Cards for Insight: Glimpse
In a network, in transition, learning into aliveness, seeing ourselves through.
Card: Glimpse
And all our media followed
We listened to our words
We strained to understand them
We chased our thoughts like birds
… pick two cards and add your thoughts between …
Card: Glow
“There are two kinds of light — the
glow that illuminates, and the glare
that obscures.”
— James Thurber
… pick two cards and add your thoughts, prompts, insights, individual and small group genius annotations, book excerpts and prompt responses, between …
Prompt:
Given that the world is predicated on infinite exponential growth based on a finite materials economy, what is the outcome of such a game theoretic dynamic?
OpenAI:
The outcome of such a game theoretic dynamic is ultimately unsustainable and leads to resource depletion and environmental degradation. This is because infinite exponential growth is not possible in a finite materials economy, as resources will eventually become scarce and unable to support continued growth. Additionally, the environmental impacts of extracting and using these resources can have negative consequences on the planet and its inhabitants. Therefore, it is necessary to shift towards more sustainable and regenerative economic models that prioritize the long-term health and well-being of both people and the planet.
Prompt:
How likely is this to happen, given current political structures?
OpenAI:
The likelihood of shifting towards more sustainable and regenerative economic models depends on a variety of factors, including political will, public awareness, and the ability to implement necessary policies and regulations.
Currently, some governments and organizations are taking steps towards sustainability, such as implementing renewable energy sources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promoting sustainable practices in various industries. However, these efforts are often hindered by resistance from powerful economic interests and lack of political will to make the necessary changes.
Also, the current political structures in many countries are not designed to effectively address global issues like climate change and resource depletion, which require coordinated international action. The lack of global governance and political will to address these issues makes it difficult to implement effective solutions at the scale needed.
In summary, while there is some progress being made towards sustainability, the current political structures and the resistance from powerful economic interests make it difficult to achieve the necessary changes at the scale and pace required to address these issues.
… pick two cards and add your thoughts, prompts, insights, individual and small group genius annotations, book excerpts and prompt responses, between …
Cards for Insight: Q&U
- Gather a small group genius around a generative question
- Pick two cards and add your thoughts between
- Engage in conversation and cultivate shared understanding in light of intelligence augmentation and intelligence turned ability
- Take practical wisdom as a stopping rule and generative closure
- Create Q&U cardcasts, forming interactive supersets to the more commonly known Q&A podcast formats
Q: Questions; U: Understanding, see cards below.
Since 103% of all co-creation of value resides in the links, feedback
loops, the in-between spaces and unique insights and annotations
from participants, let’s unfold a way to address this:
Cards for Insight
1. Addressing how we relate to information and meaning-making.
2. Pick two cards and add your thoughts between.
3. Notice social stigmergy and reflect on attention.
4. Design and homestead social learning systems in light of intelligence, networked intelligence and systems intelligence.
5. Experience and learn to use Cards for Insight — As easy as a card game, as powerful as a social machine.
6. Understand how to add value in light of situational awareness.
7. Interact to the full extent of your ability.
8. Map moves conducive to knowledge mapping and flows.
9. Play with frames, frame and reframe, move beyond rigid narratives.
10. Cultivate shared understanding in light of generative closure.
11. Take thought conducive to convivial conversation.
12. Extend conversations, at card formats, small group genius scope, social social media reach, networked distribution and social machine scale.
13. Coordinate by applying design cybernetics conducive to a requisite variety of paths between attention turned situational awareness and preferable outcomes.
… pick two cards and add your thoughts, prompts, insights, individual and small group genius annotations, book excerpts and prompt responses, between …
Card: Question
A question is mind rediscovering
the generative nature of relating
with reality and transforming it
into possibility.
… pick two cards and add your thoughts between …
Card: Understanding
What if understanding is our
ability to hold space for the
possibility of knowledge, as
it emerges, unfolds, directs
and discloses its relevance
to unexplored aspects of
things known?
… pick two cards and add your thoughts between …
Card: Cards
Cards are play, possibility space,
roped path, understanding and
shared understanding affordances.
… does this mean that it’s all about what the Card does,
rather than what it is? …
… yes …
Your move:
… pick two cards and add your thoughts between …
More lines and cards here:
https://johnkellden.medium.com/cards-for-insight-lines-d23cd4391855
