> You posit that humanity will never be able to extract more than a tiny bit of the satisfaction lots of people feel when they are useful to the community. The

> You posit that humanity will never be able to extract more than a tiny bit of the satisfaction lots of people feel when they are useful to the community. The abilities to feel satisfaction and be useful are not directly linked to eliminating friction. I don't know anything about anarchist perspectives on smaller communities but I would actually hazard a guess that smaller communities would increase emotional friction but also the quality and sense of fulfillment that come from being deeply emotionally linked to others. I don't dismiss the idea that work can be better but I think there's an average amount of friction in work that can't be reduced. And from my perspective it makes me feel like I gain strength, courage, and skill from working at something that is always going to be difficult in some way and to some degree. To answer your original question as directly as possible: I think if an instance of friction disadvantages or oppresses someone or a group of people then we should seek to eliminate it.