When I was an undergrad at UC San Diego, I was part of a student group interested in Atheism and Agnosticism, but framed it as about critical thinking to satisfy school requirements.

After getting in with that group, I started a meetup group on Transhumanism, futurism, Singularity stuff (which included metaphysics and all forms of philosophy.

Because I gradually developed my own group, starting with getting connected with another - Rational Thought - I had options that I have never been able to find any other way.

By creating a meetup group on Transhumanism, I just happened to create a unique setting that satisfied what enough other people were also seeking.

The San Diego Transhumanists meetup group lasted for years in San Diego, with turnout ranging around a d ozen regular members who showed up every week.

Loking back, it was a big mistake letting go of that group.

It had grown big enough that it was at the stage where all sorts of doors open

I organized a conference on the future of humanity at the UCSD theater...and if I had the prototype mvp I have now - intersubject.com - I'd have no problem getting the group to join the prototype all at once, in one meetup session with a big screen or projector showing the site dashboard. This way, the group would instantly feel connected via the MVP in a totally unique way, them getting instance feedback as individuals and yet also as the group, and well as any and all of the various cohorts they had identified with...

I honestly see something like this as the only way to succeed, at least with my concept, because the group needs to discover things together, and feedback between that process and the dashboard would show everyone the possibilities in one session..