Destroy rational reality with this one weird trick!

I'm going to show you something rather odd. Read this little article about conscoiusly shaping the culture of a group, could be a business, could be a sports team, could be a club or even a church congregation. Then read it again below.

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Original

When you start thinking about designing your community culture there are four things to consider.

What is your group's culture now? What do you want your community culture to be? What outside influences must be addressed? And how will human nature force me to compromise?

Knowing the gap between there you are and where you wish to be is essential. This shows you the talk ahead. The amount of transition required will also give your first indication as to the difficulty of your task.

When deciding on the culture that you wish to build, be sure to think about what it needs to do. Culture is primarily a technology to influence people towards the task of building society.

What must your society accomplish? How must people act on a daily basis for society to accomplish that goal? That is what your culture must reinforce, encourage and enable.

What will break your society and prevent it from reaching its goal? This is what your culture must dissuade, penalize and render taboo.

At this point outside factors must be considered. Everything from terrain to soil composition resources rainfall and other physical factors. From the influence of other groups to conflicting cultural forces within your group. What are your challenges. Some may be adjustable. Others may be a immovable as a literal mountain. Don't ignore them.

And the big one of course, it's human nature. Technically part of the previous section, it should be addressed separately because failure to match your culture to human nature will result in absolute failure.

Human nature is driven by and limited by our neurology and physiology. These things will not negotiate with you. And you build cultures that defy them at your own risk. Human nature can be aimed and distracted and even diverted. It cannot be dismissed or discounted.

We will address human nature in its nuts and bolts in subsequent episodes. For the moment start by honestly assessing the culture of your group, how much you must shift the culture of your group and what hard physical limits will have to be addressed to do that.

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New

When you start thinking about designing your Cult's culture there are four things to consider.

What is your cult's culture now? What do you want your cult culture to be? What outside influences must be addressed? And how will human nature force me to compromise?

Knowing the gap between there you are and where you wish to be is essential. This shows you the talk ahead. The amount of transition required will also give your first indication as to the difficulty of your task.

When deciding on the culture that you wish to build, be sure to think about what it needs to do. Culture is primarily a technology to influence people towards the task of building cult society.

What must your society accomplish? How must people act on a daily basis for society to accomplish that goal? That is what your culture must reinforce, encourage and enable.

What will break your cult's society and prevent it from reaching its goal? This is what your culture must dissuade, penalize and render taboo.

At this point outside factors must be considered. Everything from terrain to soil composition resources rainfall and other physical factors. From the influence of other cults to conflicting cultural forces within your group. What are your challenges. Some may be adjustable. Others may be a immovable as a literal mountain. Don't ignore them.

And the big one of course, it's human nature. Technically part of the previous section, it should be addressed separately because failure to match your culture to human nature will result in absolute failure.

Human nature is driven by and limited by our neurology and physiology. These things will not negotiate with you. And you build cultures that defy them at your own risk. Human nature can be aimed and distracted and even diverted. It cannot be dismissed or discounted.

We will address human nature in its nuts and bolts in subsequent episodes. For the moment start by honestly assessing the culture of your cult, how much you must shift the culture of your cult and what hard physical limits will have to be addressed to do that?

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I trust that you see my point.

Our words shape our reality, so choose your words with care