KURT VONNEGUT ON THE NEED FOR BUILDING EXTENDED FAMILIES
When hyper-individualism kicked into gear in the 1960s, people experimented with new ways of living that embraced individualistic values. Today we are crawling out from the wreckage of that hyper-individualism—which left many families detached and unsupported—and people are experimenting with more connected ways of living, with new shapes and varie... See more
theatlantic.com • David Brooks: The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake - The Atlantic
Of Pods, Squads, Crews & Gangs: Small Group Experiments In Radical Belonging
Joe Lightfootjoelightfoot.orgmany of us are drawn to these novel kinds of Small Group experience because we long for new kinds of friendship that transcend the categories of relationship currently on offer to us. We’re enticed and intrigued by the notion of a close group of people that are keen and eager to collectively experiment with:-Going psychologically deeper than the bo... See more
Joe Lightfoot • Of Pods, Squads, Crews & Gangs: Small Group Experiments In Radical Belonging
I know of no society in which family doesn’t exist, and it carries with it obligations. It is unpredictable what sorts of families will emerge and what the obligations will be, but the purpose of the family aside from raising children, caring for the ill, and creating a division of labor is to satisfy a human hunger for companionship.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
