“As tribal animals that use inner circles to function, community boundaries are important in allowing us to coordinate and trust each other. Without these barriers (as in our cosmopolitan cities) it dampens all significant variety, arrests most of the possibilities for differentiation, and encourages conformity. This creates basic people - or liking likable things to be liked - and is the death of authenticity.”

https://alexpacheco.substack.com/p/solving-the-signal-to-noise-ratio-problem