Our Source Code
Reasons for Existence
A Place for Intentional Lifestyle Development
For the first time in recorded history, every class in our society has the luxurious burden of choice. Our questions are no longer those of the means survival, but those of the point of survival. It has become our responsibility to design our own lifestyles, and to avoid defaulting into satiation. Finding, and adhering, to one's purpose and sources of meaning is nearly impossible in isolation, and we exist as a community of seekers dedicated to the mutual support of others as we enact our visions in the world.
A Place for Mindful Technology
Technology has passed some invisible threshold of being a tool directed at out flourishing and become a potentially dehumanizing force that usurps our agency if we do not approach it mindfully. We exist as a community dedicated to the subjugation of technology to purpose and values, at the level of the relationship the individual had with the tech directly under his control.
A Place for Embodied Ritual
Not everything in the world-out-there can be understood propositionally, that is, through analysis and definition; there are some things that must be understood through symbol and ritual. We exist as a community dedicated to the comprehension of mystery through ritual and participatory knowledge.
A Place for Cultivated Boredom
It is rare that anyone living today lacks the information necessary to make a difficult decision in their life, rather what they lack is the contemplative space necessary to order and integrate the information they already have. We exist as a community dedicated to the intentional cultivation of boredom, a space where one is not stimulated with unhelpful distraction but organized with directed contemplation.
A Place for Non-Dogmatic Inquiry
Whether in the realm of classical religion or enlightenment rationality, dogma provides a safety net to default to when making low-value decisions in confusing situations. It is, however, quite destructive in the open pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty. We exist as a space for truly open dialogue, for the graceful play with ideas, for entertaining the absurd.
A Place for De-Institutionalized Therapy
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.
Changes that Make Us Necessary
Failure of Higher Education in Classical Humanities
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.
Sacrifice of Beauty to Efficiency
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.
Atomization of Societal Structure
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.
Valueless Thought within Artificial Intelligence
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.
Para-Social Artificial Intelligence
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.
Consumerism in the Arts
The fact that modern society has developed an institution of therapy is admirable in many ways, but in many ways it is indicative of the fragmentation of inter-personal organization that met the same need. We exist as a community dedicated to the de-institutionalization of therapy, a place where people can stand and heal together in a manner often inaccessible in a largely atomized larger society.