The role of tribes in achieving lasting impact and how to create them - LessWrong
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The role of tribes in achieving lasting impact and how to create them - LessWrong
The destiny of our species is shaped by the imperatives of survival on six distinct time scales. To survive means to compete successfully on all six time scales. But the unit of survival is different at each of the six time scales. On a time scale of years, the unit is the individual. On a time scale of decades, the unit is the family. On a time sc... See more
Stewart Brand • Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning
First, we get distracted by the inclination to make the group as big as we can imagine. After all, the change is essential, the idea is a good one. It’s for everyone.
Except that’s a trap. Because a group that’s too large cannot be coherent or organized.
Or perhaps, we blink and settle for a group that’s too small. Change requires tension, and if our... See more
Except that’s a trap. Because a group that’s too large cannot be coherent or organized.
Or perhaps, we blink and settle for a group that’s too small. Change requires tension, and if our... See more
Small groups, well organized
the human need to belong,
Stephen Corry • Tribal Peoples for Tomorrow’s World
As we saw earlier, it takes only two things to turn a group of people into a tribe: • A shared interest • A way to communicate The communication can be one of four kinds: • Leader to tribe • Tribe to leader • Tribe member to tribe member • Tribe member to outsider So a leader can help increase the effectiveness of the tribe and its members by • tra
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