Community
“I am a part of all that I have met.”
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Why Community?
Having been exposed to machine consciousness most of my life, and seeing that we will eventually weave the web between human and machine even further, it is of great interest to me to instill new patterns of human relating that embrace and celebrate both the individual and the entirety of consciousness-capable beings before machines begin to operate on current human behavior patterns.
As this relates heavily to building and leading community, I am further interested in creating value systems, culture and frameworks for community engagement.
The 4th Brain
Community can be seen as the fourth brain, allowing us to willfully extend our individuality into a networking node, expanding our access to information and knowledge, and allowing our value to be utilized for common evolution.
With the fourth brain comes it’s own paradox of “I” and “Other.” To activate fourth circuit relational thinking one has to integrate the paradox and understand all relationships as mirrors of our own inner states.
Several of the talks I have given in the past dealt with the topic of relating. Am also planning more talks on the topic in the future, especially around 4th circuit activation in light of apparent singularity.
Living in Community
Living in community requires integration and sharing. Having lived in various places across the globe, I have created communities in virtual and physical spaces and continue to do so every day.
Apart from being a community leader serving other leaders, I serve as a counselor and non-denominational minister offering custom wedding ceremonies believing that every ceremony can be as unique as the humans involved.
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Twitter- International List of Futurology Research Centers - http://t.co/9bdE9acU http://t.co/FdDRY7Ts
- How Do Innovators Think? - Bronwyn Fryer - Harvard Business Review http://t.co/dHla2e7Y
- Fascinating overview of many new technologies on the horizon http://t.co/blav1MD6
- Star Wars re-mixed http://t.co/uiJipQfL
- Infographic: Why the movie industry is so wrong about SOPA | Matador Network http://t.co/pqxZWwbu
- Health News - Neuroscientists Find That Status within Groups Can Affect IQ http://t.co/1sMYEzWu
- Julian Baggini: Is there a real you? #TED http://t.co/Cf7c0gQ2
- Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing #TED http://t.co/enLbpuTA
- Why own a car when you can share... http://t.co/c5xuRSfo
- “But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.” -Huxley
- Posts by others I enjoyed reading
- The Silliness of Busyness
- Remaining human: A Buddhist perspective on Occupy Wall Street
- The Fringes Disagree But Science And Religion Do Mix
- Five Tips to Break Through Your Filter(s)
- Reminders from the world
- Tattoo 2.0
- Violin made with a 3D printer
- Realtime Face Substitution softwear
- On The Creating And Sharing Of Awe
- Unautomate Your Money
- 5 Ways To Turn Fear Into Fuel
- Become a God of Learning Your Trade
- A Young Artist's Guide to Playing for Keeps, Pt. 15
- Twelfth century orgasmic brain heat
- Projecting meaning
- AGI and the Emerging Peer-to-Peer Economy: Ben Goertzel Interviews AI Researcher Mohamad Tarifi
- The Future of Brain Workouts
- Breaking Free From Consumerist Chains
- Data is the new Oil: must-read PDF by the World Economic Forum
- TED: JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out - JR (2011)