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f15:foam_network [2016-01-29 17:38] – [Past experiences] majaf15:foam_network [2016-01-30 08:25] – [Activities] maja
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   * A distributed network of people from disparate fields and cultures, working and living together in uncertain times, guided by our motto "grow your own worlds".   * A distributed network of people from disparate fields and cultures, working and living together in uncertain times, guided by our motto "grow your own worlds".
   * Inter/postdisciplinary platform    * Inter/postdisciplinary platform 
 +  * a way to exist between hard and well defined structures
  
  
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   * We have an opportunity. The brain has evolved in a way which means that more connections can be made than ever before. More neurons, more power.     * We have an opportunity. The brain has evolved in a way which means that more connections can be made than ever before. More neurons, more power.  
   * Existing institutions, economic and operational models don't allow us to be human beings we want to be and do things that would make our species evolve beyond its current wasteful and unsustainable state   * Existing institutions, economic and operational models don't allow us to be human beings we want to be and do things that would make our species evolve beyond its current wasteful and unsustainable state
 +  * there is a need to connect unlikely bedfellows
  
  
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   * Daring to ask "what if", prototyping possible futures as alternate presents, redesigning education, reinvigorating our living environments, contemplating, hosting and otherwise encouraging serendipity and synchronicity to allow new possibilities to emerge.   * Daring to ask "what if", prototyping possible futures as alternate presents, redesigning education, reinvigorating our living environments, contemplating, hosting and otherwise encouraging serendipity and synchronicity to allow new possibilities to emerge.
   * Prototyping, artistic research...   * Prototyping, artistic research...
 +  * being a jellyfish, maintaining outside perspectives while working to understand others
  
  
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   * provoking conversations, sharing of information and knowledge freely, supporting understanding & being generally nice people   * provoking conversations, sharing of information and knowledge freely, supporting understanding & being generally nice people
   * A more holistic, inclusive, interstitial culture growing out of cracks of decaying global capitalism... and take over the world!   * A more holistic, inclusive, interstitial culture growing out of cracks of decaying global capitalism... and take over the world!
 +  * a way to make this possible, to move beyond where we are
  
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 How do we encourage more joint activities? How do we share and make the most of new opportunities?  How do we encourage more joint activities? How do we share and make the most of new opportunities? 
  
 +To begin with: more frequent informal contact (weekly tangle updates, monthly conference calls, slack chats, posting interests, following each other's work...).
 ==== People ==== ==== People ====
  
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