thanks Helene! On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Helene Finidori <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Michel, Kevin, > > My conversation with Sahlan was yesterday evening, so I can't quite > transmit any request to him orally now. I have put him in copy in case he > has more to share about this issue for you to publish. > > For the 'bonus text', no need for you to create one, I have made my own > here: Collective intelligence is a commons that needs protection and a > dedicated language. > <https://www.academia.edu/10292904/Collective_intelligence_is_a_commons_that_needs_protection_and_a_dedicated_language> > (I think I had already suggested in our exchanges about the p2p foundation > blog and republishings, and to avoid cases such as the Heather Marsh sribd > one, that you ask the authors to provide the full text links). > > As per the intro text, here are Sahlan's words and my own abstract in > copyable format. > > Thanks & cheers :) > H > > *Sahlan Momo’s words of introduction of the Issue* > > Included are some visions of friends on the Collective Intelligence theme, > analysing and depicting its manifestations and its various angles from > differing standpoints – some may appear off-topic, nonetheless here deemed > instrumental in lightening the common framework in which the process itself > is taking place. Worth of attention is also the Collective Intelligence > Conference, to be held in Santa Clara, CA, USA , on May 31 – June 2, 2015 > > *My abstract* > > *Collective intelligence is a commons that needs protection and a > dedicated language.* > > Technology is what boosts the capacity of individuals and communities to > become authors of their own stories, and what enables collective > intelligence to become aware of itself and to fulfill its long awaited > promise. It is also what can lock up potential inside black boxes for just > a few to benefit from. > > We are facing a paradox. It seems that at the same time as collective > intelligence is making itself increasingly palpable and promising as a > whole, the possibility of it being actionable locally and effectively > enabling us to get ourselves out of a planetary predicament is becoming > remote. > > In this article, I look at how collective intelligence is being hindered > or captured as it comes into being, with the threat of leaving us deprived > from a significant source of latent agency, and I suggest what it would > take to reclaim it back. > > I build upon the Ecology for Transformative Action, which I set the stage > for in the last issue of this journal, to examine the condition under which > technology and systems dynamics can be turned towards the greater good, and > how collective intelligence can be mobilized and operate as a force for > systemic change. In particular, I explore further how a pattern language > for systemic change regenerative of commons could be the means of > expression of operationalized collective intelligence. > > *A key quote of me:* > > "The mobilization of collective intelligence at wider systemic levels > beyond the boundaries of our habitual communities to solve wicked > interconnected problems involves more complex mechanisms and in particular > the capacity to achieve more complex synergies (i.e. systemic coherence) > across multiple centres in addition to ‘simple’ local synthesis (i.e. > complexity reductions) within cohesive centres of shared experience. > > This requires an expansion of our capacities to meaningfully relate to > each other, to understand our position in the bigger picture, to perceive > and mutually recognize our respective logics and space for engagement, and > to find and interpret the signals and tracks our actions leave in the > system and the environment as feedback and feedforward that will inform > further interpretation and action. > > Achieving coherence involves tools and processes that can facilitate > self-coordination of multiple approaches at many levels and scales, in > addition to building cohesion through facilitation methodologies within > defined contexts." > > > On Friday, January 23, 2015 9:32 AM, Michel Bauwens < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > some intro presentation on that special issue in a copyable format, > > and perhaps we can scribd or issuu your text as a bonus for the same > article ? > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Helene Finidori <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Michel, > > I don't have more info right now, I'm just an author in this one (you > should read my article :) and received this email, and I'm the guest editor > for the next one, of which I will be able to tell you more about when it's > published. > > But what is it you would like to know/have? I'm talking with Sahlan in an > hour. > > Cheers > H > > > On Thursday, January 22, 2015 4:54 PM, Michel Bauwens < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > hi Kevin, > > this seems worth announcing on our blog, Helene may have more info as well > as she's involved with spanda, > > Michel > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: *Spanda* <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 7:05 PM > Subject: Spanda Journal | Collective Intelligence > To: Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> > > > Dear Reader, > > The *Spanda Journal *special issue on "*Collective Intelligence", * V > (2), December 2014, is now available on Spanda website > <http://www.spanda.org/publications.html>. > > The issue contains the following articles: > > *:: **Editorial* | *Sahlan Momo*, *Mesoteric Intelligence & > Collective Serendipity *| Pages V-IX. > *:: Ervin Laszlo*, *The One Mind in the Cosmos and its Manifestations in > our Consciousness *| Pages 1-4. > *:: **Tom Altee*, *The Role of Collective Intelligence in the Wise > Democracy Needed for Humanity’s Survival* | Pages 5-16 > *:: **Pierre Lévy*, *The Philosophical Concept of Algorithmic > Intelligence* | Pages 17-25 > *:: **Stanislav Grof*, *Archetypes, Mythic Imagination, and Modern > Society: the Re-enchantment of the World* | Pages 27-37 > > *:: **George Pór*, *From Right Mindfulness to Collective Intelligence to > Collective Sentience:Signposts to the Later Stage of > Our Evolutionary Journey* | Pages 39-49 > *:: **Francis Heylighen*, *Challenge Propagation: Towards a Theory of > Distributed Intelligence and the Global Brain* | Pages 51-63 > *:: **Charles Eisenstein*, *Qualitative Dimensions of Collective > Intelligence: Intention, Wisdom, and Soul* | Pages 65-69 > *:: **Derrick de Kerckhove*, *Connective or Collective? The Case for > Precision in Terminology* | Pages 71-77 > *:: **Helene Finidori*, *Collective Intelligence is a Commons that Needs > Protection and a Dedicated Language* | Pages 79-89 > *:: **Terri O’Fallon **~ Venita Ramirez ~ **Geoff Fitch*, *Collective > Intelligence* | Pages 91-95 > *:: **Norman Lee Johnson*, *The Applied Science of Collective > Intelligence: Solving the Grand Challenges Facing Humanity* | > Pages 97-107 > *:: **Jim Rough*, *The Circle: Structuring for Collective Intelligen**ce* > | Pages 109-113 > *:: **Adebayo Akomolafe*, *The Trees Still Speak: the Collective > Intelligence of the Natural World* | Pages 115-118 > *:: **Craig Hamilton*, *Collective Intelligence and the Evolution of > Self and Culture* (interview by Suzanne Shealy and George Pór) | > Pages 119-126 > *:: **Robert D. 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