I don’t understand how to belong to something as massive and distributed as EA. Instead I belong to little pieces: wee communities nested inside the movement. I belong to my org. I belong to EA Bristol. I belong to EA twitter and DEAM, though I often wish I didn’t (which breaches your children’s definition). Common themes: co-location or daily group chats, shared memories and individuation, lulz. Which of these are you not getting?
[I see that many people ‘belong to’ structures as massive and nebulous as EA, e.g. religions. But I don’t really get it.
I’m not the ideal person to talk about this because I have an anomalously low need for belonging and don’t really get it in general.]
I don’t understand how to belong to something as massive and distributed as EA. Instead I belong to little pieces: wee communities nested inside the movement. I belong to my org. I belong to EA Bristol. I belong to EA twitter and DEAM, though I often wish I didn’t (which breaches your children’s definition). Common themes: co-location or daily group chats, shared memories and individuation, lulz. Which of these are you not getting?
[I see that many people ‘belong to’ structures as massive and nebulous as EA, e.g. religions. But I don’t really get it.
I’m not the ideal person to talk about this because I have an anomalously low need for belonging and don’t really get it in general.]