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Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1912

The universe of things we can know is just outside the sphere of the things we know. So…the more you know, the more you don’t know. Simple as that.

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Differently
we think from how we did
Friends
convivial with German, Aussie,
Nepalese, Haitian
Dreaming
in links, maps, videos,
and machines talking back
Hyperlinkish
already we partly are
maybe always have been

:- Doug.

My purpose in this course we are pursuing is to help the 300 year generation become a better race of human. I don’t know how to do that. You are invited to join the noodle.

:- Doug.

Open space for 300 years.

:- Doug.

What would a better humanity look like—in 300 years?

:- Doug.

Can Open Space Technology contribute to a better humanity?

:- Doug.

Is there room in our circle for those 300 years ahead?

:- Doug.

Can humanity get any better than this—in 300 years? Can Open Space Technology help?

:- Doug.

What can we do about the futures of gathering?

:- Doug.

It’s 2321: Do you know where our children are?

:- Doug.

What makes us humans better?

:- Doug.

As a service to the eleventh generation, witness. Them, us, the generations.

:- Doug.

Life pulls me forward!

:- Doug.

When I open, I am opened.

:- Doug.

Can, would, a machine ask forgiveness?

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 1911

Dew and freshness starts the day
In light we make our hay
Infants become adults
And do we stop
On becoming elders?
Before moon & stars
& dancing northern lights?

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I had proposed questions and stories addressed to individuals in the succeeding generations, if any. I was wrong. I left out community and especially conversation. Who are we together, and can we be better? Together? Organically?

:- Doug.

My life experience is my own; my parents’ feels like background, contributing to my basic worldview. My grandparents’ seems quaint, a distant, overarching philosophy.

:- Doug.

Some books and other writings require more mental effort than others. How do we engage our readers? Story? Questions? What do you think? What techniques have you used? To write deliberately in this manner—to engage one’s readers in an unending conversation—takes more effort than a lecture. Could it also be more rewarding—for the generations of readers? How could you improve on this train of thought? The questions asked have to be attractive, possible to tackle, and present a heightened level of challenge.

:- Doug.

Google-faced. We may all be. In one possible future. No, I don’t. What do you think it means? Might mean?

:- Doug.

Holding lots of meetings with people and their ideas, combined with thinking, produces new things. Enough will be of high quality to keep up.

:- Doug.

In meditation, it’s not how well you did, but that you did.

:- Doug.

I am more portal than archive.

:- Doug.