#techne — Public Fediverse posts

@d1 @knowprose @autistics
I also agree here:
"Technology amplifies what humans can do, both individually and collectively. It helps us overcome barriers: physical disabilities, distance, ignorance, resource scarcity. But *technology also amplifies our vulnerabilities.* The same smartphone that connects you to loved ones can track your location, manipulate your attention, and expose your private information. The same social media that enables global movements can spread misinformation and enable surveillance. Nuclear power can provide clean energy or devastating weapons."
Techne, Level 2: Technology & Society, Bare Essentials
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-i-tech

#Techne

@d1 @knowprose @autistics
I also agree here:
"Technology amplifies what humans can do, both individually and collectively. It helps us overcome barriers: physical disabilities, distance, ignorance, resource scarcity. But *technology also amplifies our vulnerabilities.* The same smartphone that connects you to loved ones can track your location, manipulate your attention, and expose your private information. The same social media that enables global movements can spread misinformation and enable surveillance. Nuclear power can provide clean energy or devastating weapons."
Techne, Level 2: Technology & Society, Bare Essentials
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-i-tech

#Techne

@d1 @knowprose @autistics
I also agree here:
"Technology amplifies what humans can do, both individually and collectively. It helps us overcome barriers: physical disabilities, distance, ignorance, resource scarcity. But *technology also amplifies our vulnerabilities.* The same smartphone that connects you to loved ones can track your location, manipulate your attention, and expose your private information. The same social media that enables global movements can spread misinformation and enable surveillance. Nuclear power can provide clean energy or devastating weapons."
Techne, Level 2: Technology & Society, Bare Essentials
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-i-tech

#Techne

@d1 @knowprose @autistics
I also agree here:
"Technology amplifies what humans can do, both individually and collectively. It helps us overcome barriers: physical disabilities, distance, ignorance, resource scarcity. But *technology also amplifies our vulnerabilities.* The same smartphone that connects you to loved ones can track your location, manipulate your attention, and expose your private information. The same social media that enables global movements can spread misinformation and enable surveillance. Nuclear power can provide clean energy or devastating weapons."
Techne, Level 2: Technology & Society, Bare Essentials
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-i-tech

#Techne

@d1 @knowprose @autistics
I also agree here:
"Technology amplifies what humans can do, both individually and collectively. It helps us overcome barriers: physical disabilities, distance, ignorance, resource scarcity. But *technology also amplifies our vulnerabilities.* The same smartphone that connects you to loved ones can track your location, manipulate your attention, and expose your private information. The same social media that enables global movements can spread misinformation and enable surveillance. Nuclear power can provide clean energy or devastating weapons."
Techne, Level 2: Technology & Society, Bare Essentials
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-i-tech

#Techne

@d1 @autistics
Yup:
"A meme’s (idea's) fitness — its capacity to spread and persist — is not the same as its truth or its usefulness to the people who hold it. This is the first and most important thing to understand about memetics, and it’s unsettling if you sit with it properly: *ideas can be false, harmful, or both, and still spread extremely effectively.*

"Several properties tend to increase a meme’s fitness:
- Emotional resonance...
- Simplicity and memorability...
- Resonance with existing beliefs...
- Utility to the host...
- Social signaling value..."
(Each item is expanded upon in the lesson.)
Techne, Level 2: Psychology Intermediate, lesson 5 "Memetics and Psychology"
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iie-psy

#Techne

@d1 @autistics
Yup:
"A meme’s (idea's) fitness — its capacity to spread and persist — is not the same as its truth or its usefulness to the people who hold it. This is the first and most important thing to understand about memetics, and it’s unsettling if you sit with it properly: *ideas can be false, harmful, or both, and still spread extremely effectively.*

"Several properties tend to increase a meme’s fitness:
- Emotional resonance...
- Simplicity and memorability...
- Resonance with existing beliefs...
- Utility to the host...
- Social signaling value..."
(Each item is expanded upon in the lesson.)
Techne, Level 2: Psychology Intermediate, lesson 5 "Memetics and Psychology"
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iie-psy

#Techne

@d1 @autistics
Yup:
"A meme’s (idea's) fitness — its capacity to spread and persist — is not the same as its truth or its usefulness to the people who hold it. This is the first and most important thing to understand about memetics, and it’s unsettling if you sit with it properly: *ideas can be false, harmful, or both, and still spread extremely effectively.*

"Several properties tend to increase a meme’s fitness:
- Emotional resonance...
- Simplicity and memorability...
- Resonance with existing beliefs...
- Utility to the host...
- Social signaling value..."
(Each item is expanded upon in the lesson.)
Techne, Level 2: Psychology Intermediate, lesson 5 "Memetics and Psychology"
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iie-psy

#Techne

@d1 @autistics
Yup:
"A meme’s (idea's) fitness — its capacity to spread and persist — is not the same as its truth or its usefulness to the people who hold it. This is the first and most important thing to understand about memetics, and it’s unsettling if you sit with it properly: *ideas can be false, harmful, or both, and still spread extremely effectively.*

"Several properties tend to increase a meme’s fitness:
- Emotional resonance...
- Simplicity and memorability...
- Resonance with existing beliefs...
- Utility to the host...
- Social signaling value..."
(Each item is expanded upon in the lesson.)
Techne, Level 2: Psychology Intermediate, lesson 5 "Memetics and Psychology"
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iie-psy

#Techne

@d1 @autistics
Yup:
"A meme’s (idea's) fitness — its capacity to spread and persist — is not the same as its truth or its usefulness to the people who hold it. This is the first and most important thing to understand about memetics, and it’s unsettling if you sit with it properly: *ideas can be false, harmful, or both, and still spread extremely effectively.*

"Several properties tend to increase a meme’s fitness:
- Emotional resonance...
- Simplicity and memorability...
- Resonance with existing beliefs...
- Utility to the host...
- Social signaling value..."
(Each item is expanded upon in the lesson.)
Techne, Level 2: Psychology Intermediate, lesson 5 "Memetics and Psychology"
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iie-psy

#Techne

@PatternChaser
That's a really big, multi-faceted problem. It'd take more than a few social media posts to go over it all, but I can share the solutions I'm working on. It's mostly a two-prong approach.

