I haven't finished it yet, just starting part 5, but it gets increasingly silly and entertaining as you go. From a particularly dramatic scene: >But then, Richman called in the furries.

It's more like a bunch of references that only make sense to people deeply immersed in whatever is going on over there. Not quite enough of a sting for anyone to be, ah, convinced by it. Or insightful enough to make someone think. But also, I have been pre-emptively referred to by the author: > “Your pathetic appeals to pathos have not shifted my priors!” shouted one audience member. “If you want to be heard, write this up in a properly formatted blog post, and submit it to our official RUL criticism contest!” shouted another.

I actually had a somewhat opposite reaction to the above comment. I thought the first part, which is a satirical reflection on early rationalist culture in the form of a series of journal entries and their interpretation by a future historian, was the most interesting and humorous portion. The somewhat unique format makes the references and sneerworthy lines that much more engaging and almost convinced me that rationalists might be real people (Note: part of this is a joke). This section almost feels more depressing than funny, but it's well written and the ending is simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious. The rest was okay, but completely shifts tone from a semi-serious deconstruction on what being in the movement feels like to a completely unserious alt-timeline with not-so -subtle references to everyone's favorite speakers, bloggers, billionaires, and financial crisis causers. Pretty funny, but it gets stale after a while.

It gets progressively more and more unhinged, but I loved it.

confirmed it is, though it was a bit of a way in before I actually laughed out loud