A form of longtermism might be like Noah’s Ark where nurturing was not at a 
population level.

From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 6:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Conference Invitation: Designing Tech for Social 
Cohesion

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]<mailto:[email protected]>> On 
Behalf Of Prof David West
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 3:27 PM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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 
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Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.

Center for Emergent Diplomacy

emergentdiplomacy.org<http://emergentdiplomacy.org>

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA





mobile:  (303) 859-5609



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