Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.

Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

It is very reasonable to worry about the harm done by organized religion, and to prefer looser and more private arrangements.

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.

Our technological infrastructure alienates us from each other. No need to form a workplace community, everybody there will be out in a year or two, and so will you, looking for a better place.

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.