"Ziz became increasingly disillusioned and began trying to assemble 'a cabal' of 'abnormally intrinsically good people' and turn them into..."

"... 'Gervais-sociopaths' who would, like those at the top of the organizational hierarchy in 'The Office,' the sitcom co-written by Ricky Gervais, be ruthless in achieving their goals. She referred to herself as 'Darth Ziz, interim de facto leader of the vegan Sith,' a reference to a Star Wars sect that uses the dark side of the Force. In 2019, Ziz and four friends were arrested after staging a protest at a Rationalist gathering, where they accused two of the movement’s key institutions of betraying their mission to protect humanity from A.I. and of covering up pedophilia and sexual abuse.... Some Rationalists denounced the Zizians as dangerous, noting among other things that two people who had engaged with their 'mental tech,' including a method of trying to put half of their brains to sleep at a time, had killed themselves. But others in the community were sympathetic.... [Ophelia] Bauckholt was in the latter camp.... She frequently discussed the Zizians, but as far as Dr. Kolomatskaia knew, the subject was little more than a conjectural pastime. 'We’re like, "The Zizians are dropping like flies. Why don’t we prevent them from dying?"' she recalled. 'It’s a curiosity. It’s a very fun thing to talk about every week.'"

From "Ophelia Disappeared: A Wall Street Analyst and a Deadly Shootout/The group was passionately vegan, mostly transgender and highly educated. Seven of them are now in jail. This is the story of one who did not survive" (NYT). I'd give you a gift link, but I've already done 2 gift links today, and the Times only gives me 10 per month. So you're on your own, extrapolating the story or finding your own way in.