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The need for communities
Published: 30 October 2015
Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg
If you want to understand the difference between a network and a community, ask your Facebook friends to help paint your house.Â
Social media certainly connects us to whoever is on the other end of the line, and so extends our social networks in amazing ways. But this can come at the expense of deeper personal relationships. When it feels like we’re up-to-date on our friends’ lives through Facebook or Instagram, we may become less likely to call them, much less meet up. Networks connect; communities care.
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