Reimagined Community

80% of the work and impact is social and institutional, 20% of the work and impact is technical.

One way of enhancing interaction is by enabling multi-user shared displays, which allows people to share experiences at the same time. A good example of this is in-person gaming, where users are engaged in a game together and the device acts as a tool to improve the quality of their experience through enjoyment. Another example is interactive insta... See more

Lesson Two: Surface ways to contribute with neighbors

The term mutual aid was popularized by anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin who argued that cooperation and not competition was the driving force behind human evolution.

I believe deeply the change our world needs now isn’t going to come from extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. To paraphrase Mother Teresa, it’s going to come from ordinary people doing ordinary things, with great love.

While technology can increase the quantity and efficiency of our connections, the relationships and social institutions we depend on so much for our well-being are rooted firmly in physical places.

GatherFor, at the core, believes that in community, we have everything we need. We organize neighbors into teams to support each other and to bring forth the type of neighborhood they want. We then build a self-governance infrastructure in that network of Neighbor Teams, that allows neighbors to lead themselves.

This is also inspired by Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s First Minister of Digital Affairs, on increasing the bitrate of democracy by creating more opportunities for people to participate. Can we increase the bitrate of neighborhoods?