building communities
Dialectic conversation is about an exchange of views and ideas which resolves itself in consensus. The goal is to align the participants under a mutually agreed resolution they can all support from that point forwards.
Essentially, there is one right answer.
Dialogic conversation, on the other hand, isn’t about reaching a consensus. It’s about an... See more
Essentially, there is one right answer.
Dialogic conversation, on the other hand, isn’t about reaching a consensus. It’s about an... See more
john v willshire • The Dialogic Brand
networks are heat-seeking missiles for value. Provide the value, and the network is there.
Substack • See your Career as a Product
Optimize for legacy, not empire. Empires die because they’re alone, legacies live because they involve others.
-OH, on building teams and brand communities
Getting found is about being findable.
Tina Mai • Kernel | Chaos Theory
the law of attraction
To find a good relationship, you do not start by saying, “I want a relationship that looks like this”—that would be starting in the wrong end, by defining form. Instead you say, “I’m just going to pay attention to what happens when I hang out with various people and iterate toward something that feels alive”—you start from the context.
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
one of my recurring talking points to anybody who's willing to listen:
any small group of people loosely-but-truly aligned on something can create powerful vectors by producing public-facing work that's directed at each other
talking about the creation of scenes, basically
Visakan Veerasamyx.comEnclaves that encourage curiosity open people up for personal engagement. Within enclaves, people witness others doing the same. Consider offering people the infrastructure, attention, and encouragement to relate and document their own personal experiences with reality.
We’ve already touched upon a few ways to build enclaves: spark curiosity through... See more
We’ve already touched upon a few ways to build enclaves: spark curiosity through... See more
Matt Klein • Reality Somms: How to Cultivate A Discipline of Knowing What’s Real
3 steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings
ted.comthe three steps
Embrace a disputable, specific purpose
Host good controversy
Create a temporary alternate universe through the use of pop-up rules
FYI: a core ingredient of meaning is heat
4. Conversation allows us to think together.
Philosophy and literature encourage us to question everything and ask, in particular, the big “untimely questions.” If we enter them not with the aim to convert the other but to possibly be converted ourselves, conversations can unlock our best collective thinking and serve as the source code for... See more
Philosophy and literature encourage us to question everything and ask, in particular, the big “untimely questions.” If we enter them not with the aim to convert the other but to possibly be converted ourselves, conversations can unlock our best collective thinking and serve as the source code for... See more