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Re:Ask HN: Making a better world, how important is that to you? by Eunoia12 on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:39PM (#38145419)
It really depends on your ecosystem. It depends on what kind of core values you hold. How you would like the next generation of kids, to become. I feel like it's a swimming pool. At the end of the humanity lineage, hangs on how people treated the last generation. People should be improving, in politics, in technology, in music, people should constantly be innovating, creating.

What's wrong with the world. What stagnates people? People who choose not to help clean after themselves, pick up their trash and/or recycle etc etc. I think we should follow consumerism that helps people be better counterparts for a better tomorrow.

Honestly FB meta has been in that direction of creating community, through technology. The government has been funding public programs. I think the easiest solution is just at its simplest- local activities, diversity, and just planting.

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Re:Ask HN: Making a better world, how important is that to you? by imoverclocked on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:53PM (#38145567)
> FB meta has been in that direction of creating community, through technology.

I have a really hard time understanding how a healthy community can be created virtually without also having physical locality.

Eg, from [1], one of the most important things about a community is "basic services." Another important trait is "civic involvement." It's all well-and-good to find like-minded people to communicate with online and professionally but true community has always included physical locality for practically all of known human history. Online communities often lack this and other essential qualities of a healthy community. ie: online communities are secondary communities while we all still need a healthy primary community to thrive.

[1] https://extension.psu.edu/what-makes-the-good-community#:~:t....

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