Malcolm Ocean's roamblog

April 24th, 2021

edited 2021-04-24 · open in Roam
  • @maybegray status workshop
    • intro questions in case you forget
      • what inspired you to be here today?
      • what's your improv experience?
    • creativity
      • ...hm!
    • teamwork
    • momentum
      • improv relies on building momentum
        • supported by
          • spontaneity
          • physical movement
    • spectrum from right to rightest
      • "welp, that was the least right thing I could have done"
      • what feels right, what feels righter/rightest?
      • (connects with everything makes sense - if something had been wrong, you wouldn't have done it)
      • "aww - tada!"
        • really embody the shame etc
        • then like, nobody intends to do the least right thing, so you say "tada!"
    • status game # 1
      • 3 experts on a science panel
      • 2 moderators
      • everyone competing to seem smartest
      • "how did it feel to compete for high status in your little imaginary situation"
      • Priya also owned the "I'm the assistant" in a way that didn't particularly lower her status, like "I do all his thinking, that's why we've gotten so far" is a playful high-status move in and of itself
        • also a great callback to "why we needed no introduction" - made the fact that they hadn't said much yet better be evidence towards high status
      • resourcefulness
        • build up a subconscious inventory of what's already been said
    • status game # 2
      • competing for low status on artist panel
      • great name pronunciation move
        • moderator couldn't pronounce artist's name, repeats a dozen times
        • artist defers "don't worry about it"
      • Kushaan twitter - his 10 followers vs others' 100s
        • lowered everybody's status
        • Nat > I could have played fool there and said "I have 12. happy to offer advice"
    • status game # 3
      • spiritual panel
      • secret status mission - low-middle-high
      • idea I had
        • I think it would be hilarious to do a round that's overtly the same as this one but actually has everyone trying to be medium status (maybe with 4 people and you have them all trying to be 2nd highest or all trying to be 2nd lowest)
      • other idea - invert it - only the hosts know other peoples' status assignments, and the guests have to deduce their own status
    • consistency communicating high status
      • eg Mage's academic, AJ's moderator
      • maintaining status by speaking to the environment that you want to be stable
    • meta status game of finding the place in the world where you win
    • media very related to status
      • My Fair Lady
      • Gatsby
    • @maybegray > interesting tension & connection between
      • trusting that a person is who they say they are
      • trusting them to be trustworthy in some other sense
    • Nat Sharpe > status is a game - if you're not having fun with it, what are you doing
    • status of dominance/submission, vs prestige etc
      • Will Ferrell's Sensitive Drill Sergeant
    • rabbit-cat compatibility
  • Dimensions of Trust-Dancing