To carry the soil metaphor further….boundaries are where the action is. If the boundary is impermeable because the people enforcing the boundary (a. don’t realize there is a boundary — culture. b. they are the enforcers-comfort/fit) — and that it is *merely* matter of “fit” and “culture” — — monoculture results. And as any biologist will tell you monocultures are fragile (as are upper/ middle class egos.)

When orgs or gatherings or collectives are examined for not being open/inclusive because their focus is not imbued with the experiences of a wider set of humans it is not a criticism to therefore say “The whole thing is a bad idea.” It is to make it a broader better idea, better gathering, better culture.

As with any good working meeting with respected peers and treasured collaborator s who have a critical take or a pov you don’t share — as a peer— we listen and incorporate — in order to improve the plan, the spec, the community. So don’t treat those thoughts as interruptions or digressions from YOUR goal. Don’t let your personal human identity/culture be an overactive immune response and become overly defensive of that edge or boundary. You might just be experiencing a case of cultural psoriasis.

These tools and concepts need to be usable— not simply in segregated use cases (like minded highly skilled professionals techie nomads seeking to be less boss-ridden and less “precarious.”) but, in cross class diverse groups seeking to solve real issues in their own lives.

To become real rabbits we need stop deflecting criticism from people that “don’t get it.” We don’t get it. The tools need to be accessible, well documented, open, free, easy to use and adaptable to those projects which are important to people at the margins — otherwise it is merely a project for making the lives of the highly skilled highly connected technically literate just that much more exceptional than our lives are already.