So the Kibbutz movement's dying out. It's not growing in appeal as people become more isolated. Most people find the seductiveness of that isolated, more lonely life very appealing. I think it's possible to have a collective life in an urban setting. There's an urban rural split, which is different from a community isolation split.
Journalist and author Sebastian Junger talks about his book Tribe with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Junger explores the human need to be needed and the challenges facing many individuals in modern society who struggle to connect with others. His studies of communal connection include soldiers in a small combat unit and American Indian society in the nineteenth century.