Howard Silverman

Teaching systems and foresight at Pacific Northwest College of Art (@pnca).
Taking one day at a time.

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

The dynamics of purposeful change: a model https://t.co/7NxmHlQRSb

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@EthForestDAO @tmccormick would love to hear your thoughts re:housing

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@caseorganic @lai @lai look forward to connecting! Thx @caseorganic

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@bonnittaroy https://t.co/XBeGb3l0lC

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@awarenesss Yes -- and proof-of-life is in caring for life (imho), timebanking care, rather than neoliberalizing living outcomes.

[Thrivable Society @Thrivable]

Currencies as Cybernetic Objects: A Conversation co-led with @S4Pattern and featuring @NicoleLazzaro @zippy314 and Sid. #openaccess article with @cybsoc https://t.co/JK2xBFlqft

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@matthewstoller Hofstadter & Sander's Surfaces and Essences

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@mokriegleder @SebastjanVoros reality = community (Foerster 1973)

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@pdxregencommons promise theory, eg: https://t.co/f4Q0QSBd6L

[Raphael Arar @rarar]

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 🧵

[PDX Commons Technology Project @pdxCTP]

@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;

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

Fantastic #Anticipation22 demo of Investing in Futures game: negotiating/navigating completely new worlds. https://t.co/U5uhgY6txd

[Katrina Holland @katrinahPDX]

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! https://t.co/jkLeF8DCEL

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

Great interview

[Yuk Hui @digital_objects]

💻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

[Future Histories @FutureHpodcast]

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

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

@mamaazure Brilliant -- love this wheel! Thanks so much!

[Howard Silverman @S4Pattern]

"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."

[Research Center for Group Dynamics @RCGD_ISR]

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: https://t.co/OKZaonXpZk

[Places Journal @PlacesJournal]

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

[Skye Morét @SeaMeetsSkye]

Please join in our event tomorrow at @pnca: "Design for Social Impact: A Panel-based Discussion." https://t.co/IZo3zgLoLo

[Jean M Russell @NurtureGirl]

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.