Monthly Archives: September 2019
Informed consent to futures?
What is the informed consent to our human futures, such as AGI, Big Data, LAW? :- Doug.
Human General Intelligence
More than designing our AIs, we need to design our human stance toward Artificial General Intelligence: that is, to design HGI. :- Doug.
Teasing futures
Futures Stories: Teasing the arc of humanity :- Doug.
Human hive
The individual ant and bee go about their business not aware they are growing and sustaining a hive. The human hive is the city. :- Doug.
Exploring Fostering Tool
Humanicity is our exploring tool Humanicity is our fostering tool :- Doug.
Making grandchildren obsolete
In what ways are we making our grandchildren obsolete? :- Doug.
To shoot the waterfall
Ahead is a waterfall we’re about to shoot. It may be calm waters at the bottom, but where do we go? (If we make it?) :- Doug.
Freedom of view
Take a “What then” approach to futures, avoid getting stuck in specifics of how we get there. This freedom of view is what the 300 years gives. :- Doug.
Not teaching
I’m not teaching—I’m joining you in our expedition. :- Doug.
A better world model
Perhaps the most profound skill an elder can transmit is the skill to build a better world model. :- Doug.
Purposes not amenable
Humanity does not, perhaps cannot, know all its purposes. Some are not quite amenable to our consciousness. :- Doug.
Across valleys and generations
Humanicity is the quality of being human: the silver thread running through us all: the still small song heard across the valleys and the generations. Humanity is the eternal mid-point: the egg and the poult: the past and the potential: … Continue reading
We need elders to dream
Humanity needs its elders to be dreamers, that is, poets. :- Doug.
Transformation information
Conversation a transformation of information? :- Doug.
Muddling higher
While our 300-year grandchild elders won’t be born into a time space of harnessing the energy of the solar system, we can help them think larger about it, muddling through at a higher level. :- Doug.
Skills in far-sight, deep-sight
We, elders, are working on our skill in story; and we are working on our skills in far-sight and deep-sight. :- Doug.