Sameness makes everything seem secure. In contrast, diversity and disturbance introduce unpredictability and discomfort. So, to better navigate complexity ...| The Wise Democracy Project
What this message is about: Everything in the world is part of an evolving whole. Learning – once again, newly – how to be contributing members of that larger community is essential for human survival and will itself be a contribution to the ongoing story of evolution. In order to do that, we have to raise our awareness of the importance of diversity, disturbance, generative conversation, wisdom-consciousness and more….| Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge
The Wise Democracy Project has a guiding principle – its prime directive to evoke and engage the wisdom and resourcefulness of the whole on behalf of the whole. I explore below why I and the Co-Intelligence Institute consider it so important, even invaluable. I share how it helps identify which initiatives or processes help support wise democracy – and why. I also share a bit about how the prime directive shapes how I and others view three major issues of our time – climate, pandemics, ...| Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge
I had a conversation with Claude, one of my AI colleagues, which I share here. Starting with a prompt about wise public policy, we delved into the tension between the needs of people vs nature, which Claude addressed well, I thought, including notes about the root causes of that tension. We both agreed that actually addressing all that would be a fundamentally transformational challenge – in response to which Claude offered some overall guidance about “getting better at change itself”...| Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge
This just in! This morning I read about a candidate for UK Parliament who combines two entities – businessman Steve Endacott and AI Steve, a generative AI avatar that can engage with thousands of constituents at once, analyzing and integrating their ideas into proposals that Endacott can push in Parliament . It’s a fabulous innovation but raises many questions. | Random Communications from an Evolutionary Edge