First of all, give as many people as we can the tools they need to cut through the misinformation, deception, and manipulation, as well as how to better organize and tackle large, systemic problems. We're going to need as many people as possible working together on this, not fighting each other, so we have to do this right. So I've been assembling a 'tool kit' to do this. I call it Techne, and it covers topics from communication skills, community organizing, critical thinking, social and systemic change strategies, and more. It's free, open, and designed to improve with participation, leveraging network effects kind of like Wikipedia. You can look at it here and get started right away with no fees, or even sign-up: https://techne-system.neocities.org

Given enough time, I believe that these tools alone would eventually lead to the kind of change that would benefit all humanity. But as we can all see, we don't really have much time. Things are getting worse all the time, and have been for quite a while. We need to act now, because the longer we delay, the harder it will be to change things for the better.

So the second prong is a more direct solution, an end-goal if you will, that has already been figured out and that we can work towards. It's what I think is our best chance for a stable, just, and prosperous society for everyone. It's a big pill to swallow, and takes a little time to learn (not minutes, but not years either), but our problems lie deep in the roots and need to be changed there, otherwise the weeds will just keep cropping up. And we don't have time for incremental change either. But this solution will tackle all the big nasties, from billionaires, corporate greed, political corruption, environmental problems, poverty, crime, war, and systemic discrimination. It's as close to an all-in-one package as we can get.

You can read about how it works and why it's needed here: https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin

With enough people behind it, we could have something like this up and running in just a couple of years. It'll be hard, yes, but anything slower or easier is just going to make things harder down the road. If we can pursue both these things as much as we each can, I think we have a shot. The two work together, Techne will give us the tools to better and more quickly put the second into place.

And because you tagged this with several neurodiversity tags, I'll also say that I believe that both of these ideas will be of particular interest to many of us, for many reasons, such as social justice, systems thinking, critical thinking, and science to name a few.

I'm happy to discuss and answer questions.

#Techne #Technocracy

@PatternChaser
That's a really big, multi-faceted problem. It'd take more than a few social media posts to go over it all, but I can share the solutions I'm working on. It's mostly a two-prong approach.

First of all, give as many people as we can the tools they need to cut through the misinformation, deception, and manipulation, as well as how to better organize and tackle large, systemic problems. We're going to need as many people as possible working together on this, not fighting each other, so we have to do this right. So I've been assembling a 'tool kit' to do this. I call it Techne, and it covers topics from communication skills, community organizing, critical thinking, social and systemic change strategies, and more. It's free, open, and designed to improve with participation, leveraging network effects kind of like Wikipedia. You can look at it here and get started right away with no fees, or even sign-up: https://techne-system.neocities.org

Given enough time, I believe that these tools alone would eventually lead to the kind of change that would benefit all humanity. But as we can all see, we don't really have much time. Things are getting worse all the time, and have been for quite a while. We need to act now, because the longer we delay, the harder it will be to change things for the better.

So the second prong is a more direct solution, an end-goal if you will, that has already been figured out and that we can work towards. It's what I think is our best chance for a stable, just, and prosperous society for everyone. It's a big pill to swallow, and takes a little time to learn (not minutes, but not years either), but our problems lie deep in the roots and need to be changed there, otherwise the weeds will just keep cropping up. And we don't have time for incremental change either. But this solution will tackle all the big nasties, from billionaires, corporate greed, political corruption, environmental problems, poverty, crime, war, and systemic discrimination. It's as close to an all-in-one package as we can get.

You can read about how it works and why it's needed here: https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin

With enough people behind it, we could have something like this up and running in just a couple of years. It'll be hard, yes, but anything slower or easier is just going to make things harder down the road. If we can pursue both these things as much as we each can, I think we have a shot. The two work together, Techne will give us the tools to better and more quickly put the second into place.

And because you tagged this with several neurodiversity tags, I'll also say that I believe that both of these ideas will be of particular interest to many of us, for many reasons, such as social justice, systems thinking, critical thinking, and science to name a few.

I'm happy to discuss and answer questions.

#Techne #Technocracy

@PatternChaser
That's a really big, multi-faceted problem. It'd take more than a few social media posts to go over it all, but I can share the solutions I'm working on. It's mostly a two-prong approach.

First of all, give as many people as we can the tools they need to cut through the misinformation, deception, and manipulation, as well as how to better organize and tackle large, systemic problems. We're going to need as many people as possible working together on this, not fighting each other, so we have to do this right. So I've been assembling a 'tool kit' to do this. I call it Techne, and it covers topics from communication skills, community organizing, critical thinking, social and systemic change strategies, and more. It's free, open, and designed to improve with participation, leveraging network effects kind of like Wikipedia. You can look at it here and get started right away with no fees, or even sign-up: https://techne-system.neocities.org

Given enough time, I believe that these tools alone would eventually lead to the kind of change that would benefit all humanity. But as we can all see, we don't really have much time. Things are getting worse all the time, and have been for quite a while. We need to act now, because the longer we delay, the harder it will be to change things for the better.

So the second prong is a more direct solution, an end-goal if you will, that has already been figured out and that we can work towards. It's what I think is our best chance for a stable, just, and prosperous society for everyone. It's a big pill to swallow, and takes a little time to learn (not minutes, but not years either), but our problems lie deep in the roots and need to be changed there, otherwise the weeds will just keep cropping up. And we don't have time for incremental change either. But this solution will tackle all the big nasties, from billionaires, corporate greed, political corruption, environmental problems, poverty, crime, war, and systemic discrimination. It's as close to an all-in-one package as we can get.

You can read about how it works and why it's needed here: https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin

With enough people behind it, we could have something like this up and running in just a couple of years. It'll be hard, yes, but anything slower or easier is just going to make things harder down the road. If we can pursue both these things as much as we each can, I think we have a shot. The two work together, Techne will give us the tools to better and more quickly put the second into place.

And because you tagged this with several neurodiversity tags, I'll also say that I believe that both of these ideas will be of particular interest to many of us, for many reasons, such as social justice, systems thinking, critical thinking, and science to name a few.

I'm happy to discuss and answer questions.

#Techne #Technocracy

@PatternChaser
That's a really big, multi-faceted problem. It'd take more than a few social media posts to go over it all, but I can share the solutions I'm working on. It's mostly a two-prong approach.

