An Ecocosm is a social environment generated spontaneously and is fluid. Membership can be both small and large groups of people. Individuals inside the Ecocosm have influence over its direction depending upon their sphere of concern, but more importantly their sphere of influence. An individuals sphere of concern often initiates the Ecocosm but since its goals are often rapidly changed by the dynamics of new members no one is safe. Influencers build Ecocosms.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods