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What comes to mind for me of a community that helps its fellow members is a Church, Synagogue, Temple, Mosque, Ashram, Wat, etc. These styles of community have
by mitchtbaum 13y ago
What comes to mind for me of a community that helps its fellow members is a Church, Synagogue, Temple, Mosque, Ashram, Wat, etc.
These styles of community have purposefully enabled collaboration for thousands of years, EDIT: and lifted their members up along the way.
I think what they have in common is that their members share a common vision for the future of Humanity, trust each other to help fulfill it, and regularly meet face to face.
A possible vision that could unite web workers today is Engelbart's revelation of the need for tools to solve complex problems.
- mattgreenrocks 13y agoThese often serve as 'third places' and are a valuable tool for socialization that Western society has nixed in favor of cheap substitutes like Facebook and Reddit. It's not a community unless there's also accountability; which entails clear standards of behavior and being held to them. In a professional context, this would be a minimum bar of skills, along with resources for continuing your training.