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Public speaking. I joined Toastmasters [1] at the start of the year and highly recommend it. Friendly, supportive atmosphere. Challenging, assuming you're not currently comfortable speaking in front of groups. Lots of people who've been there a while comment on howit's improved their careers. One of the most useful bits is learning to evaluate other people's speeches, a skill which can be applied in a variety of situations, and (so I'm told - I'm still learning) leaves a very positive impression on people.

[1] https://www.toastmasters.org/

"...Lynch Mobs - if enough of the players agree, they can send someone to prison, remove their assets, or even eject them from the game"

AKA democracy ;-)

See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7949183

Douglas Adams satirised precisely this point with his Zaphod Beeblebrox character in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. To quote wikipedia[1], his was "a role that involves no power whatsoever, and merely requires the incumbent to attract attention so no one wonders who's really in charge, a role for which Zaphod was perfectly suited"

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaphod_Beeblebrox

I had one of these as a teenager and loved it. Learned Pascal with it, and did a lot of assembly language programming with it (Z80 apparently - I'd forgotten if it was that or 6502). It finally gave up the ghost a few years ago. Makes me quite nostalgic.