I think there are a few other dimensions. Not sure whether you see this as a different category: size of the community—bigger communities/teams/companies inherently need different organisational means and there seem to be non-linearities involved i.e. there are certain optima of organisation (like a single person doing all the paperwork) and growing beyond what can be handled at that size requires leaving a local optimum. This seems to be one core insight of Growing Pains which I’m currently reading and which is totally relevant (though focussed on businesses).
type of the community—what is the main type of purpose of the community?
mutual support
relaxed company
getting something done
advertising for a cause
I’m uncertain whether this makes sense of whether is should be along social/religious/economic reasons.
I think there are a few other dimensions. Not sure whether you see this as a different category:
size of the community—bigger communities/teams/companies inherently need different organisational means and there seem to be non-linearities involved i.e. there are certain optima of organisation (like a single person doing all the paperwork) and growing beyond what can be handled at that size requires leaving a local optimum. This seems to be one core insight of Growing Pains which I’m currently reading and which is totally relevant (though focussed on businesses).
type of the community—what is the main type of purpose of the community?
mutual support
relaxed company
getting something done
advertising for a cause
I’m uncertain whether this makes sense of whether is should be along social/religious/economic reasons.
Other relevant links:
- https://aeon.co/essays/like-start-ups-most-intentional-communities-fail-why
- http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/p23/dragon_army_theory_charter_30min_read/