Glad to have you around! I agree with a lot of what you say, not sure about the tribal feel, im a very tribal person i guess, dont really think we humans work better in great numbers, i always had this idea the tribal setting is a lot more beneficial when comparing to large cities and social construct... more than 200 is very hard to manage without power structure... im sure we will have lots to discuss in the coming years.
Yes it does become difficult to "manage" once groups become larger. However, our tribalism is threatening to destroy civilization with nuclear weapons. I see one humanity and all nations threatening eachother with obliteration are committing crimes against the collective humanity. We're here only a short time and people are fucking ruining the planet for their own selfish bullshit. We've kinda fucked ourselves into a corner and time is running out to turn the corner. I'm typically an optimist, but on these topics I'm quite cynical and jaded. Anyway I thought you'd comment about Tolkien.
That was another post i think, from there i came here i guess, to counter the trend and my own worst instincts i try to think about it this way, i make t he best i can to stand up to those ideals, but i know i cant change or make everything better so i try with the circle near me, it is a worthless job a lot of times people are hard and slow to change, like you said we cant most times see past out own generation...