First of all, give as many people as we can the tools they need to cut through the misinformation, deception, and manipulation, as well as how to better organize and tackle large, systemic problems. We're going to need as many people as possible working together on this, not fighting each other, so we have to do this right. So I've been assembling a 'tool kit' to do this. I call it Techne, and it covers topics from communication skills, community organizing, critical thinking, social and systemic change strategies, and more. It's free, open, and designed to improve with participation, leveraging network effects kind of like Wikipedia. You can look at it here and get started right away with no fees, or even sign-up: https://techne-system.neocities.org

Given enough time, I believe that these tools alone would eventually lead to the kind of change that would benefit all humanity. But as we can all see, we don't really have much time. Things are getting worse all the time, and have been for quite a while. We need to act now, because the longer we delay, the harder it will be to change things for the better.

So the second prong is a more direct solution, an end-goal if you will, that has already been figured out and that we can work towards. It's what I think is our best chance for a stable, just, and prosperous society for everyone. It's a big pill to swallow, and takes a little time to learn (not minutes, but not years either), but our problems lie deep in the roots and need to be changed there, otherwise the weeds will just keep cropping up. And we don't have time for incremental change either. But this solution will tackle all the big nasties, from billionaires, corporate greed, political corruption, environmental problems, poverty, crime, war, and systemic discrimination. It's as close to an all-in-one package as we can get.

You can read about how it works and why it's needed here: https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin

With enough people behind it, we could have something like this up and running in just a couple of years. It'll be hard, yes, but anything slower or easier is just going to make things harder down the road. If we can pursue both these things as much as we each can, I think we have a shot. The two work together, Techne will give us the tools to better and more quickly put the second into place.

And because you tagged this with several neurodiversity tags, I'll also say that I believe that both of these ideas will be of particular interest to many of us, for many reasons, such as social justice, systems thinking, critical thinking, and science to name a few.

I'm happy to discuss and answer questions.

#Techne #Technocracy

@PatternChaser
That's a really big, multi-faceted problem. It'd take more than a few social media posts to go over it all, but I can share the solutions I'm working on. It's mostly a two-prong approach.

First of all, give as many people as we can the tools they need to cut through the misinformation, deception, and manipulation, as well as how to better organize and tackle large, systemic problems. We're going to need as many people as possible working together on this, not fighting each other, so we have to do this right. So I've been assembling a 'tool kit' to do this. I call it Techne, and it covers topics from communication skills, community organizing, critical thinking, social and systemic change strategies, and more. It's free, open, and designed to improve with participation, leveraging network effects kind of like Wikipedia. You can look at it here and get started right away with no fees, or even sign-up: https://techne-system.neocities.org

Given enough time, I believe that these tools alone would eventually lead to the kind of change that would benefit all humanity. But as we can all see, we don't really have much time. Things are getting worse all the time, and have been for quite a while. We need to act now, because the longer we delay, the harder it will be to change things for the better.

So the second prong is a more direct solution, an end-goal if you will, that has already been figured out and that we can work towards. It's what I think is our best chance for a stable, just, and prosperous society for everyone. It's a big pill to swallow, and takes a little time to learn (not minutes, but not years either), but our problems lie deep in the roots and need to be changed there, otherwise the weeds will just keep cropping up. And we don't have time for incremental change either. But this solution will tackle all the big nasties, from billionaires, corporate greed, political corruption, environmental problems, poverty, crime, war, and systemic discrimination. It's as close to an all-in-one package as we can get.

You can read about how it works and why it's needed here: https://www.technate.org/tiki-index.php?page=Begin

With enough people behind it, we could have something like this up and running in just a couple of years. It'll be hard, yes, but anything slower or easier is just going to make things harder down the road. If we can pursue both these things as much as we each can, I think we have a shot. The two work together, Techne will give us the tools to better and more quickly put the second into place.

And because you tagged this with several neurodiversity tags, I'll also say that I believe that both of these ideas will be of particular interest to many of us, for many reasons, such as social justice, systems thinking, critical thinking, and science to name a few.

I'm happy to discuss and answer questions.

#Techne #Technocracy

@lispi314 @davidrevoy
I agree that it is an education problem. I can't say how much it will actually help, only time will tell, but here's my effort to make people more knowledgeable about AI: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

The real trick is getting people who think they already know all they need to about the subject to study it anyway, to fill in gaps and clear up misconceptions. Anyone who went through some of the previous topics in the program, such as Critical Thinking and Education, are far more likely to do that.
#Techne #AI

@lispi314 @davidrevoy
I agree that it is an education problem. I can't say how much it will actually help, only time will tell, but here's my effort to make people more knowledgeable about AI: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

The real trick is getting people who think they already know all they need to about the subject to study it anyway, to fill in gaps and clear up misconceptions. Anyone who went through some of the previous topics in the program, such as Critical Thinking and Education, are far more likely to do that.
#Techne #AI

@lispi314 @davidrevoy
I agree that it is an education problem. I can't say how much it will actually help, only time will tell, but here's my effort to make people more knowledgeable about AI: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

The real trick is getting people who think they already know all they need to about the subject to study it anyway, to fill in gaps and clear up misconceptions. Anyone who went through some of the previous topics in the program, such as Critical Thinking and Education, are far more likely to do that.
#Techne #AI

@lispi314 @davidrevoy
I agree that it is an education problem. I can't say how much it will actually help, only time will tell, but here's my effort to make people more knowledgeable about AI: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

The real trick is getting people who think they already know all they need to about the subject to study it anyway, to fill in gaps and clear up misconceptions. Anyone who went through some of the previous topics in the program, such as Critical Thinking and Education, are far more likely to do that.
#Techne #AI

@lispi314 @davidrevoy
I agree that it is an education problem. I can't say how much it will actually help, only time will tell, but here's my effort to make people more knowledgeable about AI: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

The real trick is getting people who think they already know all they need to about the subject to study it anyway, to fill in gaps and clear up misconceptions. Anyone who went through some of the previous topics in the program, such as Critical Thinking and Education, are far more likely to do that.
#Techne #AI

@AeonCypher
That's a refreshingly nuanced take on the whole issue. I mean I get it, why so many people are so mad about AI/LLMs, they are doing a great deal of harm. And if you're working with limited information, it's a better side to be on than the purely pro-AI side.

But it is a matter of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The whole situation, while not incomprehensible, is a bit more complicated than just "AI bad/good". The problem isn't the people using it, it's the companies and governments that are proliferating it at a pace unprecedented in history. That's where the problem lies, and that's where change needs to happen.

And since they aren't going to change by themselves, it's up to the people to make them. But in order to do that, they need to direct their efforts to where the problem lies instead of against the users. I mean, that's one of the most common ways elites get away with these kinds of abuses, make the people fight each other rather than them. It's simple distraction.

