Community
by Lael Johnson · updated 8h ago
Community
- Culture emerges from the connections between people, and I believe these are always strongest in person. Face-to-face cultural engagement is necessarily participatory, online cultural engagement rarely is. Nearly all of my most fulfilling and exciting experiences, those that have made me feel part of a community or moment, have happened in person. ... See more
from Q̾u̾i̾c̾k̾ ̾F̾i̾r̾e̾: Creation Anxiety by MØRNING
Lael Johnson added 8d ago
I would encapsulate this even more simply by saying: intense people crave understanding, because they probably lacked it their whole life. Their environment always left them feeling like they were ‘too much’. No one could relate to the potency of their drive. But when intense people congregate, they finally feel understood , like they belong
... See morefrom Intensity by Isabel
Lael Johnson added 8d ago
- “Once upon a time people were born into communities and had to find their individuality. Today people are born individuals and have to find their communities.”
from The Post-Individual
Lael Johnson added 8h ago
- What could happen if we replaced the philosophy of rugged individualism with a philosophy of rugged cooperation? What if we swapped out the scripts we’ve learned in an individualist culture with the curiosity and care of a collaborative culture?
from Hope Beyond Rugged Individualism by Tara McMullin
Lael Johnson added 8d ago
Rituals are symbolic acts. They represent, and pass on, the values and orders on which a community is based. They bring forth a community without communication; today, however, communication without community prevails.
from The Disappearance of Rituals by Daniel Steuer
Lael Johnson added 8d ago
- You need some shared philosophy of what constitutes a meaningful life to sustain friendship over time. Why live here? Why work in this industry? What are we afraid of? What are we hopeful about? Do you know me, see me? Will you tell me when I’m wrong?
Lael Johnson added 8d ago
- Reliability is what makes a community
Lael Johnson added 10d ago
- In other words, having your life bound up with those around you for its whole duration can support creating a culture of generosity, trust, and cooperation, rather than one of inequality and individualism. Being in conflict with permanent neighbors, while also living in such a communal culture, can prove costly and stressful. Learning to cooperate,... See more
Lael Johnson added 10d ago
- The need to create time for analog human to human communication cannot be underestimated now. There will be no community without first communing.
from The Bigger Picture by Alexander Beiner
Lael Johnson added 10d ago