The rationalist community has been pretty spread out lately , as far as I can tell . The death of lesswrong , most of the core being physically close enough that a lot of stuff happens IRL . The simple fact that the better known people have enough money to fly across the country for meetups and the like . How can we consolidate rationalists into a more useful block ? We have a pretty clear agenda , raise the sanity waterline , use evidence to decide what policies to implement , interact with other sane people more often , etc . But , most of the really competent rationalists end up doing their own stuff , and not spending a lot of time communitybuilding . With a few notable exceptions , right now udaystareld as an example . What kind of institutions could we create to help budding rationalists ? Are there any tools that you ' d like it if they existed ? Can we consolidate the communities strength into a sharp cutting point to accomplish some important goals ?