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A tribe would be a great thing. I believe that relatively small (a few hundred to thousand people?), stable, largely self–governed communities are the most natural human environment and shouldn't have been abandoned and labeled as archaic. Their renaissance seems to be very much needed in our atomized and rootless lives. Not as a complete replacement (some aspects of a large–scale society are good), but a viable alternative. I think we have severely neglected our mental and societal well–being while chasing for novelty and are only pushing this problem down the line. The idea of taking a few steps back appears to be unthinkable for the mainstream.

A thought: we haven't ever been a pack of noble savages; we have yet to become them.

But how do I find people who share this mindset and are not an ocean away? This is a question I'm grappling with lately.

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