So that's why what's needed here is education. People need to be informed about this technology, its capabilities, limitations, and the ethics in their use and proliferation. That's why I skipped ahead in the production schedule of my education project Techne to make this easy to learn lesson on the whole issue:
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

This way people have a better starting point from which to decide what they want to do than just "pro/anti", which only serves the elites. I believe you said something to this effect yourself.

But I also suppose that one of the reasons many people prefer attacking users than institutions is because they don't know how to so the latter. That is why Techne also includes lessons in Social Change Strategies and Systemic/Institutional Change. While these efforts aren't necessarily easy themselves, the lessons are relatively easy to learn and accessible. Because the only way this harm is going to stop is when we stop fighting each other and start fighting the ones truly responsible, together. Only through our collective action can be bring about real change. It's been done before, there are proven methods. We can learn how and become part of the solution.

Edit: Given your background I would be interested in your thoughts on the lesson should you have the time and interest. I also welcome feedback from anyone trying to learn from it.

#Techne #OSES

@AeonCypher
That's a refreshingly nuanced take on the whole issue. I mean I get it, why so many people are so mad about AI/LLMs, they are doing a great deal of harm. And if you're working with limited information, it's a better side to be on than the purely pro-AI side.

But it is a matter of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The whole situation, while not incomprehensible, is a bit more complicated than just "AI bad/good". The problem isn't the people using it, it's the companies and governments that are proliferating it at a pace unprecedented in history. That's where the problem lies, and that's where change needs to happen.

And since they aren't going to change by themselves, it's up to the people to make them. But in order to do that, they need to direct their efforts to where the problem lies instead of against the users. I mean, that's one of the most common ways elites get away with these kinds of abuses, make the people fight each other rather than them. It's simple distraction.

So that's why what's needed here is education. People need to be informed about this technology, its capabilities, limitations, and the ethics in their use and proliferation. That's why I skipped ahead in the production schedule of my education project Techne to make this easy to learn lesson on the whole issue:
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

This way people have a better starting point from which to decide what they want to do than just "pro/anti", which only serves the elites. I believe you said something to this effect yourself.

But I also suppose that one of the reasons many people prefer attacking users than institutions is because they don't know how to so the latter. That is why Techne also includes lessons in Social Change Strategies and Systemic/Institutional Change. While these efforts aren't necessarily easy themselves, the lessons are relatively easy to learn and accessible. Because the only way this harm is going to stop is when we stop fighting each other and start fighting the ones truly responsible, together. Only through our collective action can be bring about real change. It's been done before, there are proven methods. We can learn how and become part of the solution.

Edit: Given your background I would be interested in your thoughts on the lesson should you have the time and interest. I also welcome feedback from anyone trying to learn from it.

#Techne #OSES

@AeonCypher
That's a refreshingly nuanced take on the whole issue. I mean I get it, why so many people are so mad about AI/LLMs, they are doing a great deal of harm. And if you're working with limited information, it's a better side to be on than the purely pro-AI side.

But it is a matter of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The whole situation, while not incomprehensible, is a bit more complicated than just "AI bad/good". The problem isn't the people using it, it's the companies and governments that are proliferating it at a pace unprecedented in history. That's where the problem lies, and that's where change needs to happen.

And since they aren't going to change by themselves, it's up to the people to make them. But in order to do that, they need to direct their efforts to where the problem lies instead of against the users. I mean, that's one of the most common ways elites get away with these kinds of abuses, make the people fight each other rather than them. It's simple distraction.

So that's why what's needed here is education. People need to be informed about this technology, its capabilities, limitations, and the ethics in their use and proliferation. That's why I skipped ahead in the production schedule of my education project Techne to make this easy to learn lesson on the whole issue:
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

This way people have a better starting point from which to decide what they want to do than just "pro/anti", which only serves the elites. I believe you said something to this effect yourself.

But I also suppose that one of the reasons many people prefer attacking users than institutions is because they don't know how to so the latter. That is why Techne also includes lessons in Social Change Strategies and Systemic/Institutional Change. While these efforts aren't necessarily easy themselves, the lessons are relatively easy to learn and accessible. Because the only way this harm is going to stop is when we stop fighting each other and start fighting the ones truly responsible, together. Only through our collective action can be bring about real change. It's been done before, there are proven methods. We can learn how and become part of the solution.

Edit: Given your background I would be interested in your thoughts on the lesson should you have the time and interest. I also welcome feedback from anyone trying to learn from it.

#Techne #OSES

@AeonCypher
That's a refreshingly nuanced take on the whole issue. I mean I get it, why so many people are so mad about AI/LLMs, they are doing a great deal of harm. And if you're working with limited information, it's a better side to be on than the purely pro-AI side.

But it is a matter of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The whole situation, while not incomprehensible, is a bit more complicated than just "AI bad/good". The problem isn't the people using it, it's the companies and governments that are proliferating it at a pace unprecedented in history. That's where the problem lies, and that's where change needs to happen.

And since they aren't going to change by themselves, it's up to the people to make them. But in order to do that, they need to direct their efforts to where the problem lies instead of against the users. I mean, that's one of the most common ways elites get away with these kinds of abuses, make the people fight each other rather than them. It's simple distraction.

So that's why what's needed here is education. People need to be informed about this technology, its capabilities, limitations, and the ethics in their use and proliferation. That's why I skipped ahead in the production schedule of my education project Techne to make this easy to learn lesson on the whole issue:
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

This way people have a better starting point from which to decide what they want to do than just "pro/anti", which only serves the elites. I believe you said something to this effect yourself.

But I also suppose that one of the reasons many people prefer attacking users than institutions is because they don't know how to so the latter. That is why Techne also includes lessons in Social Change Strategies and Systemic/Institutional Change. While these efforts aren't necessarily easy themselves, the lessons are relatively easy to learn and accessible. Because the only way this harm is going to stop is when we stop fighting each other and start fighting the ones truly responsible, together. Only through our collective action can be bring about real change. It's been done before, there are proven methods. We can learn how and become part of the solution.

Edit: Given your background I would be interested in your thoughts on the lesson should you have the time and interest. I also welcome feedback from anyone trying to learn from it.

#Techne #OSES

@AeonCypher
That's a refreshingly nuanced take on the whole issue. I mean I get it, why so many people are so mad about AI/LLMs, they are doing a great deal of harm. And if you're working with limited information, it's a better side to be on than the purely pro-AI side.

