Space cadets 😂🎯 I find myself agreeing with your take and had some thoughts of my own. Internet first groups seem to revolve around low-EQ individual/autists with no grasp of how to “get along” in a group in real life, let alone form said group outside a text-based digital chat. They overvalue their “intelligence” because they’ve never got a C-grade in their cookie-cutter education and completely undervalue/disregard social skills like conversation, making friends, empathy and just connecting with other humans.
The gulf between what they say and what they do is also interesting. Effective altruism , YIMBYs etc. it seems to me, that an element (hopefully small) of these movements are just there for their own gain using the specific morality as a cloak. I suppose this is true of almost all political & social movements. We need a psychopath detector😂
They will not go far. Glad your living situation has improved - a blessing in disguise no doubt. All the best!
It is not a huge point, but the place you were living was not a commune, rather you were in an intentional community. Communes are income sharing (not expense sharing) self selecting residential groups. Lots of people prefer the shorter word commune to "community", but it is a bit like saying you were catholic, when actually you are a protestant - everyone is a Christian, and to many the distinctions are not super important, but to some they are. Or in a more precise analogy it would be like saying you were a radical Catholic Worker activist when you actually worked a straight job and occassionally went to church.
Thanks for commenting. I guess to the Irish mind there is no distinction between a commune and an intentional community given the history of both in Ireland but I will keep your note in mind going forward!
Sure, as i said it is not too big a deal. That point aside, my condolences on your poor treatment. And i have some other thoughts i will share later on communication covenants and transparency tools that we use which might have helped.
Space cadets 😂🎯 I find myself agreeing with your take and had some thoughts of my own. Internet first groups seem to revolve around low-EQ individual/autists with no grasp of how to “get along” in a group in real life, let alone form said group outside a text-based digital chat. They overvalue their “intelligence” because they’ve never got a C-grade in their cookie-cutter education and completely undervalue/disregard social skills like conversation, making friends, empathy and just connecting with other humans.
The gulf between what they say and what they do is also interesting. Effective altruism , YIMBYs etc. it seems to me, that an element (hopefully small) of these movements are just there for their own gain using the specific morality as a cloak. I suppose this is true of almost all political & social movements. We need a psychopath detector😂
They will not go far. Glad your living situation has improved - a blessing in disguise no doubt. All the best!
Great points, James. Hopefully Emergent Ventures can give a psychopath detector development grant to someone!
It is not a huge point, but the place you were living was not a commune, rather you were in an intentional community. Communes are income sharing (not expense sharing) self selecting residential groups. Lots of people prefer the shorter word commune to "community", but it is a bit like saying you were catholic, when actually you are a protestant - everyone is a Christian, and to many the distinctions are not super important, but to some they are. Or in a more precise analogy it would be like saying you were a radical Catholic Worker activist when you actually worked a straight job and occassionally went to church.
Hey Paxus,
Thanks for commenting. I guess to the Irish mind there is no distinction between a commune and an intentional community given the history of both in Ireland but I will keep your note in mind going forward!
Sure, as i said it is not too big a deal. That point aside, my condolences on your poor treatment. And i have some other thoughts i will share later on communication covenants and transparency tools that we use which might have helped.
Please do! Would love to read about them - feel free to email at tolanro@tcd.ie.