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Platforms like GoFundMe, reddit grief communities, mutual aid networks, real-time disaster storytelling, and global uprisings in reaction to systemic inequality are demonstrative, real world examples that connectivity breeds empathy and unity. The work of Taiwan’s digital minister Audrey Tang during the COVID-19 pandemic — quickly using the... See more
The Handbook of Handbooks for Decentralised Organising - HackMD
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there are 9,000 problems in life that have the solution "know more local people" and people will do literally anything except spend time on that
Simon Sarristwitter.comThe hard truth is that no one gets to be in community without effort.
Ann Friedman Weekly
A republic requires citizens; entertainment requires only an audience.
– Megan Garber
– Megan Garber
286 / Travelling at the speed of the soul
When you have a densely connected network like that, not only are the friendships more rewarding, but everyone else also becomes more important to each other for mutual support, like Metcalfe’s Law. A densely layered quilt is much stronger than a seam sewn by a single string.
billmei.net • Friendships Form via Shared Context, Not Shared Activities
I don’t think technology alone can fix that. It takes people who care about other people. Caring, I think, is the one thing that cannot be outsourced or automated. We can certainly create the illusion of care, and that illusion might be better than nothing for someone who has none, but ultimately I hope everyone gets access to people who care about
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