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The Megaproject Economy
Raises the question: what’s the closest human civilization has come to the megaproject economy? Pre-industrial societies had the mindset of distributing wealth to society scale projects. But they lacked industrial capabilities, so their “megaprojects�... (www.palladiummag.com) posted 1w ago with 11 replies coordination economics palladium

The Megaproject Econ

As a matter of historical fact, the communism part came first, then later the race part was added, and then the global part was added. 4d ago

As a matter of histo

Supercoordination: A Specific Strategy
How do we get there from here? How might we grow pockets of supercoordination even as AI rapidly becomes more capable and the people behind it consolidate their power, proactively countering this precise type of threat?... posted 4mo ago with 7 replies sociology coordination sovereignty

Supercoordination: A

Sure, I wanted to continue the discussion in >>2513 which this thread was branched from. The message was something along the lines of 'this thread is too long or your account is too new, post elsewhere first'. 8d ago

Sure, I wanted to co

The Political Capital Savings Plan
I met Gallagher a while back. He's doing this training course for people interested in getting in to New York politics. He seems like a smart guy. I especially liked this article on political capital. It makes the whole thing quite a lot less daunting and ... (www.maximumnewyork.com) posted 3w ago with 4 replies politics coordination sanfrancisco

The Political Capita

Not well-versed in this, but a funny aside: Garry Tan’s TikToks average less than 200 views, and he interacts with anyone who comments or even visits his page (which is effectively no one). Seems like an incredibly easy in for anyone trying to reach out. 3w ago

Not well-versed in t

Uptrust. Another alt-social app designed to foster great conversations
This seems interesting. Someone linked it to me. Has anyone used it or know anything about it? It seems like there are multiple parties thinking in serious ways about what we might call the “alt social media problem” and how to design really great cult... (www.uptrusthq.com) posted 4w ago with 3 replies meta coordination startups

Uptrust. Another alt

I believe strongly in the inevitability of new alt-media spaces and digital enclaves that cater to specific scenes. Referring to the failure of past players, I think this has much less to do with network effects and far more with the fact that none of them... 3w ago

I believe strongly i

Empire Without Frontier Is Dysgenic
People will leave their shtetl and cultural identities behind to participate in The Empire if there are opportunities available to them that wouldn't be available at home. And I'm not talking about computer job opportunities. I'm talking specifically about... posted 1mo ago with 3 replies history coordination

Empire Without Front

I have skimmed it but will give it a more thorough read. While I appreciate Spengler (I understand Yockey has a spenglerian approach) I don't know how illuminating he is for our time. There is a failure to explain what makes cultures/civilizations tick (wh... 4w ago

I have skimmed it bu

How to build better anonymous social media: curation and tags
Back in 2014, moot banned gamergate discussion from 4chan. This led to an exodus of the most adventurous and curious channers to 8chan, which had a strict free speech policy. For a few months at least, 8chan was a haven of smart free discussion on all sort... posted 2mo ago with 13 replies technology meta coordination

How to build better

Very cool, guys. Let a thousand alt social media flowers bloom. I look forward to seeing your respective attempts. I hope you’ll still want to come visit us here. 2mo ago

Very cool, guys. Let

How are you promoting real culture?
From "Schopenhauer as educator"... posted 2mo ago with 1 reply coordination nietzsche

How are you promotin

what a great quote. I've been very struck by the idea of the philosopher, not always under that name, for a long time. The philosopher is the being that strives to comprehend his own nature, the law of nature, and his role in the cosmic story, and achieves... 2mo ago

what a great quote.

Super-Coordination Technical Exercise Problems
Another anon and I have been thinking about how to do supercoordination. We've got many ideas but we're still looking for the right problem to dive into together seriously.... posted 3mo ago with 4 replies technology rationality coordination

Super-Coordination T

How about aggregating the collective will of a bunch of individuals wills? By will, I mean a freeform expression/document consisting of issues one values/cares about/wants change in. 3mo ago

How about aggregatin

Freedom of Impression
Social media do not quite give us the freedom of impression. They force us into their often obscure engagement-driven "algorithmic feeds".... (www.techpolicy.press) posted 4mo ago with 9 replies technology meta coordination

Freedom of Impressio

one possible recommender system that'd give autonomy or "freedom of impression," I think, is a system which recommends you things based entirely on what you yourself post.... 3mo ago

one possible recomme

4chan vs Tumblr
"In 2014, two online communities went to war. The belligerents were fairly niche social media boards: 4chan and Tumblr. While their short-lived conflict amounted to little more than a curious moment in Internet history, I have become convinced that it actu... (synergies.substack.com) posted 4mo ago with 4 replies meta coordination

4chan vs Tumblr

I’m glad you brought up 4chan vs tumblr. Its one of the things that convinced me to do sofiechan. Basically what we see there is that internet forums are actually massively overpowered as political and social platforms, but seem to be quite hard to contr... 4mo ago

I’m glad you brought

San Francisco Reform Party Thread
With the election of some new more moderate folks into SF government and a more tractable national ideological climate, a bunch of us seem to be thinking the same thing: lets develop a new politics for san francisco. SF is uniquely upstream so this is also... posted 6mo ago with 2 replies politics coordination sanfrancisco

San Francisco Reform

Yes we have radical aspirations. Our worldview is completely alien to american liberalism and our vision for the nation is revolutionary. That said, in san francisco i believe the correct tactical orientation is muscular moderate.... 6mo ago

Yes we have radical

Mapping the critical cohorts of the US
America relies on the competency of just a few cohorts of people and the health of the institutions that they occupy throughout their careers to function. I think it's a short list but I'd be curious to hear input on what I have so far:... posted 1y ago with 57 replies sociology coordination

Mapping the critical

The algorithm giveth, the algorithm taketh away. Occasionally, it may make mistakes, but more importantly we all may make mistakes in what we like and dislike. Attention is a political resource that we must fight to allocate properly. Please form your opin... 14mo ago

The algorithm giveth

How to Control an Online Forum
This thread is for the linked post about disinformation and forum control.... (edith.reisen) posted 1y ago with 5 replies technology coordination

How to Control an On

Currently, sliding is not a huge problem because the front page has everything (scroll down!). Though of course discussion seems to be concentrated in the top few threads. In the long run, we're going to deal with scale and prioritization with tags. There ... 14mo ago

Currently, sliding i

Talent pool for the next regime
There do not seem to be many places in America for someone to become worthy of power. I do not buy that becoming a minor merchant aristocrat by founding an enterprise SaaS company makes one fit to govern. The military seems to be culturally compromised. Su... posted 1y ago with 42 replies coordination

Talent pool for the

Sovreign House 14mo ago

Sovreign House

Known good guides to gatekeeping?
Suppose you are starting a social club as a means of moving toward something bigger and better.... posted 1y ago with 13 replies coordination

Known good guides to

Thanks! Posted here: >>1536. 1y ago

Thanks! Posted here: