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Think of a time in FoAM's recent past when you felt that you were a part of a thriving network. What happened? How did you feel? What made this situation possible? | Think of a time in FoAM's recent past when you felt that you were a part of a thriving network. What happened? How did you feel? What made this situation possible? | ||
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+ | * Machine Wilderness | ||
+ | * Fo[am]tones | ||
+ | * bxl visit to kernow | ||
+ | * Lucid dreaming workshop | ||
+ | * Helping each other with funding applications | ||
+ | * GroWorld bazaar on gRig Froesjels | ||
+ | * Futures of Unconditional Basic Income | ||
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+ | What made these situations work? | ||
+ | * overlap of interests | ||
+ | * mutual support | ||
+ | * connections that didn't require a central HQ | ||
+ | * ideas developed by foam, taken up by an individual, transformed, | ||
+ | * it looks and feels like foam, no matter where it is: hosting culture | ||
+ | * feels like being a part of a shared, experimental culture | ||
+ | * things need to be experienced, | ||
+ | * feels like a family, ease of relationships, | ||
+ | * doing something on your own, but knowing that this couldn' | ||
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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/ | * Inter/ | ||
+ | * 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, | * Existing institutions, | ||
+ | * 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, | * Daring to ask "what if", prototyping possible futures as alternate presents, redesigning education, reinvigorating our living environments, | ||
* Prototyping, | * Prototyping, | ||
+ | * being a jellyfish, maintaining outside perspectives while working to understand others | ||
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* provoking conversations, | * provoking conversations, | ||
* 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' | ||
==== People ==== | ==== People ==== | ||