Those who are convinced that there is more to things spend their time chasing it and not finding it often as not, and those who are convinced there isn't find themselves frustrated at the abyss.
This is a fantastic post! Really thought-provoking. It makes me wonder how modern infrastructure can support the kind of tribal living people want. One difficulty with major social media services, which are supposed to help us find our tribes, is that they exert constant pressure to *expand* our connections. This makes sense for those services; more connections benefits them. And obviously we want our tribes to be flexible and expandable. But it seems difficult to form an effective tribe on Twitter, for example (which is perhaps one reason I see more and more people set up Discords).
I think we'll start seeing it reemerge, as it already seems to be starting to, whether through new tools or new corners of existing tools. Twitter also seems to have it, though with more porous borders, whether its the vibecamp creation or econtwitter etc. The thing we're learning is how to use the tools to get what we want.
This is a fantastic post! Really thought-provoking. It makes me wonder how modern infrastructure can support the kind of tribal living people want. One difficulty with major social media services, which are supposed to help us find our tribes, is that they exert constant pressure to *expand* our connections. This makes sense for those services; more connections benefits them. And obviously we want our tribes to be flexible and expandable. But it seems difficult to form an effective tribe on Twitter, for example (which is perhaps one reason I see more and more people set up Discords).
I think we'll start seeing it reemerge, as it already seems to be starting to, whether through new tools or new corners of existing tools. Twitter also seems to have it, though with more porous borders, whether its the vibecamp creation or econtwitter etc. The thing we're learning is how to use the tools to get what we want.