[ExI] Eventbrite/Zoom addiction!

[John Grigg]

>
> Your post led me to think of this:  what things not even thought in the
> near past do we have now that have no relationship to advances in science
> or technology?  In your post you mention life coaches.  I think that's a
> good example, but right off hand, I cannot think of any more.
>
> I assume a life coach is a generalist, not a specialist like people who
> give advice on jobs or investments or buying a car.  bill w
>

I would say life coaching is actually a good example of a profession being
enhanced by technology. It did exist before video calls and social media,
but due to these innovations, life coaches can now connect with clients
from around the world, and have an easier time growing their careers and
making a living.

A life coach is a generalist, but keep in mind that this is not a formally
accredited field which is monitored/controlled by various government and
private agencies, such as being a psychologist or social worker. Life
coaches make it clear that they do not give psychological counseling for
serious problems, but instead help basically healthy people set and achieve
goals, and in general, get more out of their lives. The personal
backgrounds of life coaches can vary hugely, and most training courses only
take a few months, and cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand
dollars. And again, they are not certified by a government agency for
quality. I think people like going to life coaches, because of the focus on
growth, the relative low cost, and the lack of stigma. I have an English
life coach who is a prosperous and retired IT guy, who likes helping others
now that he has made it, while the other one, is a relatively young
African-American man who comes from a rough background, and has his own
unique life perspectives.

I have played with the idea of perhaps someday becoming a life coach
myself, most likely just as a part-time thing. And I might combine it with
hypno-therapy, as a number of life coaches do. People seem to open up to
me, anyway, so I think it might fit with my talents. The advantage of it is
that it's very easy to get started, but at the same time, they lack the
educational/professional skills and insights of trained psychologists or
social workers.

John

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 2:55 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Your post led me to think of this:  what things not even thought in the
> near past do we have now that have no relationship to advances in science
> or technology?  In your post you mention life coaches.  I think that's a
> good example, but right off hand, I cannot think of any more.
>
> I assume a life coach is a generalist, not a specialist like people who
> give advice on jobs or investments or buying a car.  bill w
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 9:20 AM John Grigg via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I have definitely gotten addicted to Eventbrite and the innumerable
>> variety of interactive events their search engine gathers up for me to view
>> on Zoom. I have signed up for well over 100 of them, with most occurring
>> this month or next! I am actually losing sleep at times because of great
>> stuff which happens in England, which is an area Eventbrite algorithms like
>> to assign me. I love the historical and performing arts stuff which they
>> offer, along with the wonderful accents. Last night I did a science fiction
>> improv with a bunch of English young people, which was great fun and made
>> me sort of feel like I was attending Hogwarts University (they were mostly
>> in their early twenties). When I attended a couple of panels on British
>> start-ups, for some reason the engineering guy was always Scottish with a
>> thick brogue! Lol One such gentleman talked about how he worked on several
>> James Bond films years ago, to help create the cool gadgets Q gave to the
>> master spy.  Finally, I have connected with some good crypto folks who I
>> think will steer me right, and I also now have not one, but two personal
>> life coaches!
>>
>> John  :  )
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