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Feeling Disconnected and Like You're Stuck In A Life Rut?
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:24 pm
Maybe consider computer scientist-artist Max Hawkins' approach to life:
Article (Warning: Muh white privilege)
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He built an app that used a Facebook search function for public events to find ones near him. Then the app would randomly choose which event Max would attend.
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One night, he got to drink white Russians with some Russians. Another, he attended acroyoga (as in, acrobatics + yoga). A community center pancake breakfast. A networking event for young professionals. The algorithm chose; Max attended.
Most of these events were something that the nonrandomized Max would never have thought to try. The computer was breaking him out of a life driven by his own preferences. He was suddenly seeing the world in a whole new way, and he really liked it.
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One year, Max decided to use the Facebook-event generator app to choose where he would celebrate Christmas. It came up with a party at someone's home in Fresno, Calif.
With a pie and a friend, Max drove for three hours and showed up on the doorstep of a retired psychologist, Karena Beasley. Karena was celebrating with a handful of friends and family — and now, also two 20-something strangers.
"She was completely not fazed," Max says, describing the moment they met Karena. "She didn't miss a beat. She said, 'Oh, wonderful! We love Facebook, I'm so glad you're at the party. Welcome.' And it was like instantly we were friends."
Max says he and his friend stayed at the party for five or six hours. In a video from the night, the group sings carols to guitar and Max looks as if he is right where he belongs.
Article (Warning: Muh white privilege)
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Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:25 pm to shutterspeed
no sex?
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:26 pm to shutterspeed
Somebody already came up with this idea...
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:27 pm to shutterspeed
DO NOT TRY THIS IN FAYETTEVILLE, AR!
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:28 pm to UGATiger26
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:30 pm to WoWyHi
I would understtttaaaaaaaa-eeeee-aaaaannnnddddd
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:30 pm to shutterspeed
So... Facebook will give me the willpower to get out of bed in the morning?
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:31 pm to shutterspeed
It's the real-life "Yes, Man"
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:34 pm to shutterspeed
I agree that a certain serendipitous quality is good for the soul. Make your world LARGER , not smaller is important to the well-lived life. And always remember that "having fun" is not the point of life and it is impossible to always "have fun" with the cycle of life and death, but rather to seek meaning in life. It's more likely if you go boldly into your world , meet new people, do stuff out of your comfort zone,instead of staying in your apartment (there is a place for that too though).
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:40 pm to Lsupimp
Something about just showing up at random events and meeting new people sounds appealing for some reason. Maybe its the stories of Bill Murray showing up to random birthday parties. 
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:42 pm to Lsupimp
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Make your world LARGER , not smaller
Great advice to live by IMO. It's easy to become trapped in a pattern, get out there and experience stuff, being uncomfortable helps you grow.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 12:50 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
I think most married guys at some point feel that their wife is trying to make their world smaller, to maintain the illusion of CONTROL. It's fear-based behavior. Less friends, "unacceptable" friends, things you can and can't do. I have friends who I consider to be living in an estrogen-overdosed marital prison. All based around this illusion of the dullard to control everything to alleviate fear. So yeah, get out there and meet all the fun people doing fun things out of your box.
Posted on 7/12/18 at 1:00 pm to Lsupimp
Posted on 7/12/18 at 1:11 pm to shutterspeed
So the real life version of the movie Yes Man?
Posted on 7/12/18 at 1:41 pm to Lsupimp
The artist mentioned in the OP creates some interesting projects.
He created a prior project where people sign themselves up on a call list. Two people are then randomly connected via phone during the night to discuss their dreams. I'm not sure if he ultimately abandoned the project, or if he is still accumulating recordings for later use, but I always thought it was a really cool idea.
Sample audio snippet from a call
Call in the Night website/signup
He created a prior project where people sign themselves up on a call list. Two people are then randomly connected via phone during the night to discuss their dreams. I'm not sure if he ultimately abandoned the project, or if he is still accumulating recordings for later use, but I always thought it was a really cool idea.
Sample audio snippet from a call
Call in the Night website/signup
This post was edited on 7/12/18 at 1:43 pm
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