Month: July 2017

We aren’t as connected as we should be. But there are things we can do to turn that around.

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Societies need strong, trustworthy institutions. Our lack of them makes us feel fearful, insecure, and unsafe.

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We do mental work to feel connected with the 7.5 billion people we’ve never met.

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It’s not a coincidence that many of our biggest divisions thrive on silence and separation.

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“Othering” is the primary force that drives communities apart.

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We all adapt to wherever we fall in our social hierarchies, no matter where we fall in the pecking order.

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It has to do with how we decide and enforce who’s in…and who’s out.

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Shared, genuine, positive emotions are what bind a community together.

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Maybe the single most important characteristic of a thriving community is authenticity.

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Communities develop organically around people’s shared emotions—not through pummeling people into finding meaning.

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When our communities feel threatened, we often do things that weaken them, in the name of strengthening them.

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All this intergenerational antagonism may seem natural. But it isn’t.

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Our international system of nations isn’t very functional anymore–because many of our problems are now global.

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When it comes to political or civic engagement, there’s an important role for online communities.

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We have to make an intentional effort to connect people from different local communities.

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There are two really big, important things we can do to rebuild our sense of community—and they’re both kind of counterintuitive.

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