On reaching seven thousand, the Prince agrees with Alexander that they are no longer a group but a community. This change in identity is a capstone event signaling growth in prosociality through altruism and coevolution. A non-verbal communication indicating reciprocal processes at work where each member is interdependent, each playing a vital role in the functioning of the community. Initiating the next phase of development: the presentation of the community to the public.
When prosocial behavior and inclusive fitness are practiced this way, patterns of selflessness learned from others will, over time, become almost like inherited traits.
As each new generation grows up in a SEN created by their parents, this will help culture evolve through social learning focused on altruism.
This process will help create people who can enter the Flow and use its unique power to build ecological communities. One day, thanks to their determination, belief in their self-motivated nature, and the democratic spirit of the altruistic gene, they may live in the cities Soleri imagined.
