Boston 2024

Persistance and Camaraderie

• Always Look on the Bright Side by Monty Python ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
• Welcome To New Years by Skyler Crossman
• Gather Round by Raymond Arnold ◦ An invitation to join our campfire
• There Will Always Be Darkness
• The Circle by Taylor Smith ◦ Expanding the moral circle
• It Is A Common Misperception by Eliezer Yudkosky
• You've Got A Friend In Me by Randy Newman ◦ It's nice to have friends
• Nerds Can Be Bees Too by Scott Alexander, Adapted by Skyler Crossman
• Unison in Harmony ◦ by Coope, Boyes, and Simpson ◦ Joyful unity across nations
• Project Hufflepuff by Raymond Arnold, adapted by Skyler Crossman
• Somebody Will by Sassafrass ◦ I can't solve the entire problem, but I can contribute, and trust my tribe to go the rest of the way
• Well, Will Somebody? by Daniel Speyer

Intermission

• Funeral Ritual by Raymond Arnold, adapted by Skyler Crossman
• We Will All Go Together When We Go by Tom Lehrer ◦ A darkly humurous silver lining for mushroom clouds
• How Will The Bomb Find You? by C.S. Lewis
• When I Die by Glen Raphael ◦ A light-hearted song about death
• How Can I Help? by Skyler Crossman
• When I'm Gone ◦ by Phil Ochs ◦ All the things that can only be done while here
• Beyond the Reach of God by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
• No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim (from Into the Woods) ◦ An anthem of communal support
• Call and Response: Defiance by Jai Dhyani
• Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire
• The Gift We Give Tomorrow by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
• Endless Lights by Raymond Arnold ◦ A song of hope, generations, stories and infinite possibilities
• RMS Carpathia by My Lord She's A Cactus
• The Mary Ellen Spider ◦ by Stan Rogers (tune) and Bob Blue (lyrics) ◦ A metaphor of persistance
• Does Somebody Have To, and Will Somebody Else by Skyler Crossman
• Battle Hymn Of The Rationalist Community by Scott Alexandar (Lyrics) ◦ A triumphant celebration of truth and humanity
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Old Devil Time by Pete Seeger ◦ A boast of coming collective victory over time, fear, pain and hate