“Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do & learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.

Even when we don’t know who “us” is yet, we’re learning how to become who we are.

http://subpixel.space/entries/come-for-the-network-pay-for-the-tool/ @tobyshorin

Identity is always about groups, and group formation is always about identity formation, and both are processes of learning.

Because mainstream social networks have been designed by a tiny number of people, we have been prevented from experimenting and creating new knowledge about what sustainable community management online looks like.

Start erasing the line between operators, customers, and community members disappears, and squint; you begin make out the shape of a group of people who can build for themselves and determine their own path of development.

We are transitioning from an era of centralized management of human development and financial capital into an era where both identity formation and resource allocation happens in decentralized, loosely-coordinated, and emergent ways.

We will gain the most learnings about the future of business & identity not from top-down corporate models, but from friends, squads, content creators starting groups & supporting the legitimate participation of community members in their development, finance, and governance.”