I’m trying to hold off on proposing solutions, but the sort of thing I’m imagining here looks less like specific events, and more like changing attitudes and building skills.
You might do particular events as part of an approach to changing those attitudes and skills, but the events are not the end goal. The endgoal is to have the “problem” bullet points listed in the OP reversed—people have an easier time forming close connections, various projects are more successful because people have soft-skills they need to improve their group dynamics, etc. (And, importantly, to do that without sacrificing the things that make the LW-descended community unique and valuable)
I’m trying to hold off on proposing solutions, but the sort of thing I’m imagining here looks less like specific events, and more like changing attitudes and building skills.
You might do particular events as part of an approach to changing those attitudes and skills, but the events are not the end goal. The endgoal is to have the “problem” bullet points listed in the OP reversed—people have an easier time forming close connections, various projects are more successful because people have soft-skills they need to improve their group dynamics, etc. (And, importantly, to do that without sacrificing the things that make the LW-descended community unique and valuable)