Build The Village

Build The Village

Community With People Who Live Far Away

Michael Perrone
Jul 03, 2025
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Photo by Lukáš Vaňátko

In 1953, the conservative sociologist (they used to exist) Robert Nisbet foresaw the difficulties of forming communities in the midst of modern society and wrote “The Quest For Community”. In it he argues:

“over the whole wondrous achievement of modern technology and culture will hover the ghosts of community, membership, identity, …

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