[Originally drafted March 15, 2019]

We employ a unique curation philosophy which is irreverent of status or power (in any traditional sense).

The overall curation philosophy is one of a minimum threshold across many different axes.

The idea behind minimum thresholds is that it allows the coefficient to be >1, rather than <1, across a variety of domains, connections, and experiences.

• Committed to embodied connection and realness

• A commitment to self-derived values

• A balance of mind and body — a state of focus & embodiment

• A balance of presence+play and instigation/action

• Guided by a deep curiosity and experimentation

• Bias toward presence

  • Both in attention being in the qualia of one's current experience / and self-abidance → knowing and resting in our self

• Care

• Play

• Openness / neuroplasticity / self-teach / teachability / hackability

• Non-delusionality / bias toward sanity / sanity seeking (epistemology not informed by hedonism — i.e. what feels best to believe — at least on the object level) / centeredness

• Questions and challenges foundational axioms (assumed truths) of society

• Curiosity / thirst for growth / knowledge / understanding

• Solidarity / empathy / compassion

• Agency / sovereignty

• Deep willingness to communicate (understand, and be understood)