The Fundamentals of Culture Crafting
A culture’s growth and long-term viability are dependent on only four variables:
- Cultural Adoption: The rate at which new adherents are converted
- Birth Rate: The rate at which members have children
- Cultural Fidelity: The probability someone raised within the culture will stay within it
- Death Rate: The rate at which members die
Before digging into these four variables, let’s explore how they interact.
The Cultural Growth Formula
Relative Cultural Growth Rate = (Relative Birth Rate – Relative Death Rate) (Cultural Adoption) (Cultural Fidelity #0-1)