Hi my name is Bridta.
I am a 2/4 Reflector
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social interaction
AMA with Jordan Myska Allen. Wednesday 2/4 at 12:30pm CST
Founder and CEO of UpTrust, founder of Relatefulness... solving seemingly impossible social problems and having fun doing it
#heywait
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH8D9l1s2Bs‘Nudging’ gets attention. As with ‘knocking’, the door must be voluntarily opened and willingness for engagement shown. It pre-supposes that the nudger’s priority is on a par with or sometimes superior to that of the ‘nudgee’.... Dating is over.
discuss...I'm worried about hanging out, I think it is an endangered species of human interaction. how do we keep hanging out alive? when we no longer have to come together, when we aren't forced together by scarcity or circumstance, what's the reason to come together?... I’m thinking about communities that might vibe with UpTrust — groups of people who feel like existing platforms don’t quite work for them, or who are actively looking for something better.
Maybe they’re academic groups, or small think-tanks, or even informal circles where sharing perspective is part of how they connect.
A couple questions I’d love your thoughts on:
– What kinds of groups or communities come to mind? Whether or not you’re connected to them, who do you think UpTrust is for?
– Are you part of — or close to — any communities like this? If so, I’d love to hear more.Appreciate any reflections, names, hunches, or breadcrumbs 🍞
I do think we want to balance many ways of being/conversing/dialoguing/knowing/exploring/inquiring/making-sense especially as we grow the culture and keep it healthy. I appreciate the way you engage!... Some folks in NYC turned an apartment into a community space in a way that sounds (at least on the face of it) pretty delightful: https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/case-study-merlins-place
Makes me wonder about doing something like that in my home – but then i find myself getting antsy. I like having a haven of quiet mineness – might even need it.
But also, when I read that post, something comes alive in me. It feels really exciting to imagine being a part of a community/space like this. Having a village sounds really nice (at least when I romanticize it and ignore the fact that there's a reason for the phrase "village idiot").
(meta: this post is also an effort to see if I can make this place feel like that. Feels like it needs to be able to include this kind of half-baked personal missive in addition to "bridgy" expertise and conversations about civilizational well-being. Technically, it can, of course. But spiritually? I'm not sure. I mean, it might just be that I don't particularly gravitate towards being part of a mostly textual virtual space. :shrug:)
I feel similarly. I value solitude, but also want more (in-person) social connection. There's something in that article that I want and I'm trying to find the version that fits me. One false dichotomy I've discovered is "doing my own thing" versus "socialising".... I like using the word "God.". I understand that a lot of people feel like it’s too vague and easy to misinterpret. But I don’t want to throw out such a beautiful, big part of human history because of a
level-line fallacy
- confusing all of Religion or the spiritual line of development for the Amber/conformist/fundamentalist version of a particular religion.I wish i could more clearly articulate why I love the word and what I mean by it, but right now all I’ve got it’s this antithesis.
Yeah I always feel a little weird when I do this string of words, or hear someone do it. Like I’m not fully aligned with my intention, or I don’t trust my conversation partners in some way....