Section 7: Community
I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples. — Mother Teresa
Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back. — Jodi Picot, Second Glance
What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. — Kurt Vonnegut
Section 7 Table of Contents
07011 The Importance of Community — Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Without community, everything is more difficult, expensive, and troublesome. Our secret weapon revealed.
07021 Architecture of Community — Four levels of cooperation.
07031 Civil Society — It helps us and it hurts us. It liberates and enslaves. On the importance of discernment.
07041 Constant, Persistent, and Resilience Communities — Characteristics of communities that sustain themselves over time, resist damage, and recover quickly when attached.
07051 Community Organizing — Best practices for building beneficial connections in neighborhoods.
07061 The Precinct Community Assembly — Starting the equivalent of a New England town meeting in your own neighborhood.
07071 Community Inventory — Questions to ask, information to discern.
07081 Community Design Challenges — Learn design by doing small designs.