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This is the single more cynical entry I have ever read before. "There's an opportunity in unconditional love". It may sound like dividing by 0. May be it is not

This is the single more cynical entry I have ever read before. "There's an opportunity in unconditional love". It may sound like dividing by 0. May be it is not the case. Christian Church has definitely been riding the unconditional love opportunity for millenia. It is perhaps the time for Her to be disrupted. Google vs God, may be the title of an interesting movie.

Alex3917 14y ago
I was actually thinking more like burning man, but same idea. I didn't actually mean it in a cynical way though, nor do I think that it's inherently cynical in any way unless you think that it's not possible for capitalism to benefit society. If you watch the movie Better Living Through Circuitry, it gives a really good look at the psychology of the people who are heavily into rave culture, and there seems to be a strong need for more things that meet those sorts of psychological needs in society. Also, if you watch Neal Goldsmith's talk about the need for unconditional love for promoting proper psychospiritual development, I think there begins to emerge a clear blueprint for architecting more systems around this: http://vimeo.com/16260822 http://vimeo.com/16260822 What if someone made a social network that revolved around unconditional love, where social interactions were subtly designed in ways to promote community and psychospiritual development? I think something like that would have a real chance at blowing Facebook out of the water.
- mahesh_rm 14y ago
  I totally agree. Identity and Spirituality are two of the strongest - despite them being at the highest Maslowian order - needs of the human being, when interacting in highly adapted - always Maslowian meaning - societies. This [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uwr9JT-nk4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uwr9JT-nk4 ] is as enlightening as it is old. Despite Kinski being sometimes a jerk, he was a social genius in putting these themes forward to society.

Alex3917 14y ago

I was actually thinking more like burning man, but same idea. I didn't actually mean it in a cynical way though, nor do I think that it's inherently cynical in any way unless you think that it's not possible for capitalism to benefit society. If you watch the movie Better Living Through Circuitry, it gives a really good look at the psychology of the people who are heavily into rave culture, and there seems to be a strong need for more things that meet those sorts of psychological needs in society. Also, if you watch Neal Goldsmith's talk about the need for unconditional love for promoting proper psychospiritual development, I think there begins to emerge a clear blueprint for architecting more systems around this: http://vimeo.com/16260822 http://vimeo.com/16260822 What if someone made a social network that revolved around unconditional love, where social interactions were subtly designed in ways to promote community and psychospiritual development? I think something like that would have a real chance at blowing Facebook out of the water.

mahesh_rm 14y ago
I totally agree. Identity and Spirituality are two of the strongest - despite them being at the highest Maslowian order - needs of the human being, when interacting in highly adapted - always Maslowian meaning - societies. This [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uwr9JT-nk4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uwr9JT-nk4 ] is as enlightening as it is old. Despite Kinski being sometimes a jerk, he was a social genius in putting these themes forward to society.