I attended Manifest to meet some rationalists. I consider myself a post-rat. I also heard some comments that Manifest was less Rationalist-y than LessOnline but w/o the additional commentary on "dummies" (not meant to imply you didn't hear it).

I did find some rationalists too far down their "epistemological rabbit hole" to successfully unwind in one or two conversations but nevertheless many clever people. I still need some time to make post-rats out of them, though.

Affirming that it was a positive experience. I'm glad to have attended.