Kevin Simler

@GabrielDuquette both standards and levels of stuff-in-common Iocally have changed - we can't just watch local sports with neighbors now

@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette wait, so — how *do* you want ppl to commune Sarah? gardens may need walls, but if the soil is barren... :(

@KevinSimler @GabrielDuquette I am the first to admit that community is hard, my suspicion is missing rituals but lots of stuff

@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette rituals, totally. (remind me to tell you about my old community sometime. So. Many. Rituals.)

@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette but don't you need a fundamental (economic?) reason to be together before, rituals can have any effect?

@KevinSimler @GabrielDuquette maybe, or maybe they can co-opt circuits that rightly assumed shared economic reason for most of human history

@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette that feels like fighting the tides to me. without a true network effect, rituals are just wasted energy

@sarahdoingthing @GabrielDuquette i mean, that's kind of what rituals are (waste), but they pay off because trust enhances the group