The Next Edge - Latest Comments

Re: Principles for this Next Edge

gregorylent — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:37:47 -0000

not what you're saying, but ...

the next edge is the center

Re: A New Way

Charanya Chidambaram — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:15:17 -0000

This is fascinating. I have been working on a similar concept where conversations are the intellectual equivalents of rhizomes that can grow and spread through a community, creating unforeseen engagement and ideation! Looking forward to hearing more.

Re: Occupy My Soul

suresh — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:07:28 -0000

Thanks Lisa!

Re: Occupy My Soul

suresh — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:04:23 -0000

Thanks Mark - I appreciate the kind words. The struggle continues ;-)

Re: Occupy My Soul

Suresh — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:59:52 -0000

Thanks George - much appreciated!

Re: Amending “People, Planet, Profit”

Dacohen77 — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:54:43 -0000

Enter the Sextuple Bottom Line:
Adding 3 additional domains to expand the TBL, to now include
the Arts/Culture/Creative
Play/Joy/Fun
and
Spirit.

We've been experimenting introducing Sextuple bottom line into sustaianbility aware groups and communities and suggesting these additional domains enhance the quality of life and fullness of projects, business and social endeavors of all types. One expression is an excerise where - along with the traditional Enviro, Social, Economic realms, these 6 Domains are names on the floor or on the wall of an open room, and people are invited to go to the domain that is most alive for them that moment, discuss what drew them there and then hear from various parts of the room how the expanded model can enhnace their efforts, energize themselves and attract others in their communities into their sustainable future pathways.

Wayfarer doug

Re: Occupy My Soul

George Pór — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:29:56 -0000

hi Suresh,

Thank you for your heartfelt words! I work felt so much inspired by your blog that re-published it on our The Future of Occupy site. See: http://thefutureofoccupy.org/2.... I hope is OK. It was good to c u in NYC. I work with Occupy London. Let's stay in touch and explore how we can collaborate on something that we couldn't create separately...

Re: Configuring Oneself for Transformation

CoCreatr — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:37:19 -0000

Yes, and I think, concluding from the small part of change that I can see, the whole world is changing, because it has done so and will do so. The thing is, the change gets faster so rapidly that we now notice the change of change itself. Our connnection and trust-building processes are getting faster. Through more rapid repetition of vetting people we wish to connect to, we sharpen our sense of who to trust for what with just a few digitized bits of personality glimpsed through our networking hacks. Social (and professional) networking media are at this time, sorry, basically hacks that connect people faster than technologies a hundred years ago, mail and telephone. Where is the next edge?

Re: Why the Filter Bubble is So Pernicious

CoCreatr — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:08:25 -0000

Thank you, Adam, interesting research.

On another note, seems Google has addressed the filter bubble concerns with its Verbatim search. http://searchenginewatch.com/a...

Using Verbatim should deliver non-personalized results. Out of the filter bubble.

Just looking at the long hyperlink that accompanies verbatim search, I feel they are tracking its usage closely.

Re: Why the Filter Bubble is So Pernicious

Samika — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:26:42 -0000

On a slight tangent: This reminds me of Plato's Allegory of the Cave, technologically updated - and thee prisoners are still caught in shadows and reflections.
Is some of the antidote less reliance on media-mediation of reality? (seems that would part of the Plato logic)?

Re: Occupy My Soul

C Randall — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:09:23 -0000

Paracommunication is a state of being, a personal world view, which implies openess, mutual responsibility, restraint, a willingness to create and to assume responsibility for creation of communication. It involves the co-responsibility of the sender and receiver.
The creative process reflects the state of PARACOMMUNICATION: looking at one thing and seeing another, sensing unity in disparity, the willing suspension of disbelief, letting the rules go soft, acceptance, the willingness to lose balance, at least temporailiy. Paracommunication is a conscious and subconscious opening up of sensitivity and creativieness.

Richard B> Byrne, ÄIAA Los Angeles Monographs Vol. 17, UFO Symposium"

Re: Occupy My Soul

Mark Ivor Henry — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:35:15 -0000

I really liked what you had to say. For those of us that needed to step away for our own well being , it is comforting to hear the real voice of the Occupy Movement . THANK YOU

Re: Occupy My Soul

Raamayan — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:19:04 -0000

Well written suresh, I am looking forward to hearing some ideas on good ways for the occupy movement to move forward and transition into a more permanent manifestation, without being rigid

Re: Occupy My Soul

Lbarrett — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:21:37 -0000

This is such a breathe of cool, clean air! This is 'Yes' answering the hardest question: 'Can we really do this and make the necessary changes?'

I've been so worn down by a tenacious few who occupy the occupations with pyramid-scheme-styled scams that, I have to admit, I was bracing for another assault from within on the larger movement.

Thank you, Suresh, for this love letter to those who may not yet understand what is wrong and why we feel the need to delineate a line in the sand; a safe place to live; the boundaries of dignity; the launching place for yet unimagined but possible worlds.

Peace, lots of love and justice
lisa b

Re: Why the Filter Bubble is So Pernicious

Adam Scislowicz — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:37:09 -0000

CoCreatr: A bit of a segway, but your comment reminded me of an article I read a few months back about fMRI's showing synchronization of activation patterns when people are engaged in story telling/listening (even asynchronously). More details in the links below:

1) http://www.pnas.org/content/ea...
2) http://blogs.discovermagazine....
3) http://www.psychologytoday.com...

Re: Why the Filter Bubble is So Pernicious

CoCreatr — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:01:04 -0000

Yes, it is the proverbial echo chamber on steroids.

In a metalogue skype convo with Gavin, I was aiming to express how two minds go about synchronizing their focus. I/we came up with this:

Repeatedly reflecting a dim light between two semi-mirrors causes what to emerge? A laser beam. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Essentially a resonance phenomenon. That is what minds do when engaged in live energetic conversation.

Participation is the laser energizer/cutter through the crap. Participation enables pattern forming and recognition. Feeling, being, part of what is happening here. Slow down for patterns.

Action! Convo.

Re: Please design for us…

cameron burgess — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:34:27 -0000

this is exactly why we created w1sd0m.net

Re: Configuring Oneself for Transformation

Helene Finidori — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:06:01 -0000

Thanks Liz, I'd love to get to know yours more :)

Re: Configuring Oneself for Transformation

Liz McLellan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:54:55 -0000

I love your brain Helene.