#456 - Facilitated dates, Radicalizing Normies, and Lounge Pop covers
Nothing IRL worth reporting from last week really. This weekend there's a cool Victorian haunted ball thing going on but its sold out. Maybe I'll catch the next one.
Tech
Conscious guided dates with humhum — humhum — www.humhum.space
I'm not surprised the dating app space now has facilitated date options. Could be good for introverts. I know the founder and she can fast track you to the front for $11 a date, too, if you'd like.
SlackerNews: like HN but powered by links in your Slack. Self-hosted. Open-source
Upvote a list of links shared in your company Slack so they're easier to find. Genius.
Lifehacks
Calling In and Calling Out – BayNVC — baynvc.org
Beautiful article explaining why calling out someone for something objectionable is more to let off your own steam than actually change their behavior. If you want to change their behavior - call them in, and here's how to do it, nonviolently.
Curtis Yarvin: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — quillette.com
Menicus Moldburg is that guy who coined the term 'redpilled' I've mentioned before here who un-ironically preaches a return to monarchy.
This article does a good job of a retort why that's a bad idea, citing even Spiral Dynamics! TLDR if its not obvious - strong rulers centralize in the postmodern decentralize world, plus benevolent dictators don't always stay so.
The Alt-Right Playbook: How to Radicalize a Normie — www.youtube.com
Speaking of which, here's a delightful hour long deconstruction of how alt right thinkings radicalize normal white men, and how it allows them to escape responsibility for consequent actions as they're just thought leaders.
Fun
Best Of Richard Cheese — www.youtube.com
Richard Cheese has been covering pop and rap songs in the lounge music genre for over 25 years and here are some of his hits. Many more where that came from - I think WAP works particularly well.