Comments on: Seth Godin on the tribes we lead

By: Break it Down #12 | dave miers dot com

Break it Down #12 | dave miers dot com — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:16:38 +0000

[...] Seth Godin on the tribes we lead [...]

By: davemiers

davemiers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:35:50 +0000

@michael – tribalism leading to ghettos? yes – i think it can. that means that if we apply any of this tribes stuff to our Christian gatherings, we need to be aware of how easy it is to create a ghetto.

@reuben – nice uberman link!! i know he calls people to start tribes in that video, but that doesn’t mean he is opposed to being part of a tribe where he isn’t the leader of the tribe… i’ve read elsewhere him speak positively of different tribes that he is part of.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:23:14 +0000

It’s interesting. I like keeping up with stuff Seth writes too.

I can’t decide whether i agree or not.

There seems to be a lot of Nietzsche/existentialism in his thinking. leading a tribe almost seems like the new way to become the uberman. His call is to transcend the status quo, set the rules, reject the old way, live a true and ultimate existence. ‘You need to be the uberman’…’we all want you to be’… seems to be what he’s tapping into.

which i think is why it sounds so attractive.

By: Michael Kellahan

Michael Kellahan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:08:33 +0000

stimulating stuff – much to mull on

does tribalism lead to ghettoes – it can gather groups as strange as Ukranian red hat wearers or Reformed Evangelical ZProtestant Church Planting Anglicans

So you can connect with like minded people – but will social media offer more than that – so that there is communication between tribes?

By: davemiers

davemiers — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:30:57 +0000

i reckon this he’s onto something. the more examples i think of the more i think what he’s saying is right and a valuable way to think about how and why people gather.

do you agree with him?

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:10:19 +0000

Wow, that is huge