This community blogspot of St. Leonard's journey in becoming the Healthiest Community in America has a running theme of Collective Intelligence and the Act of Community. The collective intelligence is the idea that what determines the inventiveness and rate of cultural change of a population is the amount of interaction between individuals (Ridley, 2010). This social connectedness is the intention of the Vital Life Community. According to Bill Witte, we should "[t]hink of a human being once born, as a "living seed," super packed with all the components required to become an amazing almost super human being." In addition, Witte states that with the right nutrients and supportive environment "we can realize our potential and better our chance for optimal health and happiness."
According to Ridley, "[t]he story of the human race has been a gradual spread of specialization and exchange ever since: Prosperity consists of getting more and more narrow in what you make and more and more diverse in what you buy, therefore; "self-sufficiency-subsistence-is poverty." The blog posts reveal this specialization and the idea that we are "swapping thoughts and ideas" about wellness and becoming bountiful. We exchange this collective knowledge while moving forward realizing that of the eight ecologies of the wellness spectrum "Socialization" is critical as we lay the foundation for our next growth cycle-the Vital Life. -Debra
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