COMMUNITY |
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A group of interacting humans sharing an environment is called a community. Community is vital for humans. Intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness, the strength of the ties between the group, of whatever nature—cultural, ethnic, or moral—they may be.
True community is achieved when it comes to deep respect and true listening for the needs of the other people in this community. This stage can only be described as "glory" and reflects a deep yearning in every human soul for compassionate understanding from one's fellows. During the progression, they form personal and cultural values, a world view, and attitudes toward the larger society Community development is often formally conducted by NGOs, universities or government agencies to improve the social well-being of local, regional and, sometimes, national communities. Innovation plays an important role in the development. |
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reminder revolution of hope ethics of comity |
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humanities social scopes formal scopes |
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How ideas can trigger a mass psychosis |
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If community exists, both freedom and security exist as well |
If community exists, both freedom and security exist as well. The community then takes on a life of its own, as people become free enough to share and secure enough to get along. As people grow, they learn about and form perceptions of social structures:
Society has become the object of an organized body of knowledge which can be standardized and taught objectively, while following its own rules and methodology in the field of formal science, the branch of knowledge that is concerned with formal systems, for instance, logic, mathematics, systems theory and theoretical aspects of computer science & information theory, statistics. The internet started the shift to a sharing economy with the open-source revolution and although it has been annexed by a few coroporate behemoths (FANG companies) it is returning to its decentralized founding vision. This open-source ethos also fits in with the classical vision of capitalism where the rent of internet landlords of Facebook and Google was taxed away from the ownership of open resources. This shift is also embodied by regulators across the world who are fining Big Tech companies billions and strangling their ad-based business models. The expansion of fiat-based debt has interrupted the flow of production and consumption which has led to economic shrinkage and will become more evident after the next recession hits. At that point it will be unavoidable for an entirely new economic, environmental and social order to re-emerge -> Beyond 2020: How blockchain is reshaping our economic, environmental and social orders Pt I (Andrew Gillick Feb 13, 2019). |
A New Order for the Age |
Shakespeare had the curse: “a plague on both your houses.” First, one lesson seen in country after country is the inevitable interdependence among enterprise, government and civil society. Going forward, after the contagion has been tamed, we should be more intentional in balancing those interdependencies. Second, the alignment of the concept paper with Catholic Social Teachings, and thirdly, Albert Camus’ notable novel The Plague as a metaphor for human travails. For Camus, in many senses, our lives are always about to be taken by a plague of one kind or another. What, then, should be our stance when a plague appears and surrounds us with its death and causes us to fear for ourselves?
A New Order for the Age (August 2020, Stephen B. Young Global Executive Director Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism) Our modern civilization, arising out of the industrial revolution, rests on three functional sectors: government, civil society and enterprise. Whether our economies are old socialist, new national socialist, welfare-state capitalist or neo-liberal capitalist; whether our economies are advanced post-industrial or poor and still developing; whether our political systems are constitutional democracies, one party hierarchies or directed by despots; whether our societies are open and pluralistic or constrained by ideology or theology, each nation nevertheless needs, through responsible and inspired leaders, to 1) create wealth that can sustain wellbeing, 2) provide public goods, such as law and education, and 3) maintain normative legitimacy for its institutions and proclaim moral purpose that the lives of its citizens may have reassuring meaning. Modernity has lost its fondness for convergence. It is now diffusing and pluralizing its energies. Its essence is subdividing, morphing into different forms and expressions. Inconsistencies among cultures are escalating into wars of cultures.
Covid has exposed such vulnerabilities and shortcomings. Consider the subsidence of leadership. Self-righteous employees impose their will on those around them. Behaviors become toxic at will. The flow of trust ebbs. |
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THE DIGNITY OF MAN |
Human nature is to be regarded as a repository of tools that can shape life for each individual. This freedom of choice, together with the associated responsibilities, constitute the dignity of man |
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