essay a one minute message To those who live and grow. There is a further shore A further shore of how to be Beyond the ocean of knowing You know already This current ground will
essay pointing at intentional society It starts with intention and awareness. Intention is the will to cause something to change. Awareness is the means to see what really is, see why it is so, and
essay building doghouses This is a delightful new-to-me conceptual label for a particular kind of experimental-proof-of-concept-team-execution-construction-project: build a doghouse. Thanks go to @SarahAMcManus [https://twitter.com/sarahamcmanus] for the metaphor. The primary goal
essay unlocking intentional society This is an explanation of the building blocks that I think can enable (codename) "intentional society" to enter amazing new territory. They are my justification for "why there's a THERE
essay rings of intentional society One of the first questions that people have about (codename) "intentional society" is, "what kind of thing is it, really?" By that, people tend to mean "what do people actually
essay defining an advisor role I was asked about this a couple days ago, and I noticed myself flinch a bit. I hadn't thought much about a non-member advisor role in forming [https://www.bakejam.
essay to whom does the call go This continues on from yesterday's bootstrapping thoughts [https://www.bakejam.com/bootstrapping-intentional-society/]. I was asked today, to whom would the call go out - re the info session(s), but
essay bootstrapping intentional society I want to describe my thoughts and plan for seeding and bootstrapping an initial community around the (codename) intentional society [https://www.bakejam.com/attributes-of-intentional-society/] vision [https://www.bakejam.com/
essay developmental reqs for authoring There are a lot of people in the world. Those people have a million different cultures, mindsets, frames of reference, perspectives, complexities, and awarenesses. Creating the essence [https://www.bakejam.
essay intentional society feels like It's the feeling you get when you dare to open yourself up and share vulnerably with someone else. They listen to you, they see you, they get you, and they
essay attributes of intentional society This and yesterday [https://www.bakejam.com/the-church-of-intentional-society/] are both incomplete, unset, and the reference is a codename only. I'm just trying to grow towards enough of a call to
essay the church of intentional society My vision of an intentional society, who is it for? Someone remarked to me last week that parts sound like a church, which brought to my mind some of the
essay emotions are thoughts I don't quite know why this thought seems novel to me today, but: Emotions are the thoughts of another brain. This is sort of inherent in the triune brain [https:
journal looking at my next step I have a current priority in my Complice [https://complice.co/] goals of "do enough interviews [https://www.bakejam.com/may-i-ask-you/] to learn something" by about now. This is my
journal considering the developmental bridge of the culture war I recently read Developing ethical, social, and cognitive competence [https://vividness.live/2015/10/12/developing-ethical-social-and-cognitive-competence/] by David Chapman, particularly the "The communal-to-systematic transition has become more difficult" section, and
essay humanity and acceptance What if the thing you really hoped for didn't happen? What if you couldn't stop that bad thing from happening in time? (What if you were still okay?) (What if the world were perfect as it is?) Where is that true, and where is
essay explaining the problem I figure I should try to explain why I'm doing user research [https://www.bakejam.com/may-i-ask-you/] about meaning, self, and communities. It's tough to describe the "solution" I'm theoretically evaluating, because it's currently in the form of a collection of theories that may
essay may I ask you? Dear reader, I have questions - and ideas and hypotheses and dreams about what I'll do next with my life, but first I'd love to get out of my head and into yours, if you could help me with this research. The ideas I
essay seeding a paradoxical community I've got some community-building challenges rattling around my brain from a nice conversation this afternoon. For context, the ultimate goal here includes building a community that feels that its tribe encompasses all (or as much as possible) of humanity. But even getting started with
essay transfiguring stone Photo by binh dang nam [https://unsplash.com/@dangnambinh?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] / Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=ghost&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit] I want to tell you about a fear, and also a delight. A
essay fighting moloch with slack This is spurred by Scott Alexander's recent essay Studies on Slack [https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/12/studies-on-slack/]. Scott is the author of the famous (to me) Meditations on Moloch [https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/], and if you haven't yet discovered the
essay modernist corporate power preservation First, they embrace you. Then, they move to co-opt you. Then, they try to silence you. Then, they fight you. Then, they lose. That doesn't mean you win. But the systems will shift over time. The next generation will find a better path.
essay imagine taking responsibility This one is for the Christians (and possibly other theists, but I'm using the Christian framing) out there. I have a thought experiment for you: > How would you behave if there were no God forgiving you of your sins? Now easy there, if you
essay identity is our cage I'm mulling this word-for-word quote from Doug Tataryn today at the Stoa [https://www.thestoa.ca/] session on Bio-Emotive Framework [https://bioemotiveframework.com/]: > Any intense interpersonal encounter that isn't fully experienced and expressed will become part of your sense of self or worldview instead
essay authority and dominance Today is the 99th anniversary of the Tulsa Black Wall Street massacre, and the first anniversary that I've been aware of it. Read through this, and/or watch the short video: Jun. 1, 1921 | White Rioters in Tulsa Destroy Black Community, Kill Hundreds Learn