The ultimate meaning of DAO community

Humans participate in social collectives to increase their chances of meeting their needs through coordination. Following this axiom, we assert that a community will continue to exist as long as members perceive their participation in the community as beneficial compared to other options that satisfy their needs.

There are a number of needs that are of particular interest in communities and that go by various names: relationship needs, belonging needs, and kinship needs.

As Baumeister found, "the available evidence supports hold the assumption that the need to belong is a powerful, basic, and extremely pervasive motivator.

"The community does not Mere means to an end, community is an end in itself. In the end, human self-awareness and thus defining one's needs is a complex matter. us Desiring to be unique, at the same time we also want to belong to a collective.

We identify with some groups just according to our nature. However, our social collective The degree to which we identify with determines its impact on our lives.

For example, in religious and ethnic conflicts, social Strong identification with the group can lead individuals to perceive the needs of the group as their own, to the extent that they may sacrifice Self or others to serve the collective.

There is a feedback effect between the individual and the community: no matter what the individual believes or does, eventually an emerging community is formed, which then begins to shape and guide the actions and thoughts of each member.

They weave a web of reciprocity, give and take, and survive through solidarity. In a community, all prosperity is mutual.