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So this thread kind of went dormant. What are the next steps? Any movement for a meetup?
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Open Thread, August 2010
I'm intrigued by the idea of trying to start something like a PUA community that is explicitly NOT focussed on securing romantic partners, but rather the deliberate practice of general social skills.
It seems like there's a fair bit of real knowledge in the PUA world, that some of it is quite a good example of applied rationality, and that much of it could be extremely useful for purposes unrelated to mating.
I'm wondering:
- if this is an interesting idea to LWers?
- if this is the right venue to talk about it?
- does something similar already exist?
I'm aware that there was some previous conversation around similar topics and their appropriateness to LW, but if there was final consensus I missed it. Please let me know if these matters have been deemed inappropriate.
A lot of companies conduct anonymous "360 review" processes which veer into this territory to some degree.
Also, several business schools conduct leadership labs. In fact, a large chunk of the business school experience is really about social grooming / learning how to network / and so forth.
So do we have any traction for this idea? How about a meetup?
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Open Thread, August 2010
Suppose you know from good sources that there is going to be a huge catastrophe in the very near future, which will result in the near-extermination of humanity (but the natural environment will recover more easily). You and a small group of ordinary men and women will have to restart from scratch.
You have a limited time to compile a compendium of knowledge to preserve for the new era. What is the most important knowledge to preserve?
I am humbled by how poorly my own personal knowledge would fare.
I only need one item:
The Holy Bible
(kidding)
Post in this thread if you live in the Bay Area.
That's a good question. I don't know, but I suspect a purely online setting would be adequate for beginners, but insufficient for mastery.
What do you think?
Generally, I agree. There's a time and a place for both online and offline venues.
Ideally, you'd want a very large number of participants such that, during sessions, most of your peers are new and the situation is somewhat anonymous/random. If your sessions are with the same old people, these people will become well known -- perhaps friends, and the social simulation won't be very meaningful. Who knows.. maybe there's a way to piggyback on the Chatroulette concept?!
In response to
Open Thread, August 2010
I'm intrigued by the idea of trying to start something like a PUA community that is explicitly NOT focussed on securing romantic partners, but rather the deliberate practice of general social skills.
It seems like there's a fair bit of real knowledge in the PUA world, that some of it is quite a good example of applied rationality, and that much of it could be extremely useful for purposes unrelated to mating.
I'm wondering:
- if this is an interesting idea to LWers?
- if this is the right venue to talk about it?
- does something similar already exist?
I'm aware that there was some previous conversation around similar topics and their appropriateness to LW, but if there was final consensus I missed it. Please let me know if these matters have been deemed inappropriate.
Would such "practice" require a physical venue? -- or would an online setting -- maybe even Skype -- be sufficient?
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Why Real Men Wear Pink
I've noticed that, in the late 1990s / early 2000, there was a run-up towards ever bigger brand logos on shirts and shoes. I think this was a one-time event, not a repeating cycle. I've now noticed that this trend is receding, even among high schoolers. In the age of Facebook signaling, could it be that clothing logo-ism is on a permanent trend downward? What comes next?
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Why Real Men Wear Pink
This discussion makes me glad to see the proliferation of mandatory uniform rules in public schools in the US.
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