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I would love to have this restarted but as a cooperative and with only the people who refused or left Latitude because of the power/information asymmetry. Or th
by freshhawk 9y ago
I would love to have this restarted but as a cooperative and with only the people who refused or left Latitude because of the power/information asymmetry. Or those types of people. They saw the problem and acted even when being a member must have been a lot of fun and it must have been painful to be left out.
The mystery and social connections from something like this are great, the number of people obviously using it to play out some power fantasy are not. Do you want cults? Because that's how you get cults.
Kat Meler's quote "I'm more for 'surprises' now, I think. A surprise is a secret that everyone agrees will only last for a finite time, and will ultimately be gifted and shared." is a great lesson to learn from this.
- archagon 9y agoI wish there were more (co-ed) fraternal organizations without the cult aspects. You know — a nice house, a pretty flag, a space to hang out and talk about interesting things. There's a certain social niche that just doesn't get filled by jobs or single-purpose meetups. Reading about this startup feels me with a deep sort of longing, despite knowing that it's a corporate construct.
- freshhawk 9y agoWow do I ever know the feeling. The "of like minds and hearts" line from the Latitude story really got me. It's been my daydream plan to fund/start/organize one for more than 10 years now. I too want a tribe.
- mercer 9y agoIf you have any concrete ideas and reside in Europe, ideally the Northern area, send me an email!
- mdekkers 9y agoYou know — a nice house, a pretty flag, a space to hang out and talk about interesting things old hat in the UK - this is one of the nicer examples: https://homehouse.co.uk/ https://homehouse.co.uk/ most of the others are shitty though.