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COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY: “ Another way of putting this is to say that collective intentionality is irreducible to individual intentionality (though this is generally accepted only insofar as individual intentionality is narrowly understood). It is only in virtue of its irreducibility that the intentional state in question can be attributed to the participants as a group.” via Folklore Published on August 17, 2023 at 07:30AM Link: https://ift.tt/VInjsLa Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

NETWORKED PUBLICS: "Networked publics are publics that are restructured by networked technologies. As such, they are simultaneously (1) the space constructed through networked technologies and (2) the imagined collective that emerges as a result of the intersection of people,technology, and practice." via Folklore Published on August 16, 2023 at 10:48AM Link: https://ift.tt/lNFheny Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

MICROPAYMENT DISCOURSE: "If an outlet wanted to try to start itself up on a pay-per-article model, it might work—but the price point would likely be much higher than the handful of cents we generally discuss. That gets trickier, Haile says, because information is fundamentally different from other arenas... Gaming is perhaps the greatest triumph of micropayments. But in games, you know what you’re buying in advance—three extra lives, a hundred coins, whatever. For a journalistic article, you’ll only know whether you enjoyed it after you’ve finished it." via Folklore Published on August 15, 2023 at 08:29PM Link: https://ift.tt/ow8EFnU Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

THE PARADOX OF SLACK: “In the esoteric teachings, total competition is called Moloch, and total absence of competition is called Slack. Slack gets short shrift. If you think of it as “some people try to win competitions, other people don’t care about winning competitions and slack off and go to the beach”, you’re misunderstanding it. Think of slack as a paradox – the Taoist art of winning competitions by not trying too hard at them. Moloch and Slack are opposites and complements, like yin and yang. Neither is stronger than the other, but their interplay creates the ten thousand things.” (Note to any fellow slackers: this isn’t a tldr, but my favorite section was IV example 7 thru conclusion, if ya want to jump ahead and maybe rewind later) via Folklore Published on August 12, 2023 at 03:07PM Link: https://ift.tt/I0iHNpv Curator: 0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD (0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD)

OUR METABOLIC ERA: Is this subconsciously why we're all obsessed with rotting right now? On considering nonhuman metaphors for radical breakdown in an age of toxic growth. "As Boots Riley put it in a recent interview, “Culture is what we do to make our survival normal.” ... What might it look like to embrace our role as part of a massive and massively weird ecological and metabolic system, and to experiment with the creative and expressive potential of digestion?" via Folklore Published on August 12, 2023 at 12:23AM Link: https://ift.tt/9huxpG4 Curator: 0xFdD0EC9A0C36834FCa1B9bAd13F811c58574fB4b (0xFdD0EC9A0C36834FCa1B9bAd13F811c58574fB4b)

SEASON 2 is OPEN: Thank you everyone for such an exciting year. We're well on our way to creating a calm and meaningful space of learning and exploration. As of yesterday, Folklore has opened 150 membership spots for the upcoming year(ish). Funds will be used to commission writing, build our own 'situated software' and (hopefully) host a few meetups! Membership passes are available in this link, alongside a community update. If you have a mid-season pass, you do not need to purchase a new membership. Season 1 access to the Forum will be removed in September. via Folklore Published on August 10, 2023 at 10:14AM Link: https://folklore.mirror.xyz/Kaj9PzlkPxSg3fMd1BL4Nx3GWKHtBkHQzLq5QHw-aj8 Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

NEXT-GEN ORGS: "Teams will often swarm around problems, leadership is transient in nature and leaders will arise to fit the problem... Outcome not output matters... To train people, the company used scenarios and gameplay, usually online. The idea of Eve online being a training tool is not an alien concept." via Folklore Published on August 10, 2023 at 10:08AM Link: https://ift.tt/XdHO6Co Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

RUMORS, GOSSIP, URBAN LEGENDS: "Classic rumor differs from gossip and urban legend, though these differences often blur. Gossip is evaluative idle talk about individuals – usually not present – often shared for amusement, to communicate social mores, and to exclude someone from a social group... when we object 'That’s a rumor!' we mean that it is unverified... Rumor is a morsel of food in an information famine; gossip is a tasty juicy treat at a cocktail party... Urban legends are narratives – they have a story-like structure – of unusual, humorous, or horrible events that contain modern themes and moral implications." via Folklore Published on August 09, 2023 at 11:15AM Link: https://ift.tt/BVr47Rp Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

DEEP ATTENTION: In this presentation, Charles Broskoski (founder of are.na) talks about content, curation, and how it's the orientation towards what we desire that makes us who we are. Take some time to give Charles your true attention, and listen to deep, hard-won wisdom. via Folklore Published on August 06, 2023 at 09:47PM Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/tK5xI7PiCSY?feature=share&t=18305 Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

CONTEXT IS QUEEN: Borrowed that phrase from Metalabel, but this piece is about exploring new forms of information from Nora Bateson, Gregory Bateson’s daughter. “To address our socio-economic and ecological crisis now requires a level of contextual comprehension, wiggly though it may be to grok the inconsistencies and paradoxes of interrelational process. Far from solving these dilemmas or resolving the conflicting patterns, Warm Data utilizes these characteristics as its most important resources of inquiry.” via Folklore Published on August 05, 2023 at 04:27PM Link: https://ift.tt/FyPpEa9 Curator: 0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD (0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD)

