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Memeing Towards Utopia.

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Many self-described Utopians I know come from something that might be called the LessWrong Diaspora or the rationalist-adjacent culture. These two groups in turn come from a specific chunk of the Bay-Area Rationalism culture, which has its roots in earlier and contemporary cultures. But do these cultures seem like something that would become Utopian? First, let’s lay out what’s known of the history of the Hives. I've broken the history of Hives into five periods: Before and during the Church War, the period from the Church War to 2454, the year 2454 itself, and the unknown future. Olympians and One Big Party, Rainbow Bridge and Schools Without Borders, Volemonde and IBN are mentioned in Chapter 10 of The Will to Battle. If this text is too small for you, you should be able to pan and zoom using various input devices. The Utopian Hive isn’t mentioned in Mycroft’s histories of the pre-Church-War period, the Church War itself, or even really in the interwar period before the events of the

Memeing Towards Utopia. You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience and security. Where did Utopia come from? Many self-described Utopians I know come from something that might be called the LessWrong Diaspora or the rationalist-adjacent culture. These two groups in turn come from a specific chunk of the Bay-Area Rationalism culture, which has its roots in earlier and contemporary cultures. But do these cultures seem like something that would become Utopian? First, let’s lay out what’s known of the history of the Hives. Masons Sometime after the Ch

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