What we’re asking
The mutual-aid network, the block association, the parents' group that actually got the crossing guard funded — the most effective civic institutions of the decade are group chats with no address, no bylaws, and no standing.
This episode looks at the rooms where neighborhoods actually make decisions, why they outperform the institutions built for the job, and what they're missing: memory, money, and a way to compound.
If community is infrastructure, the group chat is the load-bearing wall nobody inspected.