The group will be limited to around 150, which you hopefully already recognize as the Dunbar Number "a cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships."

The group is free for the first wave of members as a way to reward being on the bleeding edge and to build up a critical mass of value. The intention is that it will be quite expensive in the future.

Early members who make it through the first year will be given an NFT as evidence of their earliness. If this seems either stupid or of no value to you, you might not be a good fit.

Please be on your best behavior. Lurkers who don't contribute as well as overly argumentative or unaligned people will be unceremoniously removed.

And thank you for your consideration.

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ORIGIN STORY

I've never been able to find what to me was the perfect group chat... and boy have I tried.

I fundamentally love chatting online with intelligent people of like mind who are thinking about the same things that I am.

I have been involved in a number of really high quality group chats over the years but all have ultimately left me wanting.

problems with EXISTING group chats

Not enough activity
One person is constantly turning everything combative
Too much noise and banter
Someone is more interested in winning than growing
Inability to agree to disagree

Insufficient alignment of outlooks
No underlying schelling point that holds the group together
Low quality members who aren't paying close to what's going on in the world yet still feel entitled to pontificate
Overly philosophical without practical focus
NOT CURATED ENOUGH

Scratch Your Own Itch... Amirite

So anyway... I have this really strong desire and I've tried all these different ways to get my needs met but have still thus far been unable.

That's Where You Come In!

Y'know... it's like. If you want something done right, do it yourself. So that's what this is. Me, taking it upon myself to build the ultimate groupchat. The best one in the entire world.

Making content to put out the bat signal to attract the other people in the world of like mind who are thinking about the same subjects and also want nothing more than to discuss them all day.

THE ULTIMATE group chat

Super active
Almost entirely signal with a bit of fun sprinkled in
Anyone who doesn't how to be polite is warned and then unceremoniously removed
The purpose of all discussions is to come to the truth. Either through finding agreement or agreeing to disagree with respect

Highly aligned group on the basics, with enough differences to keep things interesting
A common shared understanding on the basics that underlies any surface differences
The highest quality members that also love chatting online with other super intelligent people and are paying close attention to the world as it unfolds
HIGHLY curated

If You Build It, They Will Come

The goal and the vision and the hopes and the dreams are like this.
We will know this group is succeeding when:

Almost everyone in the group looks forward more than anything waking up and checking what's new in the group since they've been asleep
Many different members of the group are sharing important links--the kind that will go on to have millions of views--when they still have less than 1000 views
Every month the group is catching the best performing assets and is continually discussing and debating the merits of various opportunities
The group is so impressed with each other that there exists a burning desire to meet in real life whether or not we ever actually do.
Members of the group are consistently achieving higher and higher quality results in their lives and there exists a subtle pressure for everyone in the group to keep up
Every single person is learning more from the rest of the group than they are teaching. I tend to be the most active member of nearly every group chat of interest that I'm in. I'm tired of that and want to be humbled.

OK bro... I get it. So what's up then?

Time for some disqualifiers

Most people are not going to be a good fit for OTIS12D.

We are looking for about 80% alignment. If about 20% of the disqualifiers that follow apply to you, don't worry much. We're looking for broad general alignment as opposed to a cult.

What we're striving for is the optimal balance between insufficient alignment creating Balkanization of thought and groupthink where obvious blind spots in thinking can form.

It's an ambitious goal but wtf right.

DISQUALIFIERS

(kind of sort of in order)

OTIS12D might not be a good fit for you if...

believe that the vaccine was a success and a good thing
don't believe in God... at least a little bit
not able to be polite online
debate things to be proven right rather than to learn
don't have the time or desire to actively engage
think that Bitcoin is either a ponzi scheme or "old tech"
aren't actively working to better yourself on all levels
think the worst thing someone can be is racist sexist or homophobic
not interested in natural health and exercise
have the opinion that all altcoins and NFTs and defi are scams
feel that AI is either overhyped or a nothingburger
think aliens are either a psyop or demonic
are either blackpilled or a spiritual bypasser
think men and women are basically the same
know for certain that one side is obviously the good guys or the bad guys
you're a big fan of lex fridman or tim pool
genuinely hoping and waiting for the swamp to be drained
not conspiratorially minded by nature
unwilling to agree to disagree and move on
not interested in getting the global perspective on things
haven't actively cut seed oils out of your diet
are either totally obsessed with or totally dismissive of psychedelics
aren't interested in trying to get to the bottom of what money even is
are currently trusting the plan

So I guess that about wraps it up

If you're still here and you're still interested and you're maybe even tripping out a little bit because you think maybe just maybe this might have been what you have been looking for...

i invite you to apply.

namaste