Howard Silverman
@S4Pattern
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Teaching systems and foresight at Pacific Northwest College of Art (@pnca). Taking one day at a time.
Portland, Oregon
Joined December 2008
Currencies as Cybernetic Objects: A Conversation co-led with @S4Pattern and featuring @NicoleLazzaro @zippy314 and Sid. #openaccess article with @cybsoc
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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 🧵
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@P2P_Foundation 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;
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Fantastic #Anticipation22 demo of Investing in Futures game: negotiating/navigating completely new worlds. https://t.co/U5uhgY6txd
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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
While many people wait months or years for affordable housing, Move-In Multnomah housed people in weeks.
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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. https://t.co/biJXr5HmPN
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💻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 https://t.co/0UA40BdnD4
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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: https://t.co/Txe4qKCOIN
#FutureHistoriesInternational
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"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:
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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: https://t.co/MMrB58rmy1
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Please join in our event tomorrow at @pnca: "Design for Social Impact: A Panel-based Discussion."
eventbrite.com
What does it mean to design for impact? Come learn how local designers in different sectors use design to address meaningful challenges.
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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.
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Passionate about postcapitalist possibilities? We’re hiring an exciting role @OneProject: Postcapitalist Economic Systems Architect 🌍🌏🌎 https://t.co/B2Miq48N9H 👀 Read on and help spread the word! 📣 In this role, you’ll:
job-boards.greenhouse.io
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It's time #RSD11 and RSDX – #systemicdesign annual symposium. RSDX workshops are free – DM for a code. #transdisciplinary #interdisciplinary #radicalmethodologies #sustainability – Register https://t.co/WR7TnIFUNl includes October 12 pre-symposium workshops/£20 in-person w social
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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
https://t.co/S5zoy9WaUb
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@Atotsm2 @innov8tor3 @helioscomm @Dave_Wolf @gregsc1 @lifesmyth @Neighbour_hoods @holochain @H_O_L_O_ @jfnoubel @SEEDSeconomy @grassEcon 🤔 Cows, trees, chickens and our neighbor's happiness work pretty well for savings and there is still an upkeep cost (demurrage).
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Our Chair @SeaMeetsSkye visualized 'How the Ocean Sustains Complex Life' for Scientific American's August issue. Our new cohort of grad students start their first Information Design class today! @pnca @willamette_u
https://t.co/coC16EvtiD via @sciam
scientificamerican.com
Detailed data about a host of physical and chemical forces are shaping a new view of the sea
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@ben_rog perhaps, rather than framing #congestionpricing as a charge to all, set it up and frame as a revenue-neutral system that for almost everyone can be a net gain, via either $ refund or value of time saved; as this interesting study from @StanfordASL researchers explores
Interesting ideas to reduce congestion through road pricing while making literally everyone better off, HT @Sam_Dumitriu
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