center for constructive communication

mit’s center for constructive communication [https://www.ccc.mit.edu/]

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<< Ancient Wisdoms x Digital Technologies

Informed by years of social media and media analytics, CCC’s work combines the ancient wisdoms of human conversation with emerging digital technologies to promote shared understanding and trust rather than reinforcing the “side-taking” and binary thinking that too often divides us.

yeah.. what we need most/first: means (nonjudgmental expo labeling) to undo hierarchical listening as global detox so we can org around legit needs.. but to me.. can’t be based on ‘ancient wisdoms of human convos’.. to me.. been in sea world ever since garden-enough ness.. so any ‘wisdom’ we get from ie: how convos go after that are non legit data.. aka: whalespeak.. what we need is to try self-talk as data via idiosyncratic jargon as ‘language’ faci’d by tech as nonjudgmental expo labeling..

because yeah.. any form of us & them ness is keeping us from us.. and why nothing to date has gotten to the
root of problem

legit freedom will only happen if it’s all of us.. and in order to be all of us.. has to be sans any form of measuring, accounting, people telling other people what to do

(need tech w/o judgment to facil that seeming chaos)

how we gather in a space is huge.. need to try spaces of permission where people have nothing to prove to facil curiosity over decision making.. because the finite set of choices of decision making is unmooring us.. keeping us from us..

ie: imagine if we listen to the itch-in-8b-souls 1st thing everyday & use that data to connect us (tech as it could be.. ai as augmenting interconnectedness)

the thing we’ve not yet tried/seen: the unconditional part of left to own devices ness

[‘in an undisturbed ecosystem ..the individual left to its own devices.. serves the whole’ –dana meadows]

there’s a legit use of tech (nonjudgmental exponential labeling) to facil the seeming chaos of a global detox leap/dance..

ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition

otherwise we’ll keep perpetuating the same song.. the whac-a-mole-ing ness of sea world.. of not-us ness.. of part\ial ness.. perpetuating survival triage.. for (blank)’s sake..

Based at the MIT Media Lab and working closely with the non-profit Cortico, CCC brings together researchers in AI, computational social science, digital interactive design, and learning technologies with software engineers, journalists, political scientists, designers, and community organizations. >>

from mit site:

[from people page]: director and principle investigator on research staff: deb roy – birth of a word; advisors include: bruce schneier; tim berners-lee; audrey tang; ..]

[from about page] – all jon posted plus:

An important aspect of CCC is its commitment to reach both within and beyond academia to work closely with locally based organizations to launch pilot programs focused on building a culture of listening and dialogue that promotes a sense of shared understanding, empathy, and trust.

again.. why we need tech as it could be.. ie: can you hear me?

findings from on the ground ness:

1\ undisturbed ecosystem (common\ing) can happen

2\ if we create a way to facil the seeming chaos of 8b legit free people

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exp\ing w/dd glocal convos et al.. 2 conversations .. as infra.. et al

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