David Boree

In one 2016 post, she mused about whether or not experiencing joy and awe might be bad because it biases your perception.

So this is a young person who I think is dealing with a lot of depressive issues.

Yeah, that's classic stinking thinking, as they say.

Right, and maybe the community's not super helpful to her.

She was working to create a rationalist community in the Canary Islands.

She's kind of trying to do the same thing Ziz did, but in an island where it's cheaper to live.

Is this a thing that can exist a lot of places?

Like...

Sure.

Yeah.

I mean, yeah, if you've got cheap rent, you can get a bunch of like weirdos who work online to move into a house with you.

Right.

Fair.

Yeah.

Like that's that's always possible.

She found Ziz's blog and she starts commenting on it.

She's particularly drawn to Ziz's theories on mana and Zin's theory and Gwyn's theory about hemispheric personalities.

In one of her most direct cult leader moments, Ziz reaches out directly to Maya as she's posting on her blog and emails her saying, I see you liked some of my blog posts.

Truly a sinister opening.

Yeah.