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There Is No Us Without A Them
How Toxic Inclusiveness Is Destroying Intimacy
Dec 5, 2022
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Does IRL Matter For Community?
Why we won't live in Discords & the negative selection bias around events
Sep 26, 2022
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Welcome to Cafe Society
An Anthropological Look At Community & Society
Jan 25, 2021
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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?
Sep 19, 2022
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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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Community Doesn't Scale: Soho House & MiniClubs (Cafe Society #6)
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We Signed A Lease In Tribeca . . .
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The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna & Status Peacocking
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Bored Ape Yacht Club, Comic Con & Mistaking Identity Expression for Community Formation
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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.
Aug 8, 2022
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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?
Aug 1, 2022
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Botellóns, Malls & Town Square Culture
Europe's tradition of drinking in the street is the great equalizer in local communities
Jun 11, 2022
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The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna & Status Peacocking
The recent high society cons expose our fake social life and explain why so many people are opting out.
Mar 16, 2022
12
Bored Ape Yacht Club, Comic Con & Mistaking Identity Expression for Community Formation
NFTs are necessary but not sufficient for community, and the more likely destinies of PFP collections are media companies or fashion brands.
Feb 7, 2022
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Soho House of Cards (Part II) - Bundling Moments of Highly Public Exclusivity
Annabel's urinals, Winnie The Pooh and I'm-Better-Than-You As A Service -- how Soho House is all the calories and none of the nutrition.
Nov 22, 2021
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We Signed A Lease In Tribeca . . .
. . . to build a fully participatory social club where you pour your own drinks and can cook in the kitchen.
Nov 1, 2021
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The Rise of Soho House Part I: Highly Public Exclusivity and The New Aristocrats
How Soho House rode the rails of new celebrity & status voyeurism all the way to an IPO
Jun 30, 2021
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The Rise of Soho House Part I: Highly Public Exclusivity and The New Aristocrats
21
1
SoulCycle & Mistaking Exclusivity for Community (Cafe Society Quick Bite #1)
8
Community Doesn't Scale: Soho House & MiniClubs (Cafe Society #6)
31
1
We Signed A Lease In Tribeca . . .
7
4
The Tinder Swindler, Inventing Anna & Status Peacocking
12
Bored Ape Yacht Club, Comic Con & Mistaking Identity Expression for Community Formation
11
1
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