As someone who foolishly feels pride in my second reddit account being 14 years old I must admit I wish I had discovered LW back then. All the subs and clusters I found myself in would have led me to assume I would have discovered the site years ago… I think anyone who wishes to expand their knowledge base should listen and read many of these episodes. check your bias and set aside any preconceived notions of who Yud or the rats are and just read. You do not need to incorporate many of the ideas into your own outlook. But you will learn. I do wish many of the rats and Yud would stop with the intellectual shibboleths and learn how to sell their ideas. Do not write for the in group. Reach out to those who can benefit from your ideas and describe the concepts despite knowing a specific word nails the idea. sell. show don’t tell. Go work on a sales floor for a month. I swear you do that and it will help you get a sense of the spectrum of people your work will reach.