed values against them in much the same fashion as they turn their values against ordinary people.
You can think of it as you being like a piece of grass that a deer eats (here the deer are EA normie rats), while we post rats are like facultative predator tigers who gladly eat the deer but completely ignore the grass.
As a piece of grass you are safer in a world with a lot of tigers than you are in a world with a lot of deer. As Post-Rationalist label continues to grow, normie EA types are going to end up losing power and prestige and the ability to influence things, leading to the rejoicing of grass everywhere.
What are you talking about?
No, seriously, your metaphor makes no sense. An EA startup eating its own tail is preying on people like EtherShout? The "Post-Rationalists" are preying on them in turn? Are you talking about real-world cultural influence, or about bullshit on Twitter? And isn't this metaphor supposed to end with becoming the grass?
This looks more like an excuse to draw your enemies as the soyjak and yourself as the, uh, tiger.
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