The Importance of Community
I’m going to preface this next statement by acknowledging that I do not approve of generalizations. There are always exceptions, especially to my observations, and those fascinate me, but that’s a topic for a different post. So, let’s get down to it. Humans are communal creatures. It has been scientifically proven that we thrive on interaction, acceptance and touch. We also gravitate toward distinctly different roles within that community, creating an interdependence and a stronger chance of survival and the potential to thrive. And a natural part of that self-delineation is that some become leaders and others follow. Neither is more or less, superior or inferior. They are simply stepping into roles based on skills and natural inclinations. The dark side of this, of course, is that humanity also has a way of letting their baser nature and less benevolent intentions take over, leading them to seek out leadership roles, exploiting them for power. But this is not guaranteed. Many na