“Scenes, cliques and teams - a high level ontology of groups” by Tobes
Description
Ontological status: Yes, this is ontology
Groups of people are one of the most important things. If I were to list all the things and rank them by importance, groups of people would be near the top. Love, truth and freedom and other such things might score higher from some angles, but these things are usually found in groups of humans anyway.
And groups are complex. That's why I started using this categorisation of groups recently. I have found it very helpful in conversations about community and events over the past year.[1]
For any set of things, there are usually many ways of categorising it. Rather than size, or the specifics of what folk do together (though they are important), I like thinking of groups in terms of the flavour of their purpose!
Here's the model:
What is a scene?
The purpose of a scene is [...]
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Outline:
(01:12 ) What is a scene?
(03:13 ) What is a clique?
(04:57 ) What is a team?
(06:02 ) Some mistakes and hard-earned takes
(11:15 ) Some final points
The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.
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First published:
October 19th, 2025
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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