Author Archives: dgermann
Teasing futures
Futures Stories: Teasing the arc of humanity :- Doug.
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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.
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Exploring Fostering Tool
Humanicity is our exploring tool Humanicity is our fostering tool :- Doug.
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Making grandchildren obsolete
In what ways are we making our grandchildren obsolete? :- Doug.
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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.
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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.
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Not teaching
I’m not teaching—I’m joining you in our expedition. :- Doug.
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A better world model
Perhaps the most profound skill an elder can transmit is the skill to build a better world model. :- Doug.
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Purposes not amenable
Humanity does not, perhaps cannot, know all its purposes. Some are not quite amenable to our consciousness. :- Doug.
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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
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We need elders to dream
Humanity needs its elders to be dreamers, that is, poets. :- Doug.
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Transformation information
Conversation a transformation of information? :- Doug.
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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.
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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.
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What future humanity?
What sort of future humanity do you want? (Not future for.) What if you had a say? :- Doug.
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Is subjective essential?
How essential to humanity is subjective experience? What of that ought we grow? :- Doug.
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