many of the weird singularity/transhumanist people do have real problems. lot of childhood trauma. lot of OCD. i guess if you call autism a mental illness now someone will jump out from behind a bush and correct you, but lots of mental health problems downstream of living with autism. if you read about the most extreme groups, people are in and out of mental hospitals with psychotic symptoms.
NorCal has been a feeding ground for cult leaders for 100+ years, but I actually think fewer real problems would be better. the people out there without real problems, just have GPT wrapper startups and go lie to people on podcasts, which is annoying, but better for them and everyone else.
People with trauma, neurodivergence, and the like are everywhere. The only place they can get involved in a culture of "let's build computer god" backed with the kind of money that Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk can bring to the table is Northern California.
Perhaps it's the investors who need real problems. Usually that can be caused by having far, far less money.
NorCal has been a feeding ground for cult leaders for 100+ years, but I actually think fewer real problems would be better. the people out there without real problems, just have GPT wrapper startups and go lie to people on podcasts, which is annoying, but better for them and everyone else.