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"Tribes" of the Second Renaissance
2024-03-12

Who/what are the "centres", "tribes", or communities that make up the Second Renaissance ecosystem?

Why does this question matter? To get a feel for the landscape in terms of what key trends there are; what similarities and differences in approach there are; around what leaders are people gathering (whether those leaders are theories, ideas, practices, traditions, organisations, individuals etc.). Where does there seem to be traction? Where does there seem to be tension?

Why do climate tribes matter? Tribes can help people find each other more quickly by communicating values instead of agendas. ...

Secondly, tribes are a better way of forecasting what the future looks like. By understanding climate efforts as distinct, dynamic networks of talent and funding, driven by a shared set of values, we can better understand the potential of the ideas they advocate for, as well as their risks and shortcomings. ...

Finally, the most important thing about climate tribes is that they shift the conversation from passive, “true-believer” narratives towards active, action-oriented ones. ... One can be “alarmed” about climate change, as a third of American adults apparently are, and not do anything about it. But you can’t be in a climate tribe without having an opinion about solutions. https://nadia.xyz/climate-tribes#okay-but-really---which-is-the-best-climate-tribe

Key Questions

How do we identify "centres" of the field/"tribes"?

3 options:

  • Data-driven
  • Gut instinct
  • Ask people in some way (or a combination of the above)

This research into related efforts to map "tribes" is part of our efforts to make sense of the field and identify "centres"/"tribes" (and build on existing work).

What is a "centre"/"tribe"?

For example:

  • A community: a group of people that gather in some way whether in person or online, and who are united by some shared values and interests
  • ...

Examples of "Tribe" Mapping and Related Content

N.B. Not necessarily mapping "tribes" of the Second Renaissance. The examples below may be useful for e.g.

  • helping to determine what constitutes a "tribe"
  • their analytical framing
  • the dimensions across which they compare different tribes etc.

Map of Sensemaking Web (GameBInsights, 2020)

![[../assets/Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 13.30.17.png]]

Limicon 2024

![[../assets/Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 13.24.46.png]]

[[approaches-to-metacrisis|Approaches to the Meta-Crisis]]

  • By Brandon Norgaard, 2022

[[memetic-tribes|The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0]]

  • By Peter Limberg and Conor Barnes, September 2018

Emerge Commentary on Memetic Tribes

Twelve Tribes of Transformation

Climate Tribes

  • By Nadia Asparouhova, November 2022
  • 🔗 https://nadia.xyz/climate-tribes
  • 7 climate tribes influencing climate work currently:
    • Energy maximalism
    • Climate urbanism
    • Climate tech
    • Eco-globalism
    • Environmentalism
    • Neopastoralism
    • Doomerism
  • 3 not yet fully-fledged tribes: Climate escapists; Regenerative Finance; Bobrossians
  • Dimensions:
    • Vision/goal (described in summary notes)
    • Related movements
    • Areas of interest
    • Relevant people and orgs
    • Keywords
    • Mindset (abundant--scarce)
    • Economic growth (pro--anti)
    • Techno- (optimist--pessimist)
    • Outlook on future (optimist--pessimist)
    • Scope of concern (individualist or collectivist)

While the media still portrays climate as a simple question of beliefs, the climate field has long moved on to diversified solutions. Whether one believes in climate change is no longer the interesting question; now it’s “What do you think is the right approach?

People who work in and around climate don’t all believe the same things. Instead, they inhabit a parallel, mirror world that looks a lot like the non-climate world. Just like in the regular world, there are factions, politics, and competing belief systems.

Nor do climate people all agree on the right solutions to pursue. In some cases, they believe other tribes are actively harmful to their cause. The enemy, in their minds, aren’t climate deniers, as we might have seen a decade or two ago – they’re other people working in climate.

Cohere+ "Collectives" Mapping

  • N.B. Unpublished
  • Tribes:
    • Co-creative (Spiritual Unitive/Whole Systems)
    • Collaborative (Agnostic Unitive/Whole Systems)
    • Regenerative
    • Integral
    • Living Systems
    • Polycrisis
    • Existential/spiritual
    • Indigenous
    • Metamodern
    • Artivism
    • Gift Economy/Doughnut Economy/Resource-based Economy
    • Synergy Punk
    • Solar Punk
    • Commoning
    • Web 3.0
    • SDGs
    • IDGs
    • Psychedelic
    • Synarchy
    • Game B
    • Whole-World View
  • Dimensions:
    • Description
    • Core values
    • Alternative Memes
    • Most Leaned Into Quadrant
    • Most Well Known Linked Collectives
    • Well Known/Associated Thoughtleaders
    • Related Concepts