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Part One: Earlier this year a Border Patrol officer was killed in a shoot-out with people who have been described as members of a trans vegan AI death cult. But who are the Zizians, really? Robert sits down with David Gborie to trace their development, from part of the Bay Area Rationalist subculture to killers. Part Two: Robert tells David Gborie about the early life of Ziz LaSota, a bright young girl from Alaska who came to the Bay Area with dreams of saving the cosmos or destroying it, all based on her obsession with Rationalist blogs and fanfic. Sources: 1. https://medium.com/@sefashapiro/a-community-warning-about-ziz-76c100180509 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https://sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https:/sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/) 3. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/infohazard 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https:/sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/) 5. Wayback Machine (https://archive.is/hgTdD) 6. The Zizians (https://zizians.info/) 7. Spectral Sight (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https:/sinceriously.fyi/glossary#spectral-sight) 8. True Hero Contract (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https:/sinceriously.fyi/glossary#true-hero-contract) 9. Schelling Orders – Sinceriously (https://web.archive.org/web/20230202013351/https:/sinceriously.fyi/schelling-orders/) 10. Glossary – Sinceriously (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https:/sinceriously.fyi/glossary/#zentraidon) 11. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130330/https://sinceriously.fyi/my-journey-to-the-dark-side/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130330/https:/sinceriously.fyi/my-journey-to-the-dark-side/) 12. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https://sinceriously.fyi/glossary/#zentraidon (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https:/sinceriously.fyi/glossary/#zentraidon) 13. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130259/https://sinceriously.fyi/vampires-and-more-undeath/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130259/https:/sinceriously.fyi/vampires-and-more-undeath/) 14. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https:/sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/) 15. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https://sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/ (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130318/https:/sinceriously.fyi/rationalist-fleet/) 16. https://x.com/orellanin?s=21&t=F-n6cTZFsKgvr1yQ7oHXRg 17. https://zizians.info/ 18. according to The Boston Globe (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/11/metro/6-violent-deaths-tied-to-radical-vegan-cult-based-in-california/) 19. Inside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish crew of radical vegans became linked to killings across the United States | The Independent (https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/zizian-murders-david-maland-curtis-lind-b2701101.html) 20. Silicon Valley ‘Rationalists’ Linked to 6 Deaths (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ziz-silicon-valley-rationalist-deaths-1235278765/) 21. The Delirious, Violent, Impossible True Story of the Zizians | WIRED (https://archive.is/4HAtn) 22. Good Group and Pasek’s Doom – Sinceriously (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130336/https:/sinceriously.fyi/good-group-and-paseks-doom/) 23. Glossary – Sinceriously (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130302/https:/sinceriously.fyi/glossary/#zentraidon) 24. Mana – Sinceriously (https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130331/https:/sinceriously.fyi/mana/) 25. Effective Altruism’s Problems Go Beyond Sam Bankman-Fried - Bloomberg (https://archive.is/xhV0S) 26. The Zizian Facts - Google Docs (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RpAvd5TO5eMhJrdr2kz43dxT3nNm0XtuPcaW9kBIZL8/edit?tab=t.0) 27. Several free CFAR summer programs on rationality and AI safety - LessWrong 2.0 viewer (https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/LLQYp53vop5BuyKBF/several-free-cfar-summer-programs-on-rationality-and-ai) 28. This guy thinks killing video game characters is immoral | Vox (https://www.vox.com/2014/4/23/5643418/this-guy-thinks-killing-video-game-characters-is-immoral) 29. Inadequate Equilibria: Where and How Civilizations Get Stuck (https://web.archive.org/web/20230128221733/https:/equilibriabook.com/) 30. Eliezer Yudkowsky comments on On Terminal Goals and Virtue Ethics - LessWrong 2.0 viewer (https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/gR6H3egp...