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According to Putnam, the more we prioritize our private bubbles over public life, the more we disconnect from our local surroundings. This has weakened American democracy. Fewer people are engaged in politics, and those who do are often at the political poles. With less social capital, our neighborhoods are connected by fewer informal, reciprocal... See more

The Real User Interface: Recovering Our Neighborhoods

Seth Kaplan open.substack.com

"Live Players"

An exploration of cultural power dynamics, the decline of traditional gatekeepers, and the impact of technology on our interconnected world and individual agency.

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social engagement to sustain democracy, people’s shared exercise of power. All of these essentials of social life are jeopardized by contemporary cultural trends which damage communication and prioritize self-interest.

Jen Harvie • Fair Play: Art, Performance and Neoliberalism (Performance Interventions)

The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes

Christopher Allen lifewithalacrity.com

Obviously Reich’s influence went way beyond just me. Alongside other authors such as Anthony Giddens[411] and Jeremy Rifkin[412], he was instrumental in crafting the message of a new generation of progressive leaders that the era of the steady, lifelong job was over. In a more global and unstable world, lifelong education was the new key to

Nicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age

Americans used to live within “place-based networks” of clubs, churches, schools, commerce, and recreation that overlapped, wrapping individuals in social support. Local networks protected individuals from isolation and loneliness.

Those networks have largely disappeared, replaced by networks based outside the local community. We shop and interact... See more

Why we need to design community into neighborhoods

Self-managing organizations naturally provide for exceptional learning opportunities.

Frederic Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness

But today things are different. The open world of the Entrepreneurial Age is dominated by networks of individuals equipped with ever more powerful computing devices. Not only do people travel more, they’re also more connected with one another across the borders that still divide the physical world. It doesn’t mean that local communities or nation