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What is interesting is that WW1 had a lot of the same elements yet did not produce the same community coming together. My theory is that a crisis is a necessary but not sufficient element. WW1 was ugly but was not existential. But WW2 scared the upper classes enough that they were willing to share part of the wealth for a while.

by low_earth_orbit7 hours ago|

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That's an interesting take - although there was literally a global pandemic just a few years ago.

Granted, the nature of surviving that pandemic involved reinforcing several isolating habits on a societal scale.

I'm curious as to what situations would actually result in more fabric produced on a large scale.

by PeterHolzwarth5 hours ago|

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Oh, the pandemic - that's a great counterpoint you bring up. And I like the distinction you make that the collective experience was quite strange: collective in the aggregate, but profoundly isolating in (individual) practice.

I wonder if the deeply isolated experience of covid actually feeds into and supports the original premise, in its own inverse way.

by low_earth_orbit3 hours ago|

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I feel like there is a certain friction to altering behaviors on a large scale which the pandemic was obviously a significant force for.

I'd be super interested to see some good roadmaps to restore the social fabric that @barry-cotter is chatting about.

There was a neat blog post I read from here a while ago about this couple that began fostering community by introducing a consistent low-friction activity in their neighborhood (in this case morning coffee outside). It was a wholesome read: https://supernuclear.substack.com/p/stoop-coffee-how-a-simpl....