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# A community becomes real when members help one...
> A community becomes real when members help one another without requiring the founder to mediate every exchange. Distributed care is the difference between an audience and a social organism.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Dignity, Generosity, and the Architecture of Belonging - Workbook|Dignity, Generosity, and the Architecture of Belonging]]
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“A community becomes real when members help one another without requiring the founder to mediate every exchange. Distributed care is the difference between an audience and a social organism.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-community-becomes-real-audience-social-organism
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