But it is a matter of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. The whole situation, while not incomprehensible, is a bit more complicated than just "AI bad/good". The problem isn't the people using it, it's the companies and governments that are proliferating it at a pace unprecedented in history. That's where the problem lies, and that's where change needs to happen.

And since they aren't going to change by themselves, it's up to the people to make them. But in order to do that, they need to direct their efforts to where the problem lies instead of against the users. I mean, that's one of the most common ways elites get away with these kinds of abuses, make the people fight each other rather than them. It's simple distraction.

So that's why what's needed here is education. People need to be informed about this technology, its capabilities, limitations, and the ethics in their use and proliferation. That's why I skipped ahead in the production schedule of my education project Techne to make this easy to learn lesson on the whole issue:
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iib-tech

This way people have a better starting point from which to decide what they want to do than just "pro/anti", which only serves the elites. I believe you said something to this effect yourself.

But I also suppose that one of the reasons many people prefer attacking users than institutions is because they don't know how to so the latter. That is why Techne also includes lessons in Social Change Strategies and Systemic/Institutional Change. While these efforts aren't necessarily easy themselves, the lessons are relatively easy to learn and accessible. Because the only way this harm is going to stop is when we stop fighting each other and start fighting the ones truly responsible, together. Only through our collective action can be bring about real change. It's been done before, there are proven methods. We can learn how and become part of the solution.

Edit: Given your background I would be interested in your thoughts on the lesson should you have the time and interest. I also welcome feedback from anyone trying to learn from it.

#Techne #OSES

New Techne System update: Psychology Intermediate is now live! There's lots of good stuff in here. In this lesson, we cover:
- personality frameworks and how to use them effectively,
- a section on neurodiversity that is important for understanding differences in thinking, sensing, and communicating
- a deeper look at the challenges and limitations of the field of psychology, and how to navigate them
- a section on trauma, what it is, how it affects us, and pathways to healing it
- a look at the idea of memetics and how it can be a useful way to think of how ideas spread from person to person, and even defend themselves.

The new lessons start here if you want to dive right in: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iia-psy

As always, I'm interested in your feedback. Techne improves by contributions of people just like you.

#Techne #education #psychology #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopment #OER #neurodiversity

New Techne System update: Psychology Intermediate is now live! There's lots of good stuff in here. In this lesson, we cover:
- personality frameworks and how to use them effectively,
- a section on neurodiversity that is important for understanding differences in thinking, sensing, and communicating
- a deeper look at the challenges and limitations of the field of psychology, and how to navigate them
- a section on trauma, what it is, how it affects us, and pathways to healing it
- a look at the idea of memetics and how it can be a useful way to think of how ideas spread from person to person, and even defend themselves.

The new lessons start here if you want to dive right in: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iia-psy

As always, I'm interested in your feedback. Techne improves by contributions of people just like you.

#Techne #education #psychology #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopment #OER #neurodiversity

New Techne System update: Psychology Intermediate is now live! There's lots of good stuff in here. In this lesson, we cover:
- personality frameworks and how to use them effectively,
- a section on neurodiversity that is important for understanding differences in thinking, sensing, and communicating
- a deeper look at the challenges and limitations of the field of psychology, and how to navigate them
- a section on trauma, what it is, how it affects us, and pathways to healing it
- a look at the idea of memetics and how it can be a useful way to think of how ideas spread from person to person, and even defend themselves.

The new lessons start here if you want to dive right in: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iia-psy

As always, I'm interested in your feedback. Techne improves by contributions of people just like you.

#Techne #education #psychology #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopment #OER #neurodiversity

New Techne System update: Psychology Intermediate is now live! There's lots of good stuff in here. In this lesson, we cover:
- personality frameworks and how to use them effectively,
- a section on neurodiversity that is important for understanding differences in thinking, sensing, and communicating
- a deeper look at the challenges and limitations of the field of psychology, and how to navigate them
- a section on trauma, what it is, how it affects us, and pathways to healing it
- a look at the idea of memetics and how it can be a useful way to think of how ideas spread from person to person, and even defend themselves.

The new lessons start here if you want to dive right in: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iia-psy

As always, I'm interested in your feedback. Techne improves by contributions of people just like you.

#Techne #education #psychology #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopment #OER #neurodiversity

New Techne System update: Psychology Intermediate is now live! There's lots of good stuff in here. In this lesson, we cover:
- personality frameworks and how to use them effectively,
- a section on neurodiversity that is important for understanding differences in thinking, sensing, and communicating
- a deeper look at the challenges and limitations of the field of psychology, and how to navigate them
- a section on trauma, what it is, how it affects us, and pathways to healing it
- a look at the idea of memetics and how it can be a useful way to think of how ideas spread from person to person, and even defend themselves.

The new lessons start here if you want to dive right in: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-2/l2t2-iia-psy

As always, I'm interested in your feedback. Techne improves by contributions of people just like you.

#Techne #education #psychology #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopment #OER #neurodiversity

@seedsignal
I think that it's just like working with other people in this regard. When someone you work with consistently produces reliable work, then yes, you can trust them more and not have to check their work as much *in general*. But for anything where mistakes are costly, you check anyway, because people make mistakes. Take engineering for example, you always check each other's work. To do anything else is to invite problems, possibly disaster depending on the project. Science includes procedures for reproducability and peer review, because you need to check each other's work. Even the old carpentry adage of "measure twice, cut once" is a simplified version of this general principle.

This is how objectivity works, and you need to scale how careful you are with how important or dangerous your project or task is. It's basic risk management.

That said, I know that most people are not trained to do this (which I'm trying to rectify with #Techne ), and the availability and convenience of LLMs is causing a real tension with that. This is deeply aggravated by how hard companies and governments are pushing the technology. So given that, what you are describing is definitely happening. My point is just that it's not an inevitable consequence, just something that is all too prevalent given current circumstances.

@seedsignal
I think that it's just like working with other people in this regard. When someone you work with consistently produces reliable work, then yes, you can trust them more and not have to check their work as much *in general*. But for anything where mistakes are costly, you check anyway, because people make mistakes. Take engineering for example, you always check each other's work. To do anything else is to invite problems, possibly disaster depending on the project. Science includes procedures for reproducability and peer review, because you need to check each other's work. Even the old carpentry adage of "measure twice, cut once" is a simplified version of this general principle.

