Author Archives: dgermann
Elder standards?
How do elders develop and own the standards and frameworks to provide far-sight as new technologies are implemented? :- Doug.
Engage this afternoon?
How do we engage elders in 300 years? 100 years? This afternoon? :- Doug.
Do grandchildren matter?
Do grandchildren matter to you? Why? :- Doug.
Improving grandchildren?
Why do you want to improve the grandchildren? :- Doug.
Engaging interim elders
How do we engage the interim elders? Or our peers? Ought we? :- Doug.
Extend. Write.
What’s true? Ask yourself. Extend yourself. Write it. :- Doug.
We’re interim stage
Where we are today is just the interim stage of where we’re headed. :- Doug.
Work unforeseeable
We are at work on unforeseeable futures. :- Doug.
Caring industry
We work in the caring industry. :- Doug.
Families upside down
When families are turned upside down to nurse their elders, and especially by the cost crisis it brings, that’s when we get to work. :- Doug.
Seed and fertilizer
We’re not seeking agreement nor deference, rather diversity, innovation, and novelty: in other words, seed and fertilizer. :- Doug.
Elders’ conversations
Our elder group’s conversations are models of how 300-year grandchild elders might receive our ideas. What reception do we want, expect? Respect (as in look again)? :- Doug.
Further-down-the-body Why
I want to learn more about taking a conversation deeper. Might we use Why? differently from other uses? This one is about What matters to you, Who are you, What were your dilemmas, your subtexts? The other, the usual Why?, … Continue reading
Expression of humanity
A machine is an expression of humanity. :- Doug.
Singularity human worth
If there is to be an economic singularity future resulting in no human work of economic value, perhaps we will find our worth in something akin to being. Then again, moving, doing, creating, and growing seem of our essence. :- … Continue reading
Influence futures
We cannot predict futures. Perhaps we can influence them. :- Doug.