Originally published on substack: https://eliqian.substack.com/camaraderie This tweet is an exaggeration, but only barely: https://twitter.com/DrifterShoots/status/1515095665831026689?s=20 You yourself probably remember waking up during that time and just feeling different. I'd like to propose a new term—camaraderie at scale—to describe these moments. This got me thinking—when has camaraderie occurred at scale before, and...
Originally published on substack: https://eliqian.substack.com/p/stop-trying-to-have-interesting-friends Within the tech and tech-adjacent circles I’m part of on the internet, a number of essays and tweets have been making the rounds about what makes someone a person you want to spend time with. This is definitely a worthwhile question to answer. So much...
Originally published on substack: https://eliqian.substack.com/camaraderie
This tweet is an exaggeration, but only barely:
You yourself probably remember waking up during that time and just feeling different. I'd like to propose a new term—camaraderie at scale—to describe these moments.
This got me thinking—when has camaraderie occurred at scale before, and what made those moments so special? How can we engineer more of them into our lives?
Some notable ones in recent memory: Linsanity, 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Some notable ones (or so I'm told) that I'm too young to remember: 9/11, Sosa vs. McGwire, the Moon landing.
Camaraderie at scale is extremely powerful. Few things in the world can mobilize and unite entire nations, or in some instances, the whole... (read 2184 more words →)
Originally published on substack: https://eliqian.substack.com/p/stop-trying-to-have-interesting-friends
Within the tech and tech-adjacent circles I’m part of on the internet, a number of essays and tweets have been making the rounds about what makes someone a person you want to spend time with.
This is definitely a worthwhile question to answer. So much of our life experience is colored by the people we share it with. However, there is a concerning amount of emphasis on having friends and seeking out people who are smart, thoughtful, and (the worst one of all) “interesting.”
The obsession with interesting makes me uneasy. Friends aren’t resources for intellectual stimulation or new insights. I don’t want my friends to like me because I... (read 1595 more words →)