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NEXTSTEP: a chain of emerging meanings
I love this NEXTSTEP idea.
I'm a big fan of complexity in every form: chaos theory, bottom-up phenomena, system dynamics, network theories, natural processes... everything seems to be there to teach us how to get a meaning from the (apparently) chaotic flow of interrelated things or beings.
Schemes, and therefore meanings, come out of everything, if you know how to read them. Nowadays, the big challenge seems to be that of producing consciously the birth of such spontaneous ideas. It might sound as a contradiction, but it isn't: if you know that acting someway can produce a result, you can't really know what the result will be. Paraphrasing Michael Braungart and William McDonough from their "Cradle 2 Cradle" theory, you just produce "redundance, as a source for evolution".
This is the charme of EVOKE, in my opinion. Potentially, it can trigger innovation, it can make knowledge and ideas flowing, people acting. The meaning will spontaneously come out of it. But that claims for a further step, the NEXTSTEP.
As Ayala Sherbow says about EVOKE in her NEXTSTEP, part 1, which is my direct inspiration: "how do you play it well and make an actual difference in the world?"
I think that, first of all, we must learn how to recognize those meanings, which this (serious) game makes sprouting. And what's fascinating is that they evolve, they grow and enrich themselves, passing from a player to the other (NEXTSTEP by NEXTSTEP, but not only) in a wonderfully complex chain; and that's what the title stands for.
When I read Ayala's post, I was totally agreeing with it, as her thoughts were mine; and I felt an even greater sense of communion, when I found out that Elastika's (whose post inspired Ayala's) was also expressing the same convictions, while enriching them with his personal insights. And everything originated from a precious one-line post by Kevin Jones. Again, a beautiful meaning's chain.
Being grateful for what I learnt from them, and hoping it won't be out of the rules, I would ask Alchemy to prize them all with a bunch of extra point.
Also, I would give a few, personal, suggestions to the entire EVOKE's community, and make a specific invitation to all those geeks, nerds and techies out there, who share with me the irresistible impulse of using some code to generate sense.
My personal suggestion to the community is:
I'll be pleased to be part of it. I'll soon start a new thread on the forum about this, to gather developers and creatives of any sort, who want to propose ideas and develop tools, to help pushing EVOKE's community into action.
I'm a big fan of complexity in every form: chaos theory, bottom-up phenomena, system dynamics, network theories, natural processes... everything seems to be there to teach us how to get a meaning from the (apparently) chaotic flow of interrelated things or beings.
Schemes, and therefore meanings, come out of everything, if you know how to read them. Nowadays, the big challenge seems to be that of producing consciously the birth of such spontaneous ideas. It might sound as a contradiction, but it isn't: if you know that acting someway can produce a result, you can't really know what the result will be. Paraphrasing Michael Braungart and William McDonough from their "Cradle 2 Cradle" theory, you just produce "redundance, as a source for evolution".
This is the charme of EVOKE, in my opinion. Potentially, it can trigger innovation, it can make knowledge and ideas flowing, people acting. The meaning will spontaneously come out of it. But that claims for a further step, the NEXTSTEP.
As Ayala Sherbow says about EVOKE in her NEXTSTEP, part 1, which is my direct inspiration: "how do you play it well and make an actual difference in the world?"
I think that, first of all, we must learn how to recognize those meanings, which this (serious) game makes sprouting. And what's fascinating is that they evolve, they grow and enrich themselves, passing from a player to the other (NEXTSTEP by NEXTSTEP, but not only) in a wonderfully complex chain; and that's what the title stands for.
When I read Ayala's post, I was totally agreeing with it, as her thoughts were mine; and I felt an even greater sense of communion, when I found out that Elastika's (whose post inspired Ayala's) was also expressing the same convictions, while enriching them with his personal insights. And everything originated from a precious one-line post by Kevin Jones. Again, a beautiful meaning's chain.
Being grateful for what I learnt from them, and hoping it won't be out of the rules, I would ask Alchemy to prize them all with a bunch of extra point.
Also, I would give a few, personal, suggestions to the entire EVOKE's community, and make a specific invitation to all those geeks, nerds and techies out there, who share with me the irresistible impulse of using some code to generate sense.
My personal suggestion to the community is:
- read Ayala's post, Elastika's and Kevin's ones, if you already didn't
- try to find a guideline while facing all your missions; keep an idea, a value, a single inspiration at the base of all the others
- always think of how you're thoughts can be changed into action and try to say it explicitly
- always have fun, think of what you like and what you do well; I do believe that great things come from real passion, attention and experience
I'll be pleased to be part of it. I'll soon start a new thread on the forum about this, to gather developers and creatives of any sort, who want to propose ideas and develop tools, to help pushing EVOKE's community into action.
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Comment by Elastika on March 10, 2010 at 1:40pm
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I cant believe it - finally someone who also knows Cradle to Cradle concept. And even more! You found and promotes our ideas about supporting other players.
Very impressed :)
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Comment by MoE on March 11, 2010 at 12:11am
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Hi Elastika, I'm happy you appreciate what your post contributed to inspire.
I've read the C2C book around 6 years ago and I still find its ideas very powerful, even though I do not think its paradigm is as exhaustive as needed for a "total" sustainable development.
Anyways, I'm happy we have that knowledge in common.
I'm following you with interest and looking forward to discover what else do we share
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Comment by lithander on March 11, 2010 at 5:19am
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And spawned and inspired by your post there is now another post: http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/understanding-evoke
I guess I'm one of the nerds you wanted to adress that are excited for the same reasons you are. Coool machine!
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 16, 2010 at 8:50pm
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Good post. I still hope Alchemy ends up rating us in the end on not just the points we have, but the points we've given out and, more importantly, the feedback we've given people and constructive criticism and project building we've done.
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Comment by Turil Cronburg on April 3, 2010 at 4:36pm
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And Evocation I'm working on that I'm referring to as the Human Powered School, originally known as the Whatworksipedia, is looking for people who know computer databases and ways to integrate them, to help create something like a combination of Instructibles meets Wikipedia meets scouts meets the Wh*** Earth Catalog, where people from all over the planet (and elsewhere!), especially kids and teenagers, can go so share and learn practical ideas about how to make things that help us get our basic human needs met more sustainably.
Anyone want to help me make a better school? :-)
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I'm totally involved in learning, making, and "learning how to make" topics. I've always been, and I'm even more since I research on sustainable development.
Please keep me up to date with this. I'm not a professional programmer, but I have some experiences with databases and nerdy friends. If you message me I'll give you a personal contact (I'd contribute mostly out of EVOKE, if ok for you)
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