This is how objectivity works, and you need to scale how careful you are with how important or dangerous your project or task is. It's basic risk management.

That said, I know that most people are not trained to do this (which I'm trying to rectify with #Techne ), and the availability and convenience of LLMs is causing a real tension with that. This is deeply aggravated by how hard companies and governments are pushing the technology. So given that, what you are describing is definitely happening. My point is just that it's not an inevitable consequence, just something that is all too prevalent given current circumstances.

@seedsignal
I think that it's just like working with other people in this regard. When someone you work with consistently produces reliable work, then yes, you can trust them more and not have to check their work as much *in general*. But for anything where mistakes are costly, you check anyway, because people make mistakes. Take engineering for example, you always check each other's work. To do anything else is to invite problems, possibly disaster depending on the project. Science includes procedures for reproducability and peer review, because you need to check each other's work. Even the old carpentry adage of "measure twice, cut once" is a simplified version of this general principle.

This is how objectivity works, and you need to scale how careful you are with how important or dangerous your project or task is. It's basic risk management.

That said, I know that most people are not trained to do this (which I'm trying to rectify with #Techne ), and the availability and convenience of LLMs is causing a real tension with that. This is deeply aggravated by how hard companies and governments are pushing the technology. So given that, what you are describing is definitely happening. My point is just that it's not an inevitable consequence, just something that is all too prevalent given current circumstances.

@seedsignal
I think that it's just like working with other people in this regard. When someone you work with consistently produces reliable work, then yes, you can trust them more and not have to check their work as much *in general*. But for anything where mistakes are costly, you check anyway, because people make mistakes. Take engineering for example, you always check each other's work. To do anything else is to invite problems, possibly disaster depending on the project. Science includes procedures for reproducability and peer review, because you need to check each other's work. Even the old carpentry adage of "measure twice, cut once" is a simplified version of this general principle.

This is how objectivity works, and you need to scale how careful you are with how important or dangerous your project or task is. It's basic risk management.

That said, I know that most people are not trained to do this (which I'm trying to rectify with #Techne ), and the availability and convenience of LLMs is causing a real tension with that. This is deeply aggravated by how hard companies and governments are pushing the technology. So given that, what you are describing is definitely happening. My point is just that it's not an inevitable consequence, just something that is all too prevalent given current circumstances.

@seedsignal
I think that it's just like working with other people in this regard. When someone you work with consistently produces reliable work, then yes, you can trust them more and not have to check their work as much *in general*. But for anything where mistakes are costly, you check anyway, because people make mistakes. Take engineering for example, you always check each other's work. To do anything else is to invite problems, possibly disaster depending on the project. Science includes procedures for reproducability and peer review, because you need to check each other's work. Even the old carpentry adage of "measure twice, cut once" is a simplified version of this general principle.

This is how objectivity works, and you need to scale how careful you are with how important or dangerous your project or task is. It's basic risk management.

That said, I know that most people are not trained to do this (which I'm trying to rectify with #Techne ), and the availability and convenience of LLMs is causing a real tension with that. This is deeply aggravated by how hard companies and governments are pushing the technology. So given that, what you are describing is definitely happening. My point is just that it's not an inevitable consequence, just something that is all too prevalent given current circumstances.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron/116923497647384550

A good article on FOSS/open source and its relevance and impact on society. It mirrors a lot of what is said in the Open Source lesson in Techne: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iid-tech
#Techne #OpenSource #FOSS

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron/116923497647384550

A good article on FOSS/open source and its relevance and impact on society. It mirrors a lot of what is said in the Open Source lesson in Techne: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iid-tech
#Techne #OpenSource #FOSS

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron/116923497647384550

A good article on FOSS/open source and its relevance and impact on society. It mirrors a lot of what is said in the Open Source lesson in Techne: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iid-tech
#Techne #OpenSource #FOSS

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron/116923497647384550

A good article on FOSS/open source and its relevance and impact on society. It mirrors a lot of what is said in the Open Source lesson in Techne: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iid-tech
#Techne #OpenSource #FOSS

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron/116923497647384550

A good article on FOSS/open source and its relevance and impact on society. It mirrors a lot of what is said in the Open Source lesson in Techne: https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-2/topic-8/l2t8-iid-tech
#Techne #OpenSource #FOSS

Two significant revisions in SEP:

The Definition of Death, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death-definition/
Philosophy of Technology, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/

#sep #death #consciousness #afterlife #mind #brain #identity #person #life #technology #ai #computing #techne #moral #responsibilty #reason #filosofia #philosophy #medicine #risk #ethics

Two significant revisions in SEP:

The Definition of Death, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death-definition/
Philosophy of Technology, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/

#sep #death #consciousness #afterlife #mind #brain #identity #person #life #technology #ai #computing #techne #moral #responsibilty #reason #filosofia #philosophy #medicine #risk #ethics

Two significant revisions in SEP:

The Definition of Death, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death-definition/
Philosophy of Technology, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/

#sep #death #consciousness #afterlife #mind #brain #identity #person #life #technology #ai #computing #techne #moral #responsibilty #reason #filosofia #philosophy #medicine #risk #ethics

Two significant revisions in SEP:

The Definition of Death, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death-definition/
Philosophy of Technology, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/

#sep #death #consciousness #afterlife #mind #brain #identity #person #life #technology #ai #computing #techne #moral #responsibilty #reason #filosofia #philosophy #medicine #risk #ethics

Two significant revisions in SEP:

The Definition of Death, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/death-definition/
Philosophy of Technology, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/technology/

#sep #death #consciousness #afterlife #mind #brain #identity #person #life #technology #ai #computing #techne #moral #responsibilty #reason #filosofia #philosophy #medicine #risk #ethics

It's been a while since the last update, but big things are here with more coming soon. Level 2 topic Critical Thinking, Intermediate level is now live, and there's a lot of good stuff in there to really sharpen your thinking skills. Covered are:

- Evidence, Probability and Trust: for knowing when to trust and when to require or seek more evidence,
- The Romantic Trap: learn how subjective ideas have infiltrated our objective thinking at the cultural level,
- Media Literacy: to be better able to sort out truth from fiction in the news and online
- Intellectual Virtues: take all these critical thinking tools and turn them into skills and habits
- Scam and Manipulation Defence: because who wants to be scammed?
- And even more logical fallacies and cognitive biases: catch yourself and others from these all too common mistakes.

