A Schelling Point is:
a solution people naturally gravitate toward when they need to coordinate—without communicating—because it feels obvious, natural, or culturally salient.
The world is coming apart all around us. You know it. I know it. And we all know that we need to regroup… somewhere, somehow.
Like a platoon of soldiers in the midst of combat, suddenly separated from one another. They know they must come back together—but where? Each soldier reasons out the most likely place to find his comrades, then sets out on the journey to restore what was lost. The order that comes from what feels normal. What feels right.
A journey back to the last known state of equilibrium.
Because that’s what we do as humans. When things spiral out of control, we look for the last place that felt stable. Safe. Familiar.
This is the situation we’re in now. We’ve been separated from what once felt normal and steady. We’re in the midst of chaos, and all we want is a way back. Back to the place where life made sense.
The problem is that we no longer have a clear direction. We know we’re lost. We know we must come back together. But where? And how?
That’s the question.
And in moments like this, all we can do is return to what we know to be fundamentally true about humanity.
When humans are in crisis, they come together. We see it after natural disasters. People risk their own safety to help one another. Not for glory. Not for gain. They do it because that is our default setting.
The fundamental human state is goodness, love, care, and compassion.
That is our natural rendezvous point.
That is our current Schelling Point.
I’ll see you there.
Join us in making the world a better place. You’ll be glad that you did. Cheers, friends.
