Resumen
The article focuses on the relevance of supporting community and building social capital. The empathy and shared reflection that brought people together in physical communities and through technology across barriers of time, distance and often culture proved to be revitalizing in wake of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. communication and a spirit of collaboration helps strengthen any community online and offline. Furthermore, it touches every aspect of business, education, health care, entertainment, and family life in good times as well as bad. The glue that holds communities and other social networks together is called social capital. A key ingredient for developing social capital is trust. Social capital is the social equivalent of financial capital. Like financial capital, social capital is a resource that helps sustain community Robert Putnam, author of the acclaimed book Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Cornmunity, asserts that social capital encourages collaboration and cooperation between members of groups for their mutual benefit. Consequently, life in communities with a rich supply of social capital is easier than in communities with low social capital.