The next Intermediate topic, Psychology, is already drafted and in editing, so it should be up in not too long. There's a lot of great connections between Psychology and Critical Thinking, as well as the following topic, Emotion Management (topic 3), so you'll see how they all reinforce each other.

Check out the new lessons now! Remember that they are all free with no sign-ups, subscriptions, or even any tracking.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/

#Techne #education #SelfImprovement #CriticalThinking #OER #PersonalDevelopment #OSES

It's been a while since the last update, but big things are here with more coming soon. Level 2 topic Critical Thinking, Intermediate level is now live, and there's a lot of good stuff in there to really sharpen your thinking skills. Covered are:

- Evidence, Probability and Trust: for knowing when to trust and when to require or seek more evidence,
- The Romantic Trap: learn how subjective ideas have infiltrated our objective thinking at the cultural level,
- Media Literacy: to be better able to sort out truth from fiction in the news and online
- Intellectual Virtues: take all these critical thinking tools and turn them into skills and habits
- Scam and Manipulation Defence: because who wants to be scammed?
- And even more logical fallacies and cognitive biases: catch yourself and others from these all too common mistakes.

The next Intermediate topic, Psychology, is already drafted and in editing, so it should be up in not too long. There's a lot of great connections between Psychology and Critical Thinking, as well as the following topic, Emotion Management (topic 3), so you'll see how they all reinforce each other.

Check out the new lessons now! Remember that they are all free with no sign-ups, subscriptions, or even any tracking.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/

#Techne #education #SelfImprovement #CriticalThinking #OER #PersonalDevelopment #OSES

It's been a while since the last update, but big things are here with more coming soon. Level 2 topic Critical Thinking, Intermediate level is now live, and there's a lot of good stuff in there to really sharpen your thinking skills. Covered are:

- Evidence, Probability and Trust: for knowing when to trust and when to require or seek more evidence,
- The Romantic Trap: learn how subjective ideas have infiltrated our objective thinking at the cultural level,
- Media Literacy: to be better able to sort out truth from fiction in the news and online
- Intellectual Virtues: take all these critical thinking tools and turn them into skills and habits
- Scam and Manipulation Defence: because who wants to be scammed?
- And even more logical fallacies and cognitive biases: catch yourself and others from these all too common mistakes.

The next Intermediate topic, Psychology, is already drafted and in editing, so it should be up in not too long. There's a lot of great connections between Psychology and Critical Thinking, as well as the following topic, Emotion Management (topic 3), so you'll see how they all reinforce each other.

Check out the new lessons now! Remember that they are all free with no sign-ups, subscriptions, or even any tracking.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/

#Techne #education #SelfImprovement #CriticalThinking #OER #PersonalDevelopment #OSES

It's been a while since the last update, but big things are here with more coming soon. Level 2 topic Critical Thinking, Intermediate level is now live, and there's a lot of good stuff in there to really sharpen your thinking skills. Covered are:

- Evidence, Probability and Trust: for knowing when to trust and when to require or seek more evidence,
- The Romantic Trap: learn how subjective ideas have infiltrated our objective thinking at the cultural level,
- Media Literacy: to be better able to sort out truth from fiction in the news and online
- Intellectual Virtues: take all these critical thinking tools and turn them into skills and habits
- Scam and Manipulation Defence: because who wants to be scammed?
- And even more logical fallacies and cognitive biases: catch yourself and others from these all too common mistakes.

The next Intermediate topic, Psychology, is already drafted and in editing, so it should be up in not too long. There's a lot of great connections between Psychology and Critical Thinking, as well as the following topic, Emotion Management (topic 3), so you'll see how they all reinforce each other.

Check out the new lessons now! Remember that they are all free with no sign-ups, subscriptions, or even any tracking.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/

#Techne #education #SelfImprovement #CriticalThinking #OER #PersonalDevelopment #OSES

It's been a while since the last update, but big things are here with more coming soon. Level 2 topic Critical Thinking, Intermediate level is now live, and there's a lot of good stuff in there to really sharpen your thinking skills. Covered are:

- Evidence, Probability and Trust: for knowing when to trust and when to require or seek more evidence,
- The Romantic Trap: learn how subjective ideas have infiltrated our objective thinking at the cultural level,
- Media Literacy: to be better able to sort out truth from fiction in the news and online
- Intellectual Virtues: take all these critical thinking tools and turn them into skills and habits
- Scam and Manipulation Defence: because who wants to be scammed?
- And even more logical fallacies and cognitive biases: catch yourself and others from these all too common mistakes.

The next Intermediate topic, Psychology, is already drafted and in editing, so it should be up in not too long. There's a lot of great connections between Psychology and Critical Thinking, as well as the following topic, Emotion Management (topic 3), so you'll see how they all reinforce each other.

Check out the new lessons now! Remember that they are all free with no sign-ups, subscriptions, or even any tracking.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/

#Techne #education #SelfImprovement #CriticalThinking #OER #PersonalDevelopment #OSES

@AncTreat5358 @autistics
Perfectly understandable. There is a lot of terrible things happening in the world, and having any form of justice sensitivity can make any exposure to it downright maddening. I know.

If you're interested in how I reconcile preferring to be kind and positive with this, the upshot is that for me it comes from understanding the complexities of the situation. Not the details necessarily, I easily get overwhelmed from those. But instead the patterns and underlying systems that have led to our current situation, continue to fuel it, but yet understanding them suggests pathways to help deal with them. I've found that with this information, I am far more charitable regarding people's involvement in these patterns, as well as hopeful about the ways out of them.

If you (by which I mean anyone reading this) is interested in learning these things, you can take a look at them at the following web address. There's a lot there, so if you don't have the time and energy for it all, that is why I have the 'quick' version which is called the Bare Essentials level, bite-sized lessons in the various topics. If even that might be too much, or you prefer or need to begin with information more relevant to this discussion, I'd suggest starting at the Level 2 topic of Community & Cooperation, and then moving on to the Level 3 topics, to really see what I mean above, but really you can look at whatever you want in whatever order. But also keep in mind that all the topics are designed to support and reinforce each other, so the more you learn, the better you will understand and appreciate the other topics as well.

And I'm always available for questions, comments, or even suggestions. :BlobCatSmiley:

https://techne-system.neocities.org
#Techne #JusticeSensitivity #SocialJustice #SocialChange

@AncTreat5358 @autistics
Perfectly understandable. There is a lot of terrible things happening in the world, and having any form of justice sensitivity can make any exposure to it downright maddening. I know.

