Community

Ultimately, Agreements are a collective wish we make about how we might be in the same space together. That space could be a classroom, a sports team, a club, a conference, committees or boards, an organizing group. They reflect what we need to participate while feeling joyful, trusted, and brave.

But they also can be flimsy as hell.

There’s one other thing related to the questions of civic life and democracy that we have been talking about. If democracy is this challenge of people coming together to figure out the kind of shared lives they want to forge, then the behaviors that they use to negotiate difference are going to flow from the commitments they have to each other. So ... See more

the cure for loneliness is hospitality someone with charisma, resources & generosity can host a good party, make introductions, and lubricate the formation of social networks the best place to meet the love of your life is at your friend’s dinner party

A republic requires citizens; entertainment requires only an audience.

– Megan Garber

The hard truth is that no one gets to be in community without effort.

Contrary to what we would like to believe, there is no such thing as a structureless group. Any group of people of whatever nature that comes together for any length of time for any purpose will inevitably structure itself in some fashion. The structure may be flexible; it may vary over time; it may evenly or unevenly distribute tasks, power and re... See more

Audience: consumes, collates, collects Community: contributes, cooperates, connects There’s a big difference.