Reddit Moderator | Lex Fridman

TLDR: Apply below if you want to be an active mod of /r/lexfridman subreddit.

Here's a post I (Lex) made on the sub with some details:

Hi all, Lex here. I'm doing my best to participate in this subreddit more. I'm not doing any moderation here but I do know the moderators, and they asked me to put together rules for this subreddit. So this is my 2 cents on what I would love to see this community develop into.

My hope for this community: 

• Topics: I would love for this to be a place where people can have civil discourse about science, technology, engineering, philosophy, history, politics, music, art, etc.
• Focus on ideas: I would like to see less focus on me (Lex) and more focus on ideas, whether they are related to recent podcast episodes or not.
• Goal: In many ways, I hope this subreddit can help expand my thinking (and the thinking of others) about difficult topics.
• Memes: Of course, humor and meme content is always great too.

Civil discourse
What does "civil discourse" mean? In my view, this means, in part:

• No people worship (positive or negative): Less focus on people (Lex, guest, etc) and more focus on ideas, so it doesn't turn into personal attacks.
• High-effort: Write high-effort posts/comments that steelman (vs strawman) the other side before disagreeing. Avoid low-effort, derogatory language.
• Inspire civility: Write posts/comments in a way that invites civil, respectful disagreement. 
• Empathy: Have empathy and compassion for people you disagree with. If you hold the majority view, take extra care to make room for the minority perspective.
• Avoid group-think: Resist partisan group-think. Take each idea on its own merit.
• Seek peace: De-escalate conflict.

General goals
I would like:

• To see both left-wing and right-wing voices represented here.
• To give space to and celebrate people interested in thoughtful, polite, nuanced discussion.
• To see less focus on me (I'm not interesting or special) and more focus on ideas, whether related to the podcast or not.
• To see no dogpiling on individuals who contribute thoughtfully to the community, even when majority disagrees.

Call for moderators:
It would be amazing to expand the group of people who moderate this subreddit, to increase diversity of views. I personally don't want to participate in moderation, but instead, participate as a contributor to the sub. That said, I would like to support a diverse, passionate mod team, in any way I can. I think of it as an investment in a community and space for the "quiet voices at the back of the room" to be heard and to have great discussion. I know the current mods, but it would be great to have more, especially people who spend a lot of time on Reddit and who resonate with the above goals. The reason I would like to try to support this effort is because I realized there really isn't a place for people to make high-effort posts and discussions about topics covered by podcast and beyond. Twitter YouTube are all too ephemeral. Reddit seems like a good place for such a thing.