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[Thomas Gramstad <thomas AT ifi.uio.no>]

Hi,

Did you talk about the suggestion of a talk about thrivability
at the meeting today?

More generally, how do we handle "non-track" talks? Do we add
them somewhere they might by a strech be conceived to fit in?
Or should we have a "non-track track" with no common theme?
("the quantum track")

Thomas


On Tue, 3 Jun 2014, Thomas Gramstad wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have received the message and suggestions below from Dino
> Karabeg, who is an associate professor here at Institute of
> Informatics at the University of Oslo. I think his last
> suggestion, a talk about Thrivability (which he is also
> writing a book about) sounds like an interesting talk.
>
> Thrivability has a freedom component that is not necessarily
> present in sustainability, thus connecting to FSCONS' freedom
> focus. But this topic doesn't seem to fit into our planned
> tracks so far.
>
> What do you think, can this be a good topic at FSCONS 2014?
>
> More info about Dino Karabeg:
> http://folk.uio.no/dino/
> http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/personer/vit/dino/
>
> Dino is active in and an evengelist for the Knowledge Federation:
> http://www.knowledgefederation.org/
>
> Dino's blog:
> http://polyscopy.wordpress.com/
>
> Thomas
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 14:17:30 +0200
> From: Dino Karabeg 
> <dino AT ifi.uio.no>
> To: Thomas Gramstad 
> <thomas AT ifi.uio.no>
> Subject: Re: FSCONS 2014 Call For Participation
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> As I just mentioned, I am working on several related themes:
>
> * How to use (information) technology to make the world work for all? I have 
> just taught the Ph.D. seminar on Doug Engelbart's work, whose key idea was to 
> use IT to 'augment human capabilities', individual and (especially) 
> collective. Last December at Google we have launched the Program for the 
> Future Challenge to revive and fulfill this vision.
> * How to change key societal systems (governance, finance, informing, 
> education…), alias 'systemic innovation'. Through collaboration between 
> systems scientists and IT (knowledge media) researchers and developers, we 
> are creating the Systems Lab. (Returned last month from meetings in Vienna 
> and Linz where the foundations have been laid.)
> * I am writing a book with tentative title "Thrivability Strategy" that puts 
> it all into a perspective, by relating historical and contemporary 
> developments. The whole thing is still in the sketching phase, here's a 
> sketch of the beginning:
>
>
> Prolog
>
> For many of us who want to be part of a positive change, ‘sustainability’ 
> fails to be a battle cry that inspires.
>
> ‘Thrivability’ has recently emerged to replace it.
>
> We are in the midst of a great breakdown. [...] We are also in the midst of 
> great breakthroughs. [...] As part of the breakdown we are coming to 
> recognize that the way things have been cannot continue. At the same time, 
> ‘edge riders’ are beginning to see the breakthroughs that are happening: 
> breakthroughs to a human culture that won’t just sustain life but will give 
> rise to more abundant life[.]
>                         (Jean Russell, 2014)
>
> But some serious and strong voices are telling us that even sustainability 
> can no longer be reached.
>
> At the entrance of the Austrian Airlines plane, which will take me from Oslo 
> to a conference in Vienna titled “Civilization on a Crossroads — Response and 
> Responsibility of the Systems Sciences”, I pick up a copy of International 
> New York Times, whose featured article is about a British man who spent 20 
> years as an environmentalist / activist; and then, having concluded “We don’t 
> realistically have a chance”, created an organization that helps people 
> reconcile themselves with this fact(...).
>
> Is universal thriving still possible?
>
> And if it is, can we get there by relying on the breakthroughs that are 
> already happening? Or do we need to see our situation in a new way and 
> consciously make a turn?
>
> And if conscious intervention is needed, what should this be? And how can we 
> — practically and realistically — do that?
>
> In this book I will attempt to tease out a clear and reliable answer.
>
> And indeed a bit more than that […]
>
>
> Please let me know if any of this might be of interest to FSCONS 2014, and if 
> so how to proceed.
>
> All the best,
>
> :- Dino
> ____________________
> Dino Karabeg
> Chief Evangelist, Knowledge Federation
> Associate Professor, University of Oslo
>
>
> On 12. mai 2014, at 21:27, Thomas Gramstad 
> <thomas AT ifi.uio.no>
>  wrote:
>
> > Call for participation -- FSCONS 2014, 31 Oct-2 Nov
> >
> > The Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) is a meeting
> > place for social change, focused on the intersection between technology,
> > culture and society. FSCONS is organised according to the principles
> > laid out in our Manifesto[1], a living document accepted by the
> > society's members at the yearly meeting.
> >
> > The conference brings together people from a wide range of fields, and
> > merges the technical with the social, seeking both to activate and
> > challenge. Open discussion and brainstorming are as important as the
> > talks given during the conference.
> >
> > Invitation
> >
> > We're looking for proposals that relate to Free Software, Free Culture
> > or Free Society generally, as well as those which are at the
> > crossroads of the three or which take the philosophy and brings them
> > to a whole new field. To give you a hint of the scope of the
> > conference here are some topics already planned:
> >
> > * Open Space
> > * Open Government
> > * Open Web
> > * Programming Languages
> > * Makers
> >
> > But don't let this restrict your thinking: you can submit a proposal
> > even if it doesn't quite fit into any of the above topics.
> >
> > The deadline for your proposal is June 20th.
> >
> > How to submit your proposal
> > In order to submit your proposal, please go to [2], register your
> > proposal and make sure your provide valid contact information.
> > This proposal form is to be used only for your personal proposal.
> > If you have ideas of other people you want to suggest as speakers,
> > please feel free to suggest those in the FSCONS Wiki [3].
> >
> > After the review period, ending July 4th, you will get notified if
> > your proposal is accepted or not.
> >
> >
> > Important dates for FSCONS 2014
> >
> > * June 20th - deadline for submissions
> > * July 4th - accepted proposals will be notified.
> >
> > If your proposal is accepted, the abstract submission deadline is
> > September 1 st.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing you at FSCONS 2014 in November!
> >
> > Programme managers,
> > Stian and Leif-Jöran
> >
> > [1] https://fscons.org/foreningen/manifesto/manifesto.html
> > [2] https://frab.fscons.org/en/fscons14/cfp/
> > [3] https://wiki.fscons.org/Suggested_Speakers_2014
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