michel on dis connectedness
michel bauwens on dis connected ness
(missing pieces and cope ing of hari present in society law ness to khan filling the gaps law law et al)
via tweet [https://x.com/mbauwens/status/2042859819720417325?s=20]:
A little anecdote. Last time I went to India, to Bangalore, after 90 minutes of interrogation iside Immigration and another 90 minutes over bumpy roads with constant honking, I lost my speech capacity, the first time of my life this happened. The neurologist told me this was not a uncommon syndrome for Western visitors, due to the coping with excess sensory input <g> .
hari present in society law et al
@devlewis18 has a new article about the quality of life in Indian cities:
* “community is a very hard word to sell when you’ve lost it”
missing pieces et al.. and imagine a turtle ness et al.. need for global detox leap.. for (blank)’s sake
hari rat park law
https://lightforestworld.substack.com/p/time-to-reimagine-indian-cities
Dev writes:
My sense is that the same is true in Indian cities — and not just around community, but around wellness itself.
The urban elite have forgotten what it feels like to be close to trees. What it feels like to comfortably walk or cycle or take public transport to work, to know the person selling vegetables at the market, to look up at a night sky and feel a moment of wonder. To have access to a clean public park where you can go a few mornings a week to recharge and reset the nervous system.
need most/1st: means (nonjudgmental expo labeling) to undo hierarchical listening – so we can hear what’s already on each heart as global detox in order to org around legit needs
Without this, the city *keeps everyone ungrounded, in a low-grade state of stress & disconnection — driving the default survival mode that feeds the vicious cycle. Like addiction, most people know it isn’t working. **But in such a state of being who is going to re-imagine and break the loop that requires collective action?”
*perpetuating survival triage et al
note: on survival ness: survival is a means to survive things as they are.. so to me.. not a legit alt.. it’s triage.. perpetuating survival triage.. so a temp band aide per se.. that will /can help now.. but only for short term.. because it still doesn’t get to the root of the problem.. so it won’t offer/lead-to legit change/life/freedom.. et al.. so.. to me.. it’s still a cancerous distraction to the dance
**again to imagine a turtle ness and need for (global) detox embed in the ‘loop break’..
notes/quotes from dev’s substack linked above:
Time to reimagine Indian cities (apr 2026) by dev
Mumbai is on an unsustainable trajectory. It’s time for Mumbaikars give up 20th century dreams and wake up.
In January I had the opportunity to design and run a Futures workshop in Bangalore (now officially Bengaluru) as part of the BLR Hubba festival, together with Jenny Pinto and Naresh Singh — to try to imagine differently.
The questions we brought into the room could apply to any major Indian city:
How do we understand the root of the paradox that Bengaluru and urban India face? How does a city transform its future from the trajectory it currently sits on? What futures do Bangaloreans actually imagine for their city?
very similar to visual assembly ness.. to city sketchup ness.. but again.. unless there is a detox embed in that ‘re imagining’ will still just be 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..
to me.. 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
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.. for (blank)’s sake..
ie: whatever for a year.. a legit sabbatical ish transition
dev’s reply to michel’s tweet [https://x.com/devlewis18/status/2042862136817520983?s=20]:
thanks Michel. that is a disturbing reaction. This was a driving reason why we did the reimagine workshop on Bangalore https://lightforestworld.substack.com/p/vision-bengaluru-2047-a-conscious
notes/quotes from dev’s link in reply:
Vision Bengaluru 2047: A Conscious Regenerative Lighthouse for India (march 2026) by dev
Bengaluru: rising wealth, declining liveability. A group of Bangalorians traced the root of the urban crises, beyond policy failure, to imagine a new vision for the city and awaken to their agency.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Bengaluru embodies the paradox of urban India: Economic development traded for ecological collapse. Modern infrastructure built at the expense of liveability. On Friday, January 24, 2026, 18 Bengalorians attended “Vision Bengaluru 2047: Reimagining a City We Love” curated by Jenny Pinto at BLR Futures Hubba Bangalore International Center (BIC) to explore a Transformed Future for the cityFollowing the keynote, Dev Lewis facilitated a Futures workshop. Participants were guided to imaging their own Bengaluru futures, mapping visions, emerging signals, and weights of the past.
yeah to visual assembly ness
While the word “future” is used, the essence of Futures studies is to deeply engage with and understand the present. The future itself does not exist in reality—only in imagination or anticipation in the present. UNESCO defines Futures Literacy as empowering “the imagination” and enhancing “our ability to prepare, recover, and invent in the face of change.
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