Howard Silverman
@S4Pattern
Teaching systems and foresight at Pacific Northwest College of Art (@pnca). Taking one day at a time.
You might like
Currencies as Cybernetic Objects: A Conversation co-led with @S4Pattern and featuring @NicoleLazzaro @zippy314 and Sid. #openaccess article with @cybsoc doi.org/10.58695/ec.2
Making diagrams of the planning processes proposed in models for Democratically Planned Economies has been a helpful practice in solidifying my understanding of them. A roundup of 3 prints from 3 different models: Parecon, Towards a New Socialism, and Negotiated Coordination 🧵
In keeping with the ideological sparseness that leaves room for a variety of worldviews that share the goals of resilience and regeneration, we hold a single value: the protection and amplification of diversity and difference. This value is strategic as well as ideological;
Fantastic #Anticipation22 demo of Investing in Futures game: negotiating/navigating completely new worlds. investinginfutures.world
214 people in four months, moved into housing. Landlords stepping up. Getting housed in weeks as opposed to years. THESE are the kind of programs we need to scale up! Good uses of taxpayer dollars! oregonlive.com/portland/2022/…
Great interview
Today on Volts: I talk with psychologist John Jost about "system justification," the propensity all humans (though some more than others) have to adopt the ideologies & narratives of the systems they inhabit, even when they suffer under those systems. volts.wtf/p/why-social-c…
💻Cybernetics for the 21st Century💻 (Oct-Dec 2022) with: Andrew Pickering, Katherine Hayles, Brunella Antomarini, Slava Gerovitch, David Maulén de los Reyes, Michal Krzykawski, Mathieu Triclot, Daisuke Harashima. Concept: Yuk Hui, Curation: Jianru Wu philosophyandtechnology.network/6140/lectures-…
A new episode of Future Histories! This time I talk to Thomas Swann about his book "Anarchist Cybernetics: Control and Communication in Radical Politics"(@BrisUniPress). Full episode here: futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/… #FutureHistoriesInternational
"My thesis is that paradox also has important morphogenetic dimensions and might be a stimulus, if not the stimulus, for human cognitive growth and for social-organizational development including the destruction of the orthodox."
The late Klaus Krippendorff (of Krippendorff's alpha) was a legendary philosopher-scientist. Rich morsels on cognitive dissonance in this 1982 work on paradox and information: repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewconten…
We're happy to be co-sponsoring "On Wimmin's Land" with @uolibraries & @uoregondesign. Scholars, archivists & artists will explore the lesbian separatist settlements that arose in southern Oregon in the 1970s. October 12, in-person & live-streamed: calendar.uoregon.edu/event/on_wimmi…
Please join in our event tomorrow at @pnca: "Design for Social Impact: A Panel-based Discussion." eventbrite.com/e/design-for-s…
I have fucks to give but not about everything all of the time. I want to go through life and not under/over/around. I don't want to be a hero nor fit squarely into the box. I want to transmute sacred cows. I want to be one player in a massive swarm. Gentle. Bold. Play.
Passionate about postcapitalist possibilities? We’re hiring an exciting role @OneProject: Postcapitalist Economic Systems Architect 🌍🌏🌎boards.greenhouse.io/oneproject/job… 👀 Read on and help spread the word! 📣 In this role, you’ll:
It's time #RSD11 and RSDX – #systemicdesign annual symposium. RSDX workshops are free – DM for a code. #transdisciplinary #interdisciplinary #radicalmethodologies #sustainability – Register delegate.brighton.ac.uk/RSD11 includes October 12 pre-symposium workshops/£20 in-person w social
Feeling some kind of way about Portland? You aren't alone. Take a moment and watch @RukaiyahAdams "Love Letter To Portland" @TEDxPortland. We don't deserve her, I hope leaders all over the city and state soak this in and use it for the work ahead. ✊🏾 #PDX youtube.com/watch?v=5KLndP…
youtube.com
YouTube
A love letter to Portland, OR | Rukaiyah Adams | TEDxPortland
🤔 Cows, trees, chickens and our neighbor's happiness work pretty well for savings and there is still an upkeep cost (demurrage).
United States Trends
- 1. $APDN $0.20 Applied DNA N/A
- 2. $SENS $0.70 Senseonics CGM N/A
- 3. $LMT $450.50 Lockheed F-35 N/A
- 4. Good Friday 36.7K posts
- 5. #CARTMANCOIN 1,979 posts
- 6. yeonjun 276K posts
- 7. Broncos 68.4K posts
- 8. Raiders 67.1K posts
- 9. Blockchain 200K posts
- 10. #FridayVibes 2,608 posts
- 11. #iQIYIiJOYTH2026 1.48M posts
- 12. Bo Nix 18.8K posts
- 13. Geno 19.6K posts
- 14. Tammy Faye 1,817 posts
- 15. Kehlani 12K posts
- 16. daniela 57.8K posts
- 17. MIND-BLOWING 22.8K posts
- 18. #Pluribus 3,204 posts
- 19. John Wayne 1,151 posts
- 20. Danny Brown 3,379 posts
You might like
-
Eric Harris-Braun
@zippy314 -
Finance Innovation Lab
@TheFinanceLab -
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
@PortlandBPS -
Greater than the Sum
@GreaterttSum -
APANO Action Fund
@APANOActionFund -
George Pór #StandWithUkraine
@technoshaman -
OCAD sLab
@ocadslab -
Jennifer Collins
@JenCollins24 -
DecentralEvery.hc ♓
@DecentralEvery -
Peter Jones - Redesign, Realize, Relocate.
@redesign -
BrianDRPM personal X for things that piss me.
@BrianDRPM -
Dave
@Dave_Wolf -
Greg Cassel @gregsc1.bsky.social
@gregsc1 -
Irma Wilson
@irma_evolve
Something went wrong.
Something went wrong.