Endowing The Future
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Endowing The Future
What counts as social infrastructure? I define it capaciously. Public institutions, such as libraries, schools, playgrounds, parks, athletic fields, and swimming pools, are vital parts of the social infrastructure. So too are sidewalks, courtyards, community gardens, and other green spaces that invite people into the public realm. Community organiz
... See moreEric Klinenberg • Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life
As Citizens, we must develop a sense of belonging in community, cultivate relationships with one another, help heal each other, and collectively build the world that will cease to make philanthropy necessary.
Jon Alexander • Citizens: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
To bring about grand futures, we humans have to figure out how to reconcile our current needs with our lofty ambitions. Tight-knit support communities - what we call tribes in this post - seem to be a good way to preserve our well-being and values while achieving more impact. Yet, building effective tribes seems like a relatively neglected puzzle i... See more
Konrad Seifert • The role of tribes in achieving lasting impact and how to create them - LessWrong
emblematic ideas to take forward could include: * resilient and diverse communities as essential foundations; * the value of trust in government and civic institutions; * recognising the agility and capability latent within the public sector; * and the enormous value of inefficiency and redundancy in systems; * an understanding that there are essen... See more
Medium • 11: Post-traumatic urbanism and radical indigenism
