[newuser88273]

There are some interesting similarities between Urbit and... the Church of Scientology.

Like Yarvin, L.Ron Hubbard made up a lot of new terminology for things that had perfecly good names before.

Like Urbit, in order to be able to be able to read for yourself what it's really all about, you're made to invest, heavily and up front.

The psychology of that is astounding. Scientology's formerly inaccessible teachings have been leaked, and nobody who reads that stuff unprepared comes away impressed. Scientologists, however, do NOT complain, "This is what you have gotten a decade's worth of earnings for from me? RLY???"

A large investment of time and effort seems to make people psychologically predisposed to accept as valuable whatever is revealed at the end (and tell outsiders that it all has been very much worth it.)