Community Building

Secret Societies, Network States, Burning Man, Zuzalu, and More: Thoughts on New Political Communities

knowledge shared between friends, while relatively unknown to the rest of the world, anchors many of the strongest social bonds. strong communities tend to feature mutual commitments and common moral obligations, or relatedly, a sense of shared fate

When a community is growing in a healthy way it can feel painfully slow. We’re so used to marketing funnels! At this point, I see two things happen 1) we abandon the community or 2) use our marketing chops to flood new members in. We abandon our trees or over seed our gardens!