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Category: Concepts

  • Concept: Target Audience Pyramid

    Concept: Target Audience Pyramid

    Author’s Note: This post is cross-posted from this link. This is the segmentation. Segmentation according to geography (which is moot in a digital world) and demographics (which is moot in a diverse world where decisions are taken based on values rather than plain utility) does not work. You have to identify those who care for…

  • Traits of a social entrepreneur

    In his book How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas by David Bornstein, the author identifies a few traits. Notes about traits of a social entrepreneur according to David Bornstein (via ChatGPT): According to David Bornstein, a renowned author and journalist focusing on social innovation, social entrepreneurs possess several…

  • Concept: The Identity Stack

    See: The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan and Concept: Human Stack In his book, the Network State, Balaji Srinivasan introduces the concept of the Identity Stack. The main principles behind the Identity Stack are (1) people have various components as a part of their identity; (2) everyone is patriotic about something; (3) without a tribe…

  • The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan

    See: Community Building Reading List Notes about the Network State by Balaji Srinivasan (via Google Bard): Sure, here is a summary of The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State is a book by Balaji Srinivasan that explores the potential of new technologies to create new forms of governance. Srinivasan argues that the internet…

  • Concept: Cultural Iceberg

    See: Beyond Culture by Edward Hall and List of Concepts Notes about the Cultural Iceberg by Edward Hall (via Google Bard): Sure, here is an explanation of the Cultural Iceberg: The Cultural Iceberg is a model of culture developed by Edward T. Hall in his book Beyond Culture (1976). The model compares culture to an…

  • Concept: Human Stack

    See: List of Concepts The Human Stack is derived from Edward Hall’s model of the Cultural Iceberg. The key concept behind the Human Stack is that while there are certain observable characteristics of people at the visible level which we refer to as “above the waterline” there are also characteristics and traits of people which…

  • Concept: Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem

    See: Social Choice and Individual Values by Kenneth Arrow and Concept: Value Alignment

  • Concept: Value Alignment

    Value alignment is the most important thing that aspiring community builders need to ensure. See: List of Concepts and Concept: Values See also: Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem

  • List of Books by Robert Putnam

    See: Robert Putnam Research and Concept: Social Capital Here are the list of books by Robert Putnam:

  • List of Concepts

    Here is a list of concepts referred to repeatedly in this blog, which we believe that an aspiring community builder will benefit from: See: Concept: Values See: Concept: Value Alignment See: Concept: Human Stack See: Concept: Inherent Value/Benefits See: Concept: Social Capital See: Concept: Belongingness See: Concept: Open Fridge Test See: Concept: Core Tribe See:…