Leverage was/is a "high-demand group" in my social circles in the bay area; if you're familiar with it, here's a pretty restrained description of the more undisputable, common-knowledge features of this group:
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I’ve never heard about “Leverage” and wonder where to look for additional context?
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There's not a lot out about it right now, though I suspect there might be more published in the future. The guy who founded it, Geoff Anders, is still working and getting funding.
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damn i interviewed for a job at reserve a few years ago i didnt know they were basically part of a cult jesus
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cc would be curious for your thoughts here and how this compares to other ~cults or high-demand groups.
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Did you guise discover scientology again???
Standing ovation, when you get a group of 140+ IQ people together, this is the best thing you can possibly do
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Standard deep personality cult behavior. Control, required indoctrination and constant reinforcement, intimate relationships to manipulate members, exclusion of outsiders, "unique insights into the mind", etc. This usally services the sexual and financial desires of the leader.
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This would be so very not my thing. I realize we almost certainly have drastically different and possibly mutually hostile taste in acquaintances but were they as off putting to be near as that sounds?
yikes. I got pitched on participating in the "research" and bounced off the utopian vagueness but I'd never heard any of this 😳
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I'd never heard of Leverage Research before this.
Seems to be EA-style thinking mixed in with quacky Phil Science. Weird.
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