nicky case
[boston]
intro’d to Nicky when Kevin shared Nicky’s loopy on fb
http://ncase.me/loopy/
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taking Nicky in here first: eyeo2016 – emergence – the dance is not the dancers
2 min – why do people do horrible things.. and who does these things.. what i found.. common theme in the research.. a lot of the systemic violence and utter bad stuff in the world we see is perpetrated by people that are mostly/disturbingly normal.. hannah’s banality of evil: possible for ordinary people to commit acts of extraordinary crapiness to other human beings
3 min – a lot of social psychologist i talked to.. researched.. say.. it’s not the individual.. you have to look beyond to he collective.. the social system..
questions i think are important for an ever more interconnected society: 1\ how does connecting ordinary people make a bad society *2\ how can we reconnect individuals to make a better society 3\ where does a single person fit in all this
*perhaps this way.. really.. for (blank)’s sake…
4 min – game i’m making with frontline.. how a terrorist is made.. about the social psychology of racialization
1\ learn more from someone you look up to 2\ people looking for adventure.. belonging..status
6 min – stay non violent .. unless you connect them into a small group…
just by being a part of a small group.. everyone grows more extreme..
begs we set people free and facil their curiosity/whimsy by shortening gap between intention and action.. everyday.. as the day
8 min – normal groups leading to abnormal individuals (ie: football/soccer to jihadi)… the whole idea that being a part of a group can distort your whole morality is something that social psychologists have been studying for decades
9 min – emergence.. where the whole is completely different than the sum of its parts… so w the idea of emergence.. good people can perpetuate an evil system.. so when trying to understand a social issue.. don’t blame individuals.. go after the system..
thurman interconnectedness law:
micah scott @scanlime: w/o understanding the emergent nature of ‘evil’ it can be compelling to imagine a utopia filled with just the ‘good’ people you want
10 min – ie: of ice/water/steam.. even though molecules are exactly the same.. the group is different… i think that’s same for society..
11 min – parable of the polygons – collab of me and vi hart.. about discrimination and diversity.. how harmless choices can make a harmful world..
13 min – that small preference of being with people like you can lead to harmful results
again – i don’t like showing a problem w/o showing a solution..
so agreed.. ie: a nother way
14 min – 3 ie’s.. 1\ ants – intelligence is nowhere and everywhere 2\ neurons – individually simple emerge to make me/my mine 3\ individual – emerge to create a collective conscious.. that dreams at night .. reflects in day.. hopes and fears
16 min – one of the core concepts of emergence and systems thinking.. is that cause and effect is not linear.. it’s loopy.. something can be its own cause and effect… a feedback loop.. you see.. they’re great
begs for a mech to facil ssystemic emergence to restore/do-over our broken feedback loop
17 min – is it society that creates individual or individuals that create society.. not linear.. loopy
20 min – my cognitive distortions – everything he did i just excused as.. oh .. he’s just a product of his environment.. soceity to individual.. just a one way direction in this loop.. but for me.. i had the other direction.. individual to society.. that i am responsible for the world around me.. i’m the solution.. who else would it be.. if i don’t do everything it takes to help others no matter what.. i’m a horrible human being..
21 min – i finally learned about the loop: 1\ explanation for someone’s behavior is not an excuse for someone’s behavior 2\ i can help the world but i’m not omnipotent…
22 min – this feedback loop.. is what saved me..
24 min -i’ve always wanted to find the solution.. (3 questions at beginning) and the solution i’ve come up with is.. there is not solution… singular/plural you.. have to figure it out for yourself.. with each other
that is the solution.. a mech to facil 7 bn people facil ing for themselves..
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2017 game – the evolution of trust: https://ncase.me/trust/
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2018 game – wisdom and/or madness of crowds: https://ncase.me/crowds/
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That peep who made: We Become What We Behold | Parable of the Polygons | Coming Out Simulator | :the game: (pronouns: anything’s fine)
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be you. 