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31: The Latitude Society - Game, Business, or Cult? (Yes.)

2022/6/26
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AJ: Latitude Society 通过巧妙的邀请方式,营造神秘的氛围和仪式感,逐步引导成员参与一系列沉浸式体验,最终达到商业目的或形成类似邪教的组织结构。其入门仪式设计独特,具有强烈的仪式感和压迫感,剥夺成员的个人物品和自由,并通过一系列神秘的体验,最终引导成员进入核心圈子。在体验过程中,成员会发现看似普通的商业信息,以及最终通过城市寻宝游戏找到核心场所,并获得秘密代码。通过网站,成员可以购买商品,参加秘密聚会,并邀请其他人加入,形成金字塔式的组织结构。 Latitude Society 的创始人 Jeff Hall 是一位硅谷企业家兼艺术家,他之前也创建过类似的沉浸式体验项目。该组织的性质复杂,它同时是游戏、商业和类似邪教的组织。由于运营成本高昂,Latitude Society 采取了一些有争议的收费政策,最终导致其关闭。其成功部分源于其神秘性和排他性,以及人们对归属感的渴望。根据 BITE 模型,Latitude Society 具有邪教的特征,例如行为控制、信息控制、思想控制和情感控制。虽然创始人可能并非有意创建邪教,但其运作方式确实具有邪教特征,引发了对邪教和宗教之间区别的思考。 Hecklefish: 对 Latitude Society 的评论和补充,可以从商业模式、参与者体验、以及与邪教特征的比较等方面展开。可以补充一些细节,例如参与者在体验过程中的感受,以及对 Latitude Society 的评价。

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The episode begins with a detailed recount of how individuals were unwittingly drawn into the Latitude Society through a secretive initiation process involving a trusted friend and a mysterious security card.

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**THE LATITUDE. **

How do you join a cult without knowing it?  

Here's how it happened to thousands of people in San Francisco just a few years ago. You're with a trusted friend; maybe on a hike, or sitting in a bar or just hanging out. Out of nowhere, your friend asks you: "Can you keep a secret?" Of course you reply that you can.  

Your friend hands you a small black sleeve, about the size of a credit card. On one side of the sleeve is a geometric pattern. On the other side, the words "Absolute Discretion".  

Inside is a security card. Printed with a website and a code. Later that night, you go to the site and enter the code.  

The website responds with: "Congratulations. You've been invited to the Latitude."  

What happens next, changes you forever.  

Let's find out why.


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