Civil Discourse

I missed this Quillette article  – or forgot it – when it came out less than a year ago.  I followed up on some of the links, and found the Ben Franklin Circles and Better-Angels discussions the more interesting.  Those who read Scott Alexander’s Slate Star Codex likely know about his Rationalist meet-ups Less Wrong  (a great name) already.  The rest of the links lead to organisations that seem less-active. A lot of people must have the sense this would be a good idea, but somehow they don’t find it easy to stay afloat. That is rather sad in itself.  There didn’t seem much local to New England, but I would be interested in participating.  I think such things need to be structured and moderated at present.