Sociocracy is a system of governance (Organization Model) using consent decision making and an organizational structure based on Cybernetic principles (a closed loop system with a FeedBack mechanism).[1] Modern sociocracy was developed by Gerard Endenburg as a method for use in governing his electrical engineering company,[2] and is applicable to any organization. It is currently in use by public, private, non-profit, and community organizations and associations. Sociocratic governance is taught in college and university courses in business, political science, history, and sociology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociocracy

Gordon Brander on Bootstrapping. Bootstrapping is the process of getting better at getting better. Things that bootstrap exhibit exponential improvement. (more)

Sam Hart, Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti on Squad Wealth. Squads are both a product of—and a response to—contemporary social atomization. The trope of "getting a place upstate" signifies young city-dwellers' desire for new kinds of squad-based homesteading. HOMESQUADING is a modern day back-to-the-land movement (CoOp?) (more)

Phil Jones asks Why Is My Phone So Useless? Why do I still not have the kinds of software I use every day on my computer on my (mobile) phone? (more)

a Growth Mindset (more)

Group Discussion Live Chat, based on SMS/MMS Text Messaging or Instant Messaging. Can also add Audio/Video. (more)

Congruence is a psychological term associated with Jerry Weinberg and Virginia Satir. (more)

Toby Shorin: These days I've been slowly coming to reevaluate something I have held to be fundamental for a long time. For years I was obsessed with various forms of liberalism—social, emotional, industrial/employment. "Agency" is the word I've used to describe these forms.... I haven't fully abandoned this idea of agency, but I am coming to see it in more complex and challenging and useful ways... Agency of negative emotions --> agency derives from ability to hold a wide range of emotions preferencelessly... This new perspective I'm still developing also makes me see other topics dealing with freedoms and liberalism in different ways.

Toby is a designer and writer based in NYC. He leads strategy and research firm Other Internet. https://subpixel.space https://twitter.com/tobyshorin

Toby Shorin: Jobs To Be Done. Our most significant jobs define who we are (identity). Communing with others is one such job that is core to being human. Just as a bee’s job of pollination is central to what a bee is, humans have jobs of socializing. (more)

Peak experience is a term used to describe certain transpersonal and ecstatic states, particularly ones tinged with themes of euphoria, harmonization and interconnectedness. Participