[FRIAM] Fwd: Conference Invitation: Designing Tech for Social Cohesion

[Prof David West]

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.
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 4, 2023 3:27 PM
> *To:* friam at redfish.com
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Fwd: Conference Invitation: Designing Tech for Social Cohesion
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> Merle,
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> From the book I am currently finishing:
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> Manifesto
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> I-              Humans First. Everything is done on behalf of human beings, by human beings.
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> 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.*
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> III-          Effort should focus on the production and introduction of appropriate ‘artifacts’ into *Living Systems*, to improve, enhance, or amend them.
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> IV-          Computer-software artifacts, in all cases, must be designed to augment, extend, enhance, or support human abilities.
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> 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.
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> They must be replaced by a new discipline, a new art:
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> *Living Systems Development*
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> davew
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> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023, at 3:30 PM, Merle Lefkoff wrote:
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>> From: *Lisa Schirch* <lschirch at nd.edu>
>> Date: Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 12:20 PM
>> Subject: Conference Invitation: Designing Tech for Social Cohesion
>> To: Merle Lefkoff
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>> 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.
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>> 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> 
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>> Please pass on this invitation to your networks. 
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>> Join us to explore a new generation of tech products that offer affordances and algorithms that promote prosocial content.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
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>> Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
>> Center for Emergent Diplomacy
>> emergentdiplomacy.org
>> Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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