Individualism, Community & Care - A Playful & Deep Conversation

Aren’t we often celebrating independence while quietly producing isolation?
And if community is the place of belonging and care, why can it sometimes feel like pressure, and losing oneself?

Individualism - this promise that we become ourselves through freedom, autonomy, self-expression and choice.

And yet, the self is never formed alone.

We are born radically dependent. Our nervous systems learn safety through others. Our identities emerge through recognition. Our values are shaped by culture, language, memory, family, institutions, wounds and love. Even our sense of freedom may depend on invisible networks of care that hold us up.

💭 Let’s playfully explore this theme through questions such as:

• Can freedom exist without community, or does real freedom depend on being supported?
• Can we belong without losing ourselves?
• How do capitalism, technology and self-optimization shape the way we relate?
• Are boundaries a form of self-respect, or can they become walls against intimacy and connection?
• Can community exist without sameness?
• Is love possible without some surrender of individual sovereignty?

✨ Playful experiment :
We’ll explore playfully together how connection, distance, and care feel - not just what we think about them.

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Contribution: €5 to cover shared basic costs (PayPal or cash). If you’d like to help support the continuation of these curated, moderated events, donations of up to €10 are warmly welcomed 🤍 You can find more about our organisation and other ways to support in the group description.

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🌿 Community Guidelines

• Only attend if you’re on the attendee list.
• Listen actively and with curiosity, without interrupting.
• Engage with ideas, not individuals. We’re here to explore, learn and share, not to argue.
• Stay present - phones away, attention in the room with physical people.
• Avoid no-shows and last-minute dropouts - they take a spot from someone else. If this happens, please get in touch, otherwise you’ll be removed from the next meetup. If repeated, you may be removed from the group.
• Please note that the attendee list may be adjusted to accommodate new members or when participants were flagged as late drop-outs or no-shows.
• Photos will be taken during the event to share highlights and help grow our community. If you’d rather not be in any photos, just let us know in writing before the event - we’ll gladly respect that.