for a long time my handle was goetian scientist, but i had just mispelled goethe – so instead of a practitioner of anschauungen i was presenting as a solomonic demonologist
understated how insane it is that China's main lifestyle app is named Little Red Book – it'd be as if Germany had a leading Pintrest clone called iStruggle
@SydSteyerhart i had a bad feeling two days into his abrupt absence – i fear the worst. been crawling shanghai obituaries... someone with direct contact reaching out would help for closure
@architecht0nics Vincent, do you have any information on Nick's current health? he's been on unannounced hiatus here for a month. the last time that happened due to a medical scare – i fear the worst
Pulmonary Embolism is the most gentle "Yeah, you could have been switched off, but you haven't been quite yet" thing imaginable. It's almost insulting. "Hey, I thought mortality was supposed to be super-dramatic!"
How To Join The San Francisco Intellectual Scene
San Francisco is the capital of the online networks where today's new ideas are born. It's an excellent place for a sensitive young man with something to say. Ben and Wolf describe how the scene works and how to break in.
0:00—Intro
1:49—The virtues of San Francisco
8:55—Intellectual merit
12:25—Many different cliques
15:01—How Wolf entered the scene
19:55—The leading city
22:03—How do you get in?
31:52—Scaling the meritocracy
40:15—Individual endorsements
48:55—Improving the intellectual meritocracy
56:50—Book clubs and vanguard parties