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An Anthropological Look At Community & Society
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Mandatory Fun - Requiring Contribution
Despite popular belief you can't buy friends.
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Head of Book Clubs & Dinner Discussions -- We're Hiring!
Doubling Down on Deep Conversations
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The Rise of Soho House Part I: Highly Public Exclusivity and The New Aristocrats
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SoulCycle & Mistaking Exclusivity for Community (Cafe Society Quick Bite #1)
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We Signed A Lease In Tribeca . . .
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Community Doesn't Scale: Soho House & MiniClubs (Cafe Society #6)
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Maxwell Tribeca -- A City Social Campus
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Announcing Our General Membership Drive!
Building a Club Based On Contribution, Real Culture & Intellectual Resonance
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Maxwell Tribeca -- A City Social Campus
A club that competes on personalities, not amenities.
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There Is No Us Without A Them
How Toxic Inclusiveness Is Destroying Intimacy
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Does IRL Matter For Community?
Why we won't live in Discords & the negative selection bias around events
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Casa Cruz, Aman & The Super Premium Club
A spate of $100k buy-in clubs are all launching. What's the deal?
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Be Brave: Web3, Faux Membership Clubs & Prosocial Behavioral Unlock
Web3 will only live up to its potential when we embrace new behaviors that community buy-in enables.
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"We Should TOTALLY Buy A Bar!"
We dream of belonging, not owning a low-margin services business, so why are we forced to?
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