Mysterious Bay Area Rationalist-Adjacent Group 'Ziz' Linked to Six Deaths

Wow. What a riveting read.

A violent coast-to-coast network of extremist, tripping, rationalist vegans that recruits technophile transgender women and murders witnesses. You could not concoct a more sensationalist story if you tried.

This is fascinating in its own way. I don't know if it is the writer who is good at their job of weaving the story together, adding questions and intrigue without answers or if it's the subject itself.

Un-paywall'd: https://archive.is/geYcZ

'We have the Manson family at home'

For anyone else who worries about encountering disingenuous and duplicitous people in intellectual circles, remember that intellectuals don’t require religious adherence to their way of thinking. You can tell the difference between passionate intellectuals versus sociopaths by noticing how they treat you if you disagree with them. Sociopaths, or some mentally-ill people, will seek to dominate you, and don’t care about your personhood or individuality, or your right to disagree.