What is the definition of community?
I was looking through a few dictionary entries, and the best one I could find is actually the ecological definition from the American Heritage Science Dictionary. It reads:
"A group of organisms or populations living and interacting with one another in a particular environment. The organisms in a community affect each other's abundance, distribution, and evolutionary adaptation."
That second sentence is what really strikes me.
Think about your community:
How much do you affect the other members?
How much do the other members affect you?
I think we can measure true community by looking at how consequential each individual's actions are to the rest of the members.
What do you think?
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