Merle, >From the book I am currently finishing:
Manifesto Every aspect of human life — how we work, play, live, and love; how we define our relationships with each other and with our environment — have been, and continue to be, shaped by computers and the software that drives them. Those entrusted with the power and the responsibility of creating computer-software artifacts and systems must recognize that their efforts transcend simple careerism and professionalism and rise to the level of a calling — one guided by a set of Core Principles: I- Humans First. Everything is done on behalf of human beings, by human beings. II- Businesses, organizations, governments, and associations are *Living Systems *in exactly the same way as socio-cultural, biological, and ecological systems are *Living Complex Adaptive Systems.* ** III- Effort should focus on the production and introduction of appropriate ‘artifacts’ into *Living Systems*, to improve, enhance, or amend them. IV- Computer-software artifacts, in all cases, must be designed to augment, extend, enhance, or support human abilities. * * * * * * * The concepts and principles of Software Engineering coupled with the assumption of development as a Production Process governed by rigid Project Management practices; that have dominated development for the past fifty plus years are inadequate and often antithetical to the goals of this manifesto. They must be replaced by a new discipline, a new art: *Living Systems Development* davew On Wed, Jan 4, 2023, at 3:30 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote: > > From: *Lisa Schirch* <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 12:20 PM > Subject: Conference Invitation: Designing Tech for Social Cohesion > To: Merle Lefkoff > > > Dear Colleagues, > I am pleased to invite you to the *Designing Tech for Social Cohesion > Conference on 23-25 February 2023 at San Francisco's Fisherman’s Wharf. * > This conference is bringing together tech innovators, tech critics, and the > peacebuilding community to explore new tech platforms useful to building > social cohesion, including individual agency to participate in civic life, > building bridges between divided groups, and supporting citizens in relating > to governing institutions. > > Click here for the Full Conference Agenda > <https://techandsocialcohesion.org/conference/>. And click here to register. > <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-tech-for-social-cohesion-tickets-473427643827> > > > Please pass on this invitation to your networks. > __ > Join us to explore a new generation of tech products that offer affordances > and algorithms that promote prosocial content. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > Center for Emergent Diplomacy > emergentdiplomacy.org > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > > > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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