gabriel

Everybody wants to have a village, but few are willing to be villagers. Building presence takes work. It requires vulnerability, patience, and the willingness to show up even when the room is not full. That might mean hosting an event for ten people when you have ten thousand followers. The cost of community is inconvenience.

physical energy still travels faster than algorithms when the experience feels real

Most spaces are designed for consumption, not communion, leaving us with a generation fluent in connection but starved of belonging.