A blogger reflects on his two-decade relationship with the effective altruism and rationalist community, which grew from a blog into an influential institutional force shaping AI policy. He describes their connection as 'friendship with footnotes'—maintaining personal bonds while disagreeing fundamentally with their ideas and declining to publicly defend their positions. The author signals he will now examine this relationship more seriously given EA's increased consequentiality.
Shin Theme Park is a 1997 Japan-exclusive remake of the 1994 PC simulation game Theme Park, developed by a Japanese team under EA for PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn. The remake adds Japanese cultural elements like seasonal changes with cherry blossoms and maple leaves, varied terrain, new rides with Japanese designs, and maintains the core gameplay of building and managing an amusement park while balancing business operations.