[Fiction] [Comic] Effective Altruism and Rationality meet at a Secular Solstice afterparty

tandem

[Fiction] [Comic] Effective Altruism and Rationality meet at a Secular Solstice afterparty

tandem

1 min readJan 7, 2025

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eukaryote

10mo

One year later:

Yes, tandem is my alt account, I made the original. Really pleased this resonated with people. I just went to the Bay Secular Solstice and was thinking about these two again, and the work of making the world and ourselves the best we can be. Have one more bonus:

(Jet Lag: The Game is really good, if you like competitive game shows about train logistics. I recommend starting with the first season of Tag Across Europe.)

Felix Wolf 🔸

9mo

I just revisited this post from my forum wrapped and am glad about the bonus comic. Thank you for the nice content. :)

Ari S.

"I'm not good at being happy" was something I relate to and have thought before.

NickLaing

Amazing comic! Even though I don't identify with the characters much on a personal level, I resonate the meaning and bathos and which is a mark of good work I think ;).

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