Category Archives: Eldering

How do we engage elders in 300 years? 100 years? This afternoon? :- Doug.

Do grandchildren matter to you? Why? :- Doug.

Why do you want to improve the grandchildren? :- Doug.

How do we engage the interim elders? Or our peers? Ought we? :- Doug.

What’s true? Ask yourself. Extend yourself. Write it. :- Doug.

Where we are today is just the interim stage of where we’re headed. :- Doug.

We are at work on unforeseeable futures. :- Doug.

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 →

A machine is an expression of humanity. :- Doug.

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 →

We cannot predict futures. Perhaps we can influence them. :- Doug.

Is our task to emerge new questions? :- Doug.

How do we go into our futures? We Slip, we Slide, we Muddle. If we used the gift of far-sight, we might improve. We might get intentional. :- Doug.

The hallmarks of life’s development seem to be gathering and complexity. Thus our rush to artificial general intelligence is the next step in gathering and complexity. :- Doug.