Category Archives: Eldering

Ought the grandchildren get a vote? A voice? :- Doug.

Finding our direction will enable us to read all these future studies without getting distracted by utopias and dystopias. :- Doug.

Our task for the grandchildren is to start the search which, hopefully, can never be completed. We put an irritant (or call it a new capability) under their skins, invite them to pass it on. What irritant will keep giving? … Continue reading →

Irritation or invitation: either might work. :- Doug.

Ask the 300-year grandchild elders to do things. :- Doug.

The task of the storyteller is to observe: specificity, detail, colors, notes, direction, waves, weaves…. :- Doug.

What could go wrong in 300 years? :- Doug.

We are the first fourth generation and we have a special opportunity. With opportunity comes responsibility. :- Doug.

What is the arc of humanity? What is the problem of a better humanity? :- Doug.

What are your worries for humanity? Are those short, medium, or long term? Is there a meta worry? How do we find the meta worry? :- Doug.

What quality of being human can be raised? :- Doug.

What questions should we be asking to get at conveyable values? :- Doug.

I am hopeful today: we humans love to stretch and be stretched; I think we will stay ahead of our creations by way of our imagination and our desire to stretch. :- Doug.

Some scientists take the brain for the mind. Others say this is mistaken: there is a body-mind. Others see mind even larger, in the conversations among people. Yet life may be fooling us all, seeking to make the cosmos into … Continue reading →