http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ en-us cii@igc.org 2008-12-02T05:25:44+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2008/12/02/let_us_please_frame_collective_intelligence_as_big_as_it_is.htm Yesterday the New York Times published a great article about collective intelligence, "You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?" It covers a lot of ground on this vital subject. But it misses a very important point. This article joins others in framing the subject of "collective intelligence" in terms of (a) computerized, online, and other high-tech systems for (b) collective information gathering, forecasting, etc., (c) to empower marketing, investment strategies, consumerism, productivity, activist impact, government control, or people's general ability to track each other, individually or collectively. But I suggest that collective intelligence is so much more than a way for one part of a whole system --... 3205@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Collective Intelligence 2008-12-02T05:25:44+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2008/05/15/reflections_on_the_evolution_of_choice_and_collective_intelligence.htm We are nature's creativity on speed. But we lack nature's sophisticated ways of seeking a good "fit" between innovations and reality. And that's where our level of human choice may -- in the absence of advanced collective intelligence -- prove to be an evolutionary dead-end. 3111@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Evolution 2008-05-15T00:06:59+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2008/05/08/whole_system_learning_and_evolution_and_the_new_journalism.htm I suspect this model is a draft and will shift over the coming months. This original version takes the form of four overlapping circles -- INFORMATION, CONVERSATION, VISION, and ACTION -- arranged in a circle such that they flow round and round to generate collective intelligence -- an iterative, creative, collective learning cycle. 3107@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Collective Intelligence 2008-05-08T04:03:23+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2008/04/27/gathering_storms_of_unwanted_change.htm As the speed of technological development moves beyond our ability to comprehend, individually and collectively, there is no time or capacity for adequate collective reflection or action, which breaks the balancing feedback loop of intelligence, learning, and response. 3100@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Technology 2008-04-27T21:03:58+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/07/16/protect_sources_or_not_more_complex_than_it_seems.htm Should the media and the legal system protect unethical powerholders who illegally leak information as part of their power manipulations? If they are protected, doesn't that degrade democracy? If they are exposed, wouldn't that make ethical whistleblowers less likely to leak vital information to the public, also degrading democracy? The answers to these questions play out differently in a polarized adversarial political environment and in a culture of dialogue and deliberation. 1937@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Media 2005-07-16T16:34:22+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/07/15/conversations_that_shape_the_future_a_review_of_the_world_cafe.htm A review of Juanita Brown's The World Cafe: Shaping our Futures through Conversations that Matter (Berrett-Koehler 2005) -- a profoundly insightful and richly practical exploration of the power of conversations that matter and the conditions under which questions that matter can be deeply and productively explored. It provides tools and understandings for active participation in evolutionary times. 1936@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Process & Participation 2005-07-15T17:26:02+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/07/06/citizens_juries_to_choose_supreme_court_justices.htm My July 6 Washington Post headlines email contains this item: "Are a Nominee's Views Fair Game?": "White House and Senate Democrats headed toward a collision yesterday over the role ideology should play in the selection of the next Supreme Court justice, outlining a key conflict that could define the nomination battle over a successor to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor." There's more than meets the eye here...... 1922@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Democracy / Politics 2005-07-06T17:28:36+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/07/04/a_spectrum_of_politics_and_governance_grounded_in_empowered_citizen_dialogue_and_deliberation.htm All forms of dialogue and deliberation serve our evolution into a culture of dialogue. Part of that evolution is the increased legitimacy and empowerment of forms that call forth more of society's collective intelligence and wisdom. As new forms of dialogue and deliberation demonstrate their effectiveness, they can be increasingly trusted by citzens and officials, and thus can (and should) become increasingly embedded in the institutions of social policy-making. This article maps a spectrum of citizen deliberation approaches that reflect their growing empowerment and legitimization. 1917@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Dialogue & Deliberation 2005-07-04T06:27:01+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/27/blog_power_vs_medias_breathless_irrelevancies.htm The Downing Street Memo story provides an object lesson in (a) skewed media coverage -- especially when compared with the Michael Jackson story -- and (b) the competitive dynamics between blogs and mass media. 1910@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Media 2005-06-27T05:28:53+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/25/scripturebased_deliberations_on_public_policy.htm Public issue deliberations COULD be organized specifically for diverse members of a particular faith. In this case, their briefing materials could present a full range of positions on the issue they're deliberating -- with the arguments for and against each position being based on scriptural quotations and scholarly interpretations of the scripture of their faith. The deliberating believers would consider these competing scriptural claims in light of the issue they're considering, weigh their relative importances and implications, and come up with recommendations based on their sense of the letter and spirit of their scripture. 1903@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Dialogue & Deliberation 2005-06-25T05:08:26+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/23/waking_up_to_natures_evolving_pattern_recognition.htm We are in the midst of nature's multi-billion-year co-evolution of patterns and pattern-recognition -- and therefore of intelligence. Intelligence is largely about pattern recognition, and this co-evolution is part of the evolving intelligence of nature. A pattern (color, shape, behavior) survives because it is recognized by the other organisms that relate to it. As time goes by, new forms of pattern beget new forms of pattern recognition -- and Life's patterns and pattern-recognition capacities grow more diverse, sophisticated, and brilliant... 1899@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Evolution 2005-06-23T18:02:30+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/21/i_invite_you_to_support_the_cointelligence_work.htm Last night I sent out the summer fundraising email for the Co-Intelligence Institute, through which I do my work. I invite you to join in supporting that work. What follows is the letter I sent, which contains information about our work and how to contribute. Thanks for any support you choose to happily give. 1896@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ CII - Co-intelligence Institute 2005-06-21T13:44:12+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/21/something_is_emerging.htm I am becoming increasingly aware of something important that you and I and everyone we know are part of. A new world is being born among us which is becoming more visible only in fits and starts. It is not emerging according to any plan, but through millions of diverse separate activities, shifts of awareness, responses, and co-evolutions happening simultaneously.  Most remarkable, to me, is that this emerging new world is trying to become conscious of itself. It is moving towards conscious evolution, towards increasingly conscious engagement in its own birth process. 1894@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Evolution 2005-06-21T05:08:41+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/19/australias_amazing_conference_and_work_on_deliberative_innovations.htm This is the story of my recent trip to a conference on Innovation in Community Engagement in Perth, Australia. Due to the innovative, comprehensive nature of this conference, I have done a fairly thorough review, highlighting certain parts so you can scan it quickly if you like. I have also provided many links for those who would value more in-depth exploration. In Western Australia -- halfway around the planet from my home in Oregon -- the government has been sponsoring remarkable innovations in community engagement and deliberative democracy for four and a half years. (Oh, how I wish it were happening in the U.S.!!) 1889@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Collective Intelligence 2005-06-19T00:09:53+00:00 http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/2005/06/15/no_term_limits_for_the_us_president.htm Legislation has been proposed to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, thus removing the 2-term limit on US presidents. The bill, proposed four months ago, is now in a Congressional committee. 1881@http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/tom_atlee/ Democracy / Politics 2005-06-15T16:46:25+00:00