CZM Rewind: The Zizians: How Harry Potter Fanfic Inspired a Death Cult & The Zizians: Birth of a Cult Leader

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/
3. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/infohazard
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201130316/https://sinceriously.fyi/net-negative/
5. Wayback Machine
6. The Zizians
7. Spectral Sight
8. True Hero Contract
9. Schelling Orders – Sinceriously
10. Glossary – Sinceriously
11.  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
13. 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/
15. 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
19. Inside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish crew of radical vegans became linked to killings across the United States | The Independent
20. Silicon Valley ‘Rationalists&rsqu