ACX Everywhere 2023 - Berkeley Edition Part 2 - 'ACX Meetup Meta' with ACX Meetup Czar Skyler Crossman (Coda), Education in the USSR, William Gibson, Robert Heinlein, Simulation Religions, Culture Novels, Solar Punk is Bullshit, Kim Stanley Robinson, Environmental Cynicism, ACX Meetup Meta, Pop-Up ACX Podcast

Hello, and Welcome to ACX Everywhere 2023. I’m Andrew Willsen, and this episode is part 2 of an extended conversation recorded at an ACX Everywhere Meetup in Berkeley, California, in October of 2023. This meetup took place at Lighthaven, a beautiful events space and conference facility located in the heart of Berkeley. Thanks to Skyler for organizing the Meetup, and thank you to everyone at Lighthaven for their hospitality. The first 35 minutes of this episode continues where episode 7 left off and you'll find the topics in the title of this episode. The second part is a dialogue with ACX Global Meetup Czar Skyler Crossman in which we discuss our experiences with ACX Meetups in 2023, the basics of running a Meetup, the quest to build "Meetup in a Box", and Skyler's other plans for 2024. Skyler was incredibly supportive of my efforts to facilitate the creation of this podcast, both in terms of being receptive to the idea of trying something new (rare) and by helping me communicate with other ACX organizers around the country. Thanks Skyler, really appreciate the help, and also a big thanks to everyone who helped this podcast exist. It's been a lot of fun, and I couldn't have done it without you. Finally, the purpose of this podcast is to make ACX more discoverable for people who, for whatever reason, don't read long blog posts. I believe there are a large number of humans who don't read long blog posts and who, simultaneously, also want to be part of an ethical nerd community. Hopefully this podcast makes us easier to find. Below are some links from the episode covering carbon footprints, the Culture novels, ethical cults, and one definition of "Grey Tribe". Below that are links to things I covered in the conclusion regarding the logistics of crowdsourcing an ACX podcast on a global scale. Thanks for tuning in. Carbon Footprint Basics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint The Culture Novels - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_series Ethical Cult Checklist - https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5e74e8349194e2f76b9ffcd1/5e754938d25345a72291f0a3_Ethical%20Cult%20Checklist.pdf Balaji and Grey tribe - https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/what-does-the-gray-tribe-want Recording with Google Meet - Only available on a computer, but easy to set up before a meetup so that everyone can just log in on their own device. Recording Audio on Discord - Discord is way better than Facebook (why are these our Schelling Points?) Twitter / X Help Section - Look for the option on recording audio. <a...