​​#2 First Reports
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​​At Bennu Coffe

​​Introductions

​​Ardon: Bloomer, podcasting, and online personal camp as cultural intervention against nihilism
  • ​​Interested in: homelessness / abandoned elderly
​​Bethany: Looking out for neighbors to support community, sustainability / backyard gardening at home
​​Jimmy: Spreading information / helping information about quality of life in US - in US optimism is harmed by forward improvement reducing generation by generation. Yimby policies for lower cost of living.
  • ​​Suggestion of: modular homes, Boxable startup. Yimby.
​​Sasha: Mobile sauna for community-building
  • ​​Ardon is also building sauna/cold plunge
​​Nate: Bitcoin to solve political problems, decentralized media to solve for controlled / centralized media, e.g. Nostr, Synonym, TBD
​​Billy: Biticoin, Noise pollution - individual requests have led to construction company adopting broadband backup sounders
​​Ben: Litter pickup, community building

​​Themes

  • ​​Decentralizing / Localism
  • ​​Cost of living
  • ​​Enhancing Community / Contributing to the commons
  • ​​Reducing negative externalities

​​Cost of Living

​​Cost of housing

  • ​​Pro-development/Yimby
  • ​​modular homes, Boxable startup
  • ​​Build our own homes? / Habitat for Humanity

​​Subsidizing art

  • ​​Communal housing with a art-dedicated bedroom
  • ​​Grants from the city
  • ​​Patronage
  • ​​A la Burning Man - can we galvanize community that benefits the patron for their patronage

​​Homeless

  • ​​Community First
  • ​​Sunrise Church
  • ​​Meditating with individuals
  • ​​Supportive housing for people losing their homes

​​Decentralizing / Localism

​​Support local agriculture

  • ​​Buying from local ranchers
  • ​​Backyard chickens

​​Decentralizing Energy

  • ​​Alex Epstein - Power Hour podcast

​​Decentralizing Media

  • ​​Nostr, Synonym, TBD
  • ​​Meta-wiki / search engine

​​Fostering Community / Contributing to Commons

​​Abandoned elderly

  • ​​Note that most time alone after 70, most time with parents before 15, most time with kids 30-50
  • ​​Ardon is interested - idea of some sort of holographic companionship