Yep -- I think you're exactly on target that it's all about getting everybody (or at least a substantial chunk of the population) in on it. In a club full of introverts, that's not an easy proposition: it's trying to change not just habit but *culture*, and that is hard work. (And demands a great deal of patience.)
That said, I do suspect it's possible. In particular, if enough of the folks who people look up to (not just those with fancy titles, but the ones who are *respected*, which isn't quite the same thing) pick up the practice; the practices are played up as ways to have a better and more interesting time instead of being an onerous responsibility; and there is a clear sense of what we're trying to accomplish and why, I would guess that these habits could probably be fairly broadly instilled in a few years.
Really, the biggest challenge looks to be changing habit. We've paid lip service to these ideas for ages; the trick is making that real...
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Date: 2012-01-27 04:21 pm (UTC)That said, I do suspect it's possible. In particular, if enough of the folks who people look up to (not just those with fancy titles, but the ones who are *respected*, which isn't quite the same thing) pick up the practice; the practices are played up as ways to have a better and more interesting time instead of being an onerous responsibility; and there is a clear sense of what we're trying to accomplish and why, I would guess that these habits could probably be fairly broadly instilled in a few years.
Really, the biggest challenge looks to be changing habit. We've paid lip service to these ideas for ages; the trick is making that real...