Very Small Linkspam Cuz I Found Two Cool Things Today

In my researches for my book on relationship cutoff, I came across two interesting and uplifting articles today:

Jaron Lanier suggests that social media be reformed by orienting it around small groups. Yes, please! Let's at least try it!

Greater Good has a great article on what peaceful, non-violent people and societies have in common.

(What has this to do with cutoff, you ask? I'm in the book's later sections on a larger culture of disconnectedness and how to address it.)