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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ra0wd0kZq9wpvSL_g5vG4CIwtQh79wFiiPT-ZOgjdQs/edit?tab=t.0"> 2024 mtl solstice </a> organized by <a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/users/nick-lacombe"> nick </a>
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# Light
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What_is_Solstice_2024
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Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side
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X_Days_of_X_Risk
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<a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/X3HpE8tMXz4m4w6Rz/the-simple-truth"> The Simple Truth </a> adapted into a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2h-etruT3bP7GefjjnwrU807FnjE924QB54X9gTyYA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.v0mk6zk60wbh"> play </a> by <a href="https://blog.massimogauthier.com/)"> Massimo Gauthier </a>
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# Dusk
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_M3uw29U1U"> <em>Space Oddity</em> by <em>David Bowie</em> </a>
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<em>The Sun is Burning</em> by Ian Campbell interpreted/covered by <em>Jeremy Eliosoff</em>
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# Night
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Hymn_to_the_Breaking_Strain
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You_Cant_Save_Them_All
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<em>firesong</em> by <a href="https://www.jeremyeliosoff.com/"> Jeremy Eliosoff </a>
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Pale_Blue_Dot
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# Dawn
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PVtJNvNpbM"> International space station sunrise </a>
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Brighter_Than_Today
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Here_Comes_the_Sun
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Here_and_Now
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# Future
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Uplift
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9deKEj8-lng"> THE SINGULARITY SONG </a> by <em>Animation Domination High Def</em>
<li><ahref="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ra0wd0kZq9wpvSL_g5vG4CIwtQh79wFiiPT-ZOgjdQs/edit?tab=t.0"> 2024 mtl solstice </a> organized by <ahref="https://www.lesswrong.com/users/nick-lacombe"> nick </a> [Not Available]</ul>
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<h2> Light</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b><ahref=../../speeches/gen/What_is_Solstice_2024.html> What is Solstice? (2024)</a></b><iclass=small> by Daniel Speyer</i><li><b><ahref=../../songs/Always_Look_on_the_Bright_Side/gen/> Always Look on the Bright Side</a></b><iclass=small> by Monty Python</i> ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
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<li><b><ahref=../../songs/X_Days_of_X_Risk/gen/> X Days of X Risk</a></b><iclass=small> by Raymond Arnold</i> ◦ Six (or more) ways the world could end
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<li><ahref="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/X3HpE8tMXz4m4w6Rz/the-simple-truth"> The Simple Truth </a> adapted into a <ahref="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E2h-etruT3bP7GefjjnwrU807FnjE924QB54X9gTyYA/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.v0mk6zk60wbh"> play </a> by <ahref="https://blog.massimogauthier.com/)"> Massimo Gauthier </a> [Not Available]</ul>
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<h2> Dusk</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_M3uw29U1U"><em>Space Oddity</em> by <em>David Bowie</em></a> [Not Available]<li><em>The Sun is Burning</em> by Ian Campbell interpreted/covered by <em>Jeremy Eliosoff</em> [Not Available]</ul>
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<h2> Night</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b><ahref=../../songs/Hymn_to_the_Breaking_Strain/gen/> Hymn to the Breaking Strain</a></b><iclass=small> by Rudyard Kipling</i> ◦ Abide the twin damnation, to fail and know we fail
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<li><b><ahref=../../speeches/gen/You_Cant_Save_Them_All.html> You Can't Save Them All</a></b><iclass=small> by Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg</i><li><em>firesong</em> by <ahref="https://www.jeremyeliosoff.com/"> Jeremy Eliosoff </a> [Not Available]<li><b><ahref=../../speeches/gen/Pale_Blue_Dot.html> The Pale Blue Dot</a></b><iclass=small> by Carl Sagan</i></ul>
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<h2> Dawn</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PVtJNvNpbM"> International space station sunrise </a> [Not Available]<li><b><ahref=../../songs/Brighter_Than_Today/gen/> Brighter Than Today</a></b><iclass=small> by Raymond Arnold</i> ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire
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<li><b><ahref=../../songs/Here_Comes_the_Sun/gen/> Here Comes the Sun</a></b><iclass=small> by The Beatles</i> ◦ A light-hearted celebration of the sun
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<li><b><ahref=../../songs/Here_and_Now/gen/> Here and Now</a></b><iclass=small> by Raymond Arnold</i> ◦ A celebration of now
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</ul>
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<h2> Future</h2>
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<li><b><ahref=../../songs/Uplift/gen/> Uplift</a></b><iclass=small> by Andrew Eigel</i> ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies
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<li><ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9deKEj8-lng"> THE SINGULARITY SONG </a> by <em>Animation Domination High Def</em> [Not Available]<li><b><ahref=../../songs/Still_Alive/gen/> Still Alive</a></b><iclass=small> by Jonathan Coulton</i> ◦ A smug, sociopathic celebration of survival and science
Secular Solstice is a holiday designed by and for rationalists. It started as an attempt to match the sort of gatherings traditionally religious people tend to have in wintertime, but without compromising on truth.
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Is it possible to create that same sense of emotional weight without making stuff up to do it? And without the aid of a long tradition? (Though this is the 14th year we're doing it, so there's some tradition).
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Empirically, yes.
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Because the world is full of things that genuinely inspire awe. Things entirely worth honoring and celebrating.
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And the world is also full of things that genuinely inspire fear. We can and should face them squarely, and together.
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This is not a silly holiday. It is not Festivus. It is not Santa Claus and Reindeer. We gather on the longest night of the year to stare together straight into the deepest darkness and *make**it**back**down*.
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What does it mean in practice? Lots of singing. Some speeches. Sometimes other things. The whole thing runs a couple of hours.
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[ From <ahref="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nLYbjLcvedSZKFME3/secular-solstice-round-up-2024"> Secular Solstice Round Up 2024 </a> ]
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