Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨

Those headlines about how AI war games often lead to recommending nuclear weapons are scary to me.

Even more scary is that a society with nuclear weapons in hand thinks it's obvious and logical to use AI in war games but not peace games.

What if I told you we don't have to live like this, and that this is not in fact the pinnacle of either technology or human potential?

@woody@pleroma.pch.net Very aligned indeed - thanks for sharing a glimpse into your world.

A Seed for the Future (@bethsawin@spore.social definition) is when people respond to the attacks, disasters, or destabilizations of this era by acting withing webs of care and connection. A Seed for the Future tries to save something precious today and ALSO models and creates the pathways to a livable future.

"Because networks can pivot and self-organize, the exact project you join matters less than you might at first think. Just about anything you do in a way that builds trust and connection with others is a deposit into an account of preparedness for a tumultuous future."

https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=6ae45465333f4345accfda057&id=8229911fe8

We saw it early in the pandemic, in every climate shock & now in Minneapolis. The impulse of most people in a crisis is to share, connect & protect, often at risk to the self. Capitalism and existing power structures have trouble comprehending it and then often try to undermine it

@admin@mastodon.futurelab.social Thanks good feedback (I think I fixed the glitch with the alt text).

I've been thinking a lot about how we can bolster our own coping capacity for challenges to come and the coping capacity of organizations, communities, and ecosystems. My aim is a simple stand-alone worksheet for individual or group reflection. I think I'm getting closer.