transhumanism is consistent with the manifesto — nurture now, transcend, or perhaps redefine, later as the understanding of CAS provides alternative, directed, evolution.
davew On Wed, Jan 4, 2023, at 5:21 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > What about the goal of transcending these error-prone and fragile containers? > Posthumanism has always been the driver for me. > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 4, 2023 3:27 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Conference Invitation: Designing Tech for Social > Cohesion > > > 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/ >> > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > 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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