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added by Keely Adler · updated 2y ago
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Fractal experimentation. Run experiments with small groups of people to beta-test processes. Gather feedback and iterate.
Keely Adler added 2y ago
slow growth gives you time to build strong relationships with members, which is essential for developing a close-knit community.
Keely Adler added 2y ago
“The seeds of intimacy are time and repetition. We choose each other again and again" — Esther Perel
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a culture of intimacy as the foundation for building enduring communities.
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Initial community members codify the community’s culture and doctrine into practice. As culture emerges through the repetition of shared rituals, so do repetitions of intimacy establish a culture of commitment to the community’s purpose.
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As in any relationship, individuals and communities need to invest actively in developing a culture of intimacy.
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intimacy is expressed as strong inter-member empathy and the elusive condition of trust.
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When we focus on cultivating intimacy through measured growth, we’re able to meaningfully vet — or curate — new members, ensuring community compatibility. If facilitated with intention, early member curation maintains the quality of the community’s intimacy, preventing trolls and other destructive members from causing community harm, or at the very
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community, like any relationship, is an aggregate of multiple narratives. Intimacy in turn can be described as the work of finding alignment across these multiple narratives. Measured, thoughtful growth creates the spaciousness to cultivate intimacy, and determines which community narratives will persist over time.
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