I think the dojo analogy is very good and useful. Some unstructured thoughts: It gets at a core feature of humans is being able to adjust our personalities based on context. I suspect there is a semi-stable equilibrium thing that is important. This is a big reason people underestimate company/community culture: it can give some amount of herd immunity to bad behavior. If sufficiently many “defect” the culture changes. This is also an issue as communities grow of course, policing is harder and nuances of behavior get lost.
I think the dojo analogy is very good and useful. Some unstructured thoughts: It gets at a core feature of humans is being able to adjust our personalities based on context. I suspect there is a semi-stable equilibrium thing that is important. This is a big reason people underestimate company/community culture: it can give some amount of herd immunity to bad behavior. If sufficiently many “defect” the culture changes. This is also an issue as communities grow of course, policing is harder and nuances of behavior get lost.