on social technologies, an evolving doc
methods I have encountered recently and found interesting
Article club: @Prigoose recently hosted a gathering where we read visa's 50 year vision doc together in batches. We all sat around and read a bit, discussed a bit, kept reading, discussed some more. fantastic event, easier than a book club with assigned reading.
Hyperstitioned/remote hosting: @exgenesis kind of blew my mind when, instead of hosting, he just made a poster of potential events and people self-hosted the events based on his suggestion. feels like genius tech for tired hosts.
Making group chats: This one feels really obvious to me, but people seem to forget they can do this... after you 1) introduce your friends to one another and 2) make a little group of 3-4 friends, the obvious next step is 3) make a gc for said friends. If you sense an emerging social group it often makes sense to have a group chat for easier communication. Your apartment/roommates, friends from basketball, your family, book club, a dinner gathering, etc.
Collective Intention Setting: In general, speaking out loud your intentions/desires/visions seems to have a snowball effect where the spoken thing takes on a life of its own and hyperstitions itself into being. The more people know the better, esp if they hold you accountable.
Calling in the One by Katherine Thomas Wealth (+ price) Squad: Heard about this from
on podcast, also with . At the very end Andrew describes getting a group of friends together and not just tossing ideas around but calculating the price point for each idea.Unblocking/listening party: This can be done 1:1 but I have really enjoyed having a group of friends go one at a time and monologue about their problems/life, and everyone else sits quietly and listens, then drops suggestions /ideas/references/questions in the comments box. This was inspired by a
tweet somewhere where he is like, having that one friend who will sit down with you on a sunday, have you write down 10 problems and brainstorm with you, is golden.Forcing party: This recently went viral, came from
, the idea is to get your friends together and mutually force each other to do things you have been avoiding.
Planting a flag: Figure out what you are about, announce it, and plant a flag. This will powerfully bring those who resonate towards you, and repel those who do not.