The deeper path, in full
On this path, you become a co-owner and co-builder of the environment itself. Assets and decisions are shared, and there are no separate personal projects at this level — not because you give something up, but because you're now building one larger thing instead of many small ones.
Think the board of a new kind of corporation, not a commune: a board member doesn't build private fiefdoms inside the company — they build the company. You don't give ownership up, you change its form.
This is the whole picture, stated before you decide anything. You're reading it on your own initiative, with full knowledge of what it means. If it's not for you, that's a complete and fine answer.
The 'board' isn't an admissions panel — coming in to build is a mutual match: we look at where our paths line up, not whether you pass.