As Ivan Illich remarked decades ago there is a group size disappearing from out culture: the size that can be addressed by the unamplified human voice.

As a substitute we get people ‘branding themselves’ and assigning other people to groups (but we couldn’t cope with dealing with all the individuals we interact with as individuals).

I think this is a big challenge, there is much work to be done. Eg I think it was Volvo who redesigned their assembly line so that one group of workers followed the one car from beginning to end of production. It certainly makes for a stimulating set of challenges!

I thought about your #3 Problem with the Enlightenment. It does seem that community has been eliminated somewhat, but there also seems to be a duality to that concept. At least here in America, individuals are often assigned to a group routinely, many times by simple or negative-minded prejudicial views.

Keep writing, and I’m sorry it’s been a while since I visited.

Take care,
Devin