22-07-2024 16:06 via theguardian.com

“How many aura points did I lose?” The new coolness currency has hints of Aristotle

Young people are evaluating good and bad life decisions on a scale and seeking input from others. To philosophy experts, it sounds familiarYou can count calories, steps, streams of your favorite song – and now, you can assign a number to how cool you are. See: aura points, a way to calculate your rizz. (That’s what the kids call charisma, and if you didn’t know that, you just lost 100 aura points.)Ask someone out and get a yes? That’s 100 aura points for you. Still on Sna
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