Future Here Now: Human Ecosystems (Ants R Us)

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Hey all. I screwed up. I got wrapped up in work and family, we lost a valued member of our Trep House team, and I’ve needed a bit more decompression time lately than usual. And through that I fell behind on this series. The good news is that I’m getting ready to bring on some help, so that should lift some of the burden.

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Future Here Now: Human Ecosystems

Hi. Got stupid busy last week and then unexpectedly but intelligently spent the weekend having fun. Working on getting back on the horse and being more conststent.

When we last feft off, we had laid out the premise of the second First Principle Human ecosystems. You can review that explanation here.

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Idiot.

Ah, you're back. Nothing like a visit from the Voice of Doubt. You don't buy the human ecosystem talk?

Hell no. We've had a shrivelling sense of community for decades. That was the whole freaking point of Bowling Alone. No one wants to do community stuff anymore. We're selfish -- what's in it for me?

It's true that a lot of the longtime organizations that we're accustomed to thinking of as the benchmarks of community connectedness, of our need to do and be together, are atrophying. Chambers of commerce struggle for relevance, nonprofits complain that they can't find committee members, and