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community /kəˈmjuːnɪti/

noun

1. a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. "Montreal's Italian community"

2. the condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common. "the sense of community that organized religion can provide"

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They're both valid definitions. My more earnest point is the trend of being less involved in more communities. And the corresponding shift in intensity from "all of your lives depend on each other and almost no one else" to "you all make money the same way".

And that shift is accelerating. Agriculture caused a big jump. The industrial revolution caused a big jump. The internet caused a big jump.

I don't think it's all bad. It's just different. My idea for the healthiest setup (covid aside) for modern work is remote in a friendly, local coworking space. That way if you change jobs, you only change half the people that you spent 9-5 with, not all of them. There's a resiliency from diversification.