| Communities, neighbourhoods, cities, states, etc. are like analog computers designed to provide their residents with solutions to a variety of social problems. Locations within a city are like nodes or neurons in the brain or a neural net. No two locations are quite identical (except for Wal-Marts and Applebees.) Similar events occuring at two similar locations will be subtly influenced by the unique characteristics of the two locations. Put differently, the same inputs into two nodes of the neural net will yield different outputs.
I also have a hypothesis that locations are dynamic. Consider three locations: A, B, and C. If you go to A every Saturday, the experience will seem relatively static. If you spend an hour at B, however, before going to A, your experience of A will be different than if you had first spent an hour at C.
Furthermore, I propose that the sequence and duration of visits to multiple locations can be calibrated to achieve a particular goal. Consider, for example, Mystery's "chain date," described in Chapter 9 of Mystery Method. Mystery uses a proven sequence of locations to transition from C1 to S1 over the course of approximately seven hours of time with a woman.
This methodology reminded me of the operation of the brain or a neural network of virtual neurons. In response to an input, the neural net fires chaotically at first, but ultimately, a pattern emerges that represents the solution to the problem described by the inputs. Mystery's chain date is the pattern/solution to a problem that might be described:
Given a specific PUA and a woman of average temperament, how can the PUA transition from C1 to S1 with the highest probability of success in the least amount of time?
An important upshot of thinking about pickup in this way is that one can calibrate a sequence of events to solve other social problems. Here are a couple of equally valid problems:
*How do I show my friend from out-of-town a good time while he is here for the weekend?
*How do I persuade my legislator that this neighbourhood needs more public works funding?
It is a blessing in disguise that this methodology requires considerable knowledge of numerous locations to be put into practice. Scoping out locations is a social exercise in itself. Talking about the location is always pertinent. Maybe you're not drinking tonight and you're indifferent to the band, but you can chat with the bartender about the posters on the wall or with the other patrons about what nights are best to be there. For aspiring PUAs, learning about different places will provide lots of opportunities to talk to people and a ready-made source of subject matter that won't ever feel insincere or irrelevant. Once you've learned about a place, you'll enjoy a number of side benefits:
*You'll know the staff and some of the other regular patrons.
*You'll know the sub-locations and features of the location for confident navigation later.
*You may know interesting facts about the location that you can use to DHV later.
This theory provides the framework for examining a location and determining how it will function relative to other locations in which one likes to socialize. It also provides motivation to visit new locations and, particularly for new PUA's, a wealth of discussion topics.
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Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue finds and chooses the mean.
Aristotle, Ethica Nichomachea
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