/r/technoprogressivism
For discussion of the emerging ideologies and policies surrounding Techno-progressivism.
/r/technoprogressivism
why the cost of living is set to plummet in he next 20 years - peter diamandis, singularity hub.
we'll still have to have unions and co-ops instead of bloodthirsty corporations.
The future hinges on humanity's ability to make choices, we must crowd source government!
I would like you to Open your mind, and leave any preconceived notion's of what post representative democracy may look like. I hope that you would agree that in the natural process: When a small group of people are trying to find consensus, suggestions and ideas are put forward by any one or more individuals in the group. Informal voting takes place. Based on that information more suggestions may emerge. This process is repeated until the highest level of satisfaction is achieved. Only then is the vote official. The free flow of unofficial voting is essential here. We would like to add that various vote reforms are attempts to supplement for our inability to provide,"The free flow of unofficial voting."we can re-create this on the worldwide scale.
WHY US, WHY NOW, The Opinion Market.
There are three main forms of growing opinion market, ( growing because the average Internet user age is passing approximately 40,) these markets are:
(1) polling for news organization.
(2) The commercial product & entertainmen market.
(3) And then we have the political upheaval pushing for change. This is the one that is forcing Twitter to act as a petition. This is also the market that thousands of organizations are competing for at this very moment.
Within the next 2 to 5 years someone will fill this void. It is easily predictable that there will be several entities that will emerge victorious, each in slightly different ways. The voice of humanity will be louder, but it will not be speaking with one voice.
Right now there is an opportunity to monopolize all of these markets, and expand on it by excepting all opinions of every conceivable type. Everything in life can be political, and everyone in the world has an opinion on something.
We are here because no one else is aware of this opportunity, and we cannot just sit here and watch it go by. Here is our plan, http://www.yourupinion.com/
we are asking If you could take a moment to give us your perspective, and let us know if you would like to be involved.
Thank you from our 52 members, and myself, Brian Charlebois
[Dr Amon Twyman]
I am pleased to announce the launch of a new organization, the H+ Council, which has formed to facilitate cooperation and good relations between a number of Transhumanist groups and notable individuals who maintain presences on Facebook.
Across its current 10 affiliates, the Council represents approximately 25,000 Transhumanists. Groups currently affiliated with the Council include Animal Cognition, Carboncopies, The Future Getting There From Here, Hedonistic Imperative, Rational Transhumanism, the Ray Kurzweil group, Singularity Network, The Stanford Transhumanist Association, Transhumanismo, & WAVE / Zero State. The Council came together to maintain standards and minimise the unfortunate effects of internet trolls in our groups, but we have now taken the time to establish fair and formal joint decision making procedures, and will be working toward effective cross-promotion and raising awareness of Transhumanist ideas.
If you want to offer any thoughts or suggest events or causes that our groups could jointly promote through their affiliation with the H+ Council, then please do let your group’s admins know, so they can pass word along. Stay tuned, and feel free to get involved!
The H+ Council
Following several conversations last year involving various participants, but with the emphasis on myself and the founders of what was then Zero State, a more politicised version of futurist and transhumanist policies and ideas was discussed.
Solving the problems of the future has to start with solving the problems of today, and planning for a world of ever rapidly accelerating social norms, technology and government paradigms.
After much discussion it was agreed that Wavism would be the banner encompassing Zero State and form relationships with like minded organisations with already developed capabilities in their respective areas. This is still a work in progress.
Beyond networking, the goal is to develop the ideologies and principles of techno progressivism, a movement that can not only adapt, but embrace the rapid page of social and technological change we are experiencing.