WEB2'S SELF-LOATHING ERA: X is just the latest in a long line of bewildering rebrands among web2 companies. So what gives? Here, Ted Gioia identifies rebranding as a signifier of shame and self-loathing; a decidedly different energy from the optimism, excitement, and promise we typically associate with Internet Companies. There's a chicken & the egg situation — is the self-loathing driven by waning consumer interest and excitement? Or is increasing consumer distrust and distaste for the same platforms driven by the lack of direction, clarity, and frankly fun, inherent in the trajectory of these rebrands? And no matter the answer, what does it all say about what comes next? via Folklore Published on August 04, 2023 at 10:58PM Link: https://ift.tt/YTKScs2 Curator: 0xFdD0EC9A0C36834FCa1B9bAd13F811c58574fB4b (0xFdD0EC9A0C36834FCa1B9bAd13F811c58574fB4b)

ADS DONT WORK THAT WAY: "Cultural imprinting is the mechanism whereby an ad, rather than trying to change our minds individually, instead changes the landscape of cultural meanings — which in turn changes how we are perceived by others when we use a product." via Folklore Published on August 03, 2023 at 05:59PM Link: https://ift.tt/L1hleRE Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

PROSOCIAL DESIGN: “Multiplayer games can help build a player’s social support network. What would game design look like if our goals included reducing loneliness, decreasing toxicity and boosting a player’s positive connections with others? This paper looks at how we might use economics, an often dehumanizing and antisocial discipline, to support prosocial design goals.” via Folklore Published on August 03, 2023 at 12:40AM Link: https://ift.tt/JEMIWa0 Curator: 0x109cE90026964C3a5BFE305B967FD660B8D1382c (0x109cE90026964C3a5BFE305B967FD660B8D1382c)

PROTOCOLS, NOT PLATFORMS: “ Moving to protocols, not platforms, is an approach for free speech in the twenty-first century. Rather than relying on a “marketplace of ideas” within an individual platform—which can be hijacked by those with malicious intent—protocols could lead to a marketplace of ideals, where competition occurs to provide better services that minimize the impact of those with malicious intent, without cutting off their ability to speak entirely.” via Folklore Published on August 01, 2023 at 05:47PM Link: https://ift.tt/lJ02kGE Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

SPIRIT IN THE TECHNOPOLIS: This essay offers an exploration of the emergence of the Technopolis, where technology and reason become absolutes, dominating our lives. It vividly compares the airport, a microcosm of this Technopolis, to our future technological civilization. The author's insights into the potential consequences of this trajectory are thought-provoking, urging us to consider the balance between Reason, Religion, and Technology in shaping our future. By delving into the essence of humanity and advocating for disruptive spiritual practices rooted in sacrificial love, the essay encourages us to ponder our role in shaping a better alignment for the world. via Folklore Published on July 31, 2023 at 10:00PM Link: https://ift.tt/t7SeBMb Curator: 0x70eCe45cDc64A768f936Ccb8aC851578251363e3 (0x70eCe45cDc64A768f936Ccb8aC851578251363e3)

A NEW MYTHOLOGY OF TECHNOLOGY: In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. Enter Lo—TEK, a design movement building on indigenous philosophy and vernacular infrastructure to generate sustainable, resilient, nature-based technology. Extending the grounds of typical design, Lo—TEK is a movement that investigates lesser-known local technologies, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), indigenous cultural practices, and mythologies passed down as songs or stories. In contrast to the homogeneity of the modern world, indigeneity is reframed as an evolutionary extension of life in symbiosis with nature. Lo—TEK orients us towards a different mythology of technology. One that evolves humanism with radical indigenism. via Folklore Published on July 29, 2023 at 03:32PM Link: https://ift.tt/peszjwu Curator: 0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD (0x1b4a302D15412655877d86ae82823D8F6d085ddD)

A HUMANIST RENAISSANCE?: This piece in The Atlantic explores the question of what a philosophical and cultural counter-movement to AI might look like and how it might take shape. One answer among countless, it raises a host of interesting questions and makes one stop to consider what role they have to play in the unsettled shape of the future: "We would be wise to rectify the errors of the recent past, but also to anticipate—and proactively shape—what the far more radical technology now emerging will mean for our lives, and how it will come to remake our civilization." via Folklore Published on July 28, 2023 at 09:51PM Link: https://ift.tt/wYBtzRh Curator: 0xFdD0EC9A0C36834FCa1B9bAd13F811c58574fB4b (0xFdD0EC9A0C36834FCa1B9bAd13F811c58574fB4b)

WORLD OF ANONS: What is "a-culture"? "More significantly, A-culture offers a place for discussion of A-culture. Because the community is so autonomous from the real world, there is great opportunity to continually redefine one’s role in it and even redefine the nature of the community itself. A-culture is a space for playing with unrestricted notions of identity and affiliation and for the establishment of a private set of in-jokes and references that come to constitute a collective memory." via Folklore Published on July 28, 2023 at 05:16PM Link: https://ift.tt/8fpy1g4 Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

META-MARIO: Social Seriality, Metagamming, and Community in our Digital World. “Videogames operate as an ideal medium for expressing as well as critiquing the serial structures that define both the digital repetitions of software and the quotidian repetitions that conduct the rhythm of daily life. In the twenty-first century, the figure of the man in a gray flannel suit, holding a newspaper while waiting for the bus or train, has been at least partially replaced by the contemporary commuter fiddling with a laptop, smartphone, e-reader, or handheld videogame console.” via Folklore Published on July 26, 2023 at 02:47PM Link: https://ift.tt/UCrPDYg Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)

LORE OF THE WELL: "A large part of the attraction was that The Well offered the freedom of projecting whatever personality you wished, along with the intriguing possibility of highlighting subtle variations of your character. Users adhered to Brand's true-names rule, but at the same time most people created an electronic persona that was, to use MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle's term, "coextensive" with their physically embodied one." via Folklore Published on July 25, 2023 at 01:44PM Link: https://ift.tt/Vct9RlM Curator: 0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E (0xe62d071Ea99A63798Fec7222c483c53e87F2A32E)