Community
by Mo Shafieeha and · updated 2d ago
Community
lili added 2d ago
I post this quote from Peter Block's book "Community" every year. It doesn't get much attention because it's not built for social media: it's thick.
But there really isn't a better explanation of the "why" behind the work I do, and its encouragement for communities to move away from blame, apathy, and entitlement and towards possibility, intentional
... See morearon added 6d ago
- Interestingly, echo chambers also come with benefits, not only for their “residents,” but also for society at large. In fact, they might be essential as markers—and makers—of shared identity and values, places of belonging and comfort. Isn’t any community, by definition, an echo chamber? The House of Beautiful Business certainly is. We have no illu... See more
from 🏡 I Don’t Resonate With You
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
the loss of these small groups, in favor of nation-level organization of atomized individuals, has had serious consequences for human welfare and human agency. We are missing a layer of organization essential for our happiness.
from Gardens Need Walls: On Boundaries, Ritual, and Beauty by Sarah Perry
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
- From the return of co-living spurred on by the increasingly realized benefit of living close to friends and family, to the growing presence of grassroots community initiatives like Neighborhood Trade School, mutual aid fridges, and community gardens, it’s clear that we’ve begun to recognize the potency of solving problems with collective solutions ... See more
from Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
Keely Adler added 1mo ago
What is community?
Sam Liebeskind added 1mo ago
“Networks connect; communities care”
Sam Liebeskind added 2mo ago
- First off you gotta learn to listen to your senses and your body — esp gut and heart rate, which can help you understand how you *actually* feel about any situation. I think a lot of people are numb, disembodied, so they find it too frictionless to talk themselves into a life they hate and out of one that fulfills them bc they can’t tell what’s act... See more
Stuart Evans added 2mo ago
- There are many sources of inspiration. New anthropological and archaeological research in books like The Dawn of Everything shows that the history of our species is full of diverse political and social structures and that humans 10,000 years ago were likely more engaged in the politics that ruled their lives compared to today’s average person. They... See more
from Crypto’s use-cases, experiments, and narrative shifts
Timour Kosters added 2mo ago
Keely Adler added 2mo ago