If you're interested in how I reconcile preferring to be kind and positive with this, the upshot is that for me it comes from understanding the complexities of the situation. Not the details necessarily, I easily get overwhelmed from those. But instead the patterns and underlying systems that have led to our current situation, continue to fuel it, but yet understanding them suggests pathways to help deal with them. I've found that with this information, I am far more charitable regarding people's involvement in these patterns, as well as hopeful about the ways out of them.

If you (by which I mean anyone reading this) is interested in learning these things, you can take a look at them at the following web address. There's a lot there, so if you don't have the time and energy for it all, that is why I have the 'quick' version which is called the Bare Essentials level, bite-sized lessons in the various topics. If even that might be too much, or you prefer or need to begin with information more relevant to this discussion, I'd suggest starting at the Level 2 topic of Community & Cooperation, and then moving on to the Level 3 topics, to really see what I mean above, but really you can look at whatever you want in whatever order. But also keep in mind that all the topics are designed to support and reinforce each other, so the more you learn, the better you will understand and appreciate the other topics as well.

And I'm always available for questions, comments, or even suggestions. :BlobCatSmiley:

https://techne-system.neocities.org
#Techne #JusticeSensitivity #SocialJustice #SocialChange

@AncTreat5358 @autistics
Perfectly understandable. There is a lot of terrible things happening in the world, and having any form of justice sensitivity can make any exposure to it downright maddening. I know.

If you're interested in how I reconcile preferring to be kind and positive with this, the upshot is that for me it comes from understanding the complexities of the situation. Not the details necessarily, I easily get overwhelmed from those. But instead the patterns and underlying systems that have led to our current situation, continue to fuel it, but yet understanding them suggests pathways to help deal with them. I've found that with this information, I am far more charitable regarding people's involvement in these patterns, as well as hopeful about the ways out of them.

If you (by which I mean anyone reading this) is interested in learning these things, you can take a look at them at the following web address. There's a lot there, so if you don't have the time and energy for it all, that is why I have the 'quick' version which is called the Bare Essentials level, bite-sized lessons in the various topics. If even that might be too much, or you prefer or need to begin with information more relevant to this discussion, I'd suggest starting at the Level 2 topic of Community & Cooperation, and then moving on to the Level 3 topics, to really see what I mean above, but really you can look at whatever you want in whatever order. But also keep in mind that all the topics are designed to support and reinforce each other, so the more you learn, the better you will understand and appreciate the other topics as well.

And I'm always available for questions, comments, or even suggestions. :BlobCatSmiley:

https://techne-system.neocities.org
#Techne #JusticeSensitivity #SocialJustice #SocialChange

@AncTreat5358 @autistics
Perfectly understandable. There is a lot of terrible things happening in the world, and having any form of justice sensitivity can make any exposure to it downright maddening. I know.

If you're interested in how I reconcile preferring to be kind and positive with this, the upshot is that for me it comes from understanding the complexities of the situation. Not the details necessarily, I easily get overwhelmed from those. But instead the patterns and underlying systems that have led to our current situation, continue to fuel it, but yet understanding them suggests pathways to help deal with them. I've found that with this information, I am far more charitable regarding people's involvement in these patterns, as well as hopeful about the ways out of them.

If you (by which I mean anyone reading this) is interested in learning these things, you can take a look at them at the following web address. There's a lot there, so if you don't have the time and energy for it all, that is why I have the 'quick' version which is called the Bare Essentials level, bite-sized lessons in the various topics. If even that might be too much, or you prefer or need to begin with information more relevant to this discussion, I'd suggest starting at the Level 2 topic of Community & Cooperation, and then moving on to the Level 3 topics, to really see what I mean above, but really you can look at whatever you want in whatever order. But also keep in mind that all the topics are designed to support and reinforce each other, so the more you learn, the better you will understand and appreciate the other topics as well.

And I'm always available for questions, comments, or even suggestions. :BlobCatSmiley:

https://techne-system.neocities.org
#Techne #JusticeSensitivity #SocialJustice #SocialChange

@AncTreat5358 @autistics
Perfectly understandable. There is a lot of terrible things happening in the world, and having any form of justice sensitivity can make any exposure to it downright maddening. I know.

If you're interested in how I reconcile preferring to be kind and positive with this, the upshot is that for me it comes from understanding the complexities of the situation. Not the details necessarily, I easily get overwhelmed from those. But instead the patterns and underlying systems that have led to our current situation, continue to fuel it, but yet understanding them suggests pathways to help deal with them. I've found that with this information, I am far more charitable regarding people's involvement in these patterns, as well as hopeful about the ways out of them.

If you (by which I mean anyone reading this) is interested in learning these things, you can take a look at them at the following web address. There's a lot there, so if you don't have the time and energy for it all, that is why I have the 'quick' version which is called the Bare Essentials level, bite-sized lessons in the various topics. If even that might be too much, or you prefer or need to begin with information more relevant to this discussion, I'd suggest starting at the Level 2 topic of Community & Cooperation, and then moving on to the Level 3 topics, to really see what I mean above, but really you can look at whatever you want in whatever order. But also keep in mind that all the topics are designed to support and reinforce each other, so the more you learn, the better you will understand and appreciate the other topics as well.

And I'm always available for questions, comments, or even suggestions. :BlobCatSmiley:

https://techne-system.neocities.org
#Techne #JusticeSensitivity #SocialJustice #SocialChange

@danimo @joshsusser
Yup, intersectionality.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-1/topic-5/l1t5-ii-eb#intersectionality-when-barriers-multiply
#Techne #intersectionality

@danimo @joshsusser
Yup, intersectionality.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-1/topic-5/l1t5-ii-eb#intersectionality-when-barriers-multiply
#Techne #intersectionality

@danimo @joshsusser
Yup, intersectionality.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-1/topic-5/l1t5-ii-eb#intersectionality-when-barriers-multiply
#Techne #intersectionality

@danimo @joshsusser
Yup, intersectionality.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-1/topic-5/l1t5-ii-eb#intersectionality-when-barriers-multiply
#Techne #intersectionality

@danimo @joshsusser
Yup, intersectionality.
https://techne-system.neocities.org/program/level-1/topic-5/l1t5-ii-eb#intersectionality-when-barriers-multiply
#Techne #intersectionality