we think people have learned valuable lessons, which is actually a really important way that culture works.
we saw a lot of rumination about how it's not possible to set culture top-down, and, from another angle, how it's not possible to control or predict what might happen in a public space. we agree with both of those but neither is the full picture. we didn't weigh in on that because our full thoughts on that topic are lengthy and it took a while to sort through and find the important part
the important part is
it is possible to set culture bottom-up
we are all doing it, every day
we all have the ability to be leaders - without any sort of power or authority - in deciding what our collective culture is like
the hardest part is convincing yourself it's true
that's really all that needs to happen, that we all remember the lessons we've learned over the past few days, and commit to being part of building something better, together
(edit: left out a period. too many times reworking the paragraph, sorry)