more about me

• in another life, i’m still studying physics.

• 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” (like my events)

• carnivore/ eaten mostly only beef since 2020

• intuitive bodywork: stretching and flexibility, massage, calisthenics, isometrics, partner stretching.

  Intuitive stretching is really fun!

  Lessons from massaging myself, others, dogs, and cats

  dog massage

  • i’ve also taught 75 people the basics of intuitive massage.

• intentional parenting

  What I would do if I had kids today

  • conducted an interview:

    Spaced repetition for teaching two-year olds how to read (Interview)

• Befriending wild chipmunks is quick and easy!

• solved chronic (3.5y) neck pain in May 2024

  I created muscle tension to avoid my feelings

• Loving because they're essential

• Depression was useful?

• visakanv mentioned me in FAN.

• what becoming more secure does to a mfer

• Substack is actually a dating app

• co-founded a summer camp for talented high school students (later 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

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

• @ChrisChipMonk

• anonymous feedback

• chrislakin.com/now

• email me! chris@chrislakin.com