Re: A must read on Esalen

[heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>]

Yeah it really seems like the tech detox overshadowed the history of Esalen.   
I do agree with the boutique feel of 1440.

I will leave my car near you and fly to San Diego tomorrow.

> On Aug 23, 2019, at 6:23 PM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
> 
> and these are not ponderosa pines at Esalen...but anyway, I do agree 
> with author's critiques of the tech bros.Kind of like Corey Pein's 
> book "Live Work Work Work Die". If going to Esalen & 1440 
> helps them reform the technodystopia I'm fine with that. The 1440 as 
> the boutique hotel analogy was amusing.
> When I was a work study participant at Esalen in 1993  there was one 
> of my 
> classmates Bill  who was an artist and he ended up staying at Esalen 
> for years. He created the Art Barn which is still there. But when Esalen 
> started working on being more fiscally sound they got rid of people 
> like Bill. Well, I don't know what they can do, they have to get 
> people who will pay and keep the place going. Recently I got an 
> email from Friends of Esalen saying they didn't want us to 
> contribute what we wanted like before at $60+, they now want 
> $120/yr. You 
> still can get preference to stay there if they have extra room.
> Another time I was at Esalen the author of the book about it that 
> was briefly mentioned in article, Jeffrey Kripal, was there and 
> talked about researching that book. It's worth reading to understand 
> the place. I've met a lot of interesting 
> people there and have had some of the best experiences of my life 
> there. I wish the article author(which it looks like it will be part 
> of his upcoming book) would take a longer digital detox at Esalen 
> and enjoy it more. 
> 
>> On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, Noelle wrote:
>> 
>> I didn't read it all yet, but author has the usual East coast bias. 
>> and those are 
>> not pine groves, I think he should correct it to redwood groves, though they 
>> 
>> do have Monterey pines on the Esalen property.And I doubt there are 
>> fireflies in Ca.The New Yorker's fact checker did not do a 
>> good job.
>> as far as the important stuff, I'll get back to you after I take 
>> time to read it for real.
>> 
>>> On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, Heather Howard wrote:
>>> I think you’d both find this as interesting (if not more) than I did. 
>>> Multiversity 1440 is also mentioned.
>>> 
>>> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/26/silicon-valleys-crisis-of-conscience