Why Did I Do This to Myself? - by Sienna in the field
siennainthefield.substack.com · 1,318 words · saved by 1 readers
A Therapist’s Encounter at LessOnline2026
Every morning, I regretted going. LessOnline 2026 was held in Berkeley. I live in Stanford. For three days, I woke up, checked the time, and felt the same resistance in my body. The conference itself was already outside my comfort zone. Adding a two-hour commute each way by Caltrain and BART did not help. I had not planned on attending. If my friend Lucy had not invited me, I probably never would have learnt about it. This wasn’t because I had anything against the event. Quite the opposite. I had been curious about the rationalist, and adjacent tech communities for years. I work as a…
saved by
related reading
- Keeping Your Options Open is Ruining Your Lifemnqrls.substack.com
- Why I Quit Tech and Became a Therapistglench.com
- Experiments in Conversationbitsofwonder.substack.com
- Do I belong in tech anymore? · Ky Deckerky.fyi
- Looking Back on My Alignment PhDturntrout.com
- do I want to "make it" or do I just want to be heldceselder.substack.com
- Keeping Your Options Open is Ruining Your Lifesubstack.com
- In 2026, I’m no longer interested in ‘working on myself’ | Vogue Indiavogue.in
- Do Less.usefulfictions.substack.com
- An Age of Hyperabundance | Laura Prestonnplusonemag.com
- Shtetl-Optimized >> Blog Archive >> Guess I’m A Rationalist Nowscottaaronson.blog
- LessOnline 2026less.online