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quirks
Vibes I like:
abstract and technical yet playful and silly (kiki x bouba)
intuitive
“holistic curiosity”
taking heavy things lightly
“Having fun with things we usually avoid”
many of my social events are just this
eaten mostly only beef since 2020
intuitive bodywork: stretching and flexibility, massage, calisthenics, isometrics, partner stretching.
I’ve also taught 75 people the basics of intuitive massage.
Intentional parenting
conducted an interview:
solved chronic (3.5y) neck pain in May 2024
studied physics at CMU, until I dropped out to do interesting work & make friends
visakanv mentioned me in FAN.
co-founded a summer camp for talented high school students (what became Atlas Fellowship)
If you’re 19 or younger and reading this, please apply to SPARC and/or ESPR next cycle! I’m staff sometimes. I wish I knew about these programs when I was in high school.
questions
Is being unenlightened locally optimal?
How do groups coordinate while defending themselves from cancers? see: collective intelligence
goals
Understand the gears-level causes of synchronous social interaction
Make growth (as defined by enlightened social interaction) quick, easy, and scalable
Formalize moral badness and moral goodness for application in AI (cf davidad)
Retroactively fund people and projects that have helped
Raise kids in SF. Coparent with friends?
Let kids keep their natural enlightenment / don’t cause them to lose it
San Francisco events
At least two long-term relationships have formed between attendees
Extreme Awkwardness event tweet (now deleted) went viral. Inspired a copy in NYC (retrospective).
Yes two people ended up in bed together
Also inspired someone to run a whole series of events in Toronto
Tobi Lutke: "the format is kinda brilliant"
Made a bunch of friends
blog posts about events coming soon
Stay in touch
Email me! chris@chrislakin.com
If you like my blog, you’ll probably like.