Oddbean

I actually observe the opposite effect, in our local region. Our local festivals are increasingly both more-traditional and with more engineer/scientist/technologist overrepresentation. Same thing at church. It's increasingly really laptops-n-lederhosen because everyone else has sort of mentally checked-out. I see that on Nostr, too, really.

Actually, @franny , now that I think of it, I'm probably seeing the same effect. It's just that computer nerds, religious nerds, rural nerds, political nerds, dietary nerds, etc. have more incentive to meet up and organize. And, since nerds are a type of personality, rather than a particular topic, those nerds can occupy multiple nerd-spheres. I was actually thinking about this, yesterday, as we sat down with the CSU guys from our village and I noticed that the four tables they used to occupy are now two tables and everyone was our age or younger and most of them are engineers or into techy stuff as side-gigs or hobbies. And our daughters are all into vegan cooking, apparently. 😂 Nerds are taking over what is left of society, seems like.

I totally get what you were saying in the first note, there is a big amount of German youth that enjoys that kind of culture, but it feels like they enjoy the traditional music and the excessive drinking more than the roots of those festivals! And maybe the smaller villages suffer more from it. It’s so nerdy to refuse going there. :D I less care why it may be decreasing, I just want my own festivals that accept my cultural viewpoints. 👀 and those festivals will be rooted in our fight for freedom! Going into the direction of community instead of away 💜🏃‍♀️

I’m so glad we’re planning the konnektiv. It’s challenging to offer it for the whole DACH space in the beginning. But it really seems like many are craving serious and future oriented connection. Already dreaming of the first very local event. 💭🥰 just imagine…🥹✨🫂

It's going to be a hard start, but we just have to persist and build up a reputation. The #einundzwanzig guys started out talking to rooms with 3 attendees. 😂 They just kept talking and eventually they had more listeners. An online movement without meatspace is just vaporware.

A lot of people are also just too old to go, now. The population of potential goers is essentially half the size as 10 years and they're all antisocial. Can barely get some of them to show up for work. There's an active, younger subset and that seems to also be the group with the most children. Maybe this is just evolution.

Well, evolution is genes-and-memes, right? It's not just about one person passing on their DNA, it's also about stronger cultures surviving and spreading. Since humans tend to be related to the people around them, this also results in your DNA spreading, even if you have no direct offspring. The two things are intertwined. Like, the focus on healthy, fresh food has pushed more people to move out of cities, where they have more living space and fewer distractions. Which causes their birth rate to rise. In the same way, being on Nostr is more human-friendly than being on legacy systems, and it's created a calmer, more sociable, high-trust environment that is leading to people meeting up in meat-space and dating and we even have our first engagement announcement. Creating a healthy, supportive, hopeful environment is the basis for human fecundity. People need a safe nest to put their eggs in.