[627467]

I feel like we forgot (or deprioritized - or maybe never genuinely prioritized) how to NOT have to sync on everything all the time.

not everyone needs to be in a group.

not everyone in a group needs to be in sync with interests AND personalities AND needs AND beliefs AND...

but I see the paradox here: we need to believe the above is true to live happier and more meaningfully

[stavros]

By "groups" we mean "working with people". How are you going to do anything without working with people?

[627467]

no one needs to work with EVERY people. exit is an option.

[JumpCrisscross]

> not everyone needs to be in a group

Not everyone is in a civilisation. Few people in a civilisation would rather be in e.g. Sudan or Ethiopia.

[consteval]

Right but I don't need to successfully get along with everyone else in the US for the US to be a successful country.

Lower the sizes of groups and increase async communication, and the burden/overhead of management goes down. Groups small enough can manage themselves, in fact.

[627467]

there's over 170mil people in those 2 countries. maybe a majority wishes buy a one-way ticket to Disneyland but a non-irrelevant numbers of people decides to live their dreams and struggles with those nearby in that group. again: not everyone needs to be ANY given group

[JumpCrisscross]

Most people in those countries are part of small groups. Humans are a social species. That doesn’t require anyone to be part of a group. But it’s a bit ridiculous to try and manage a society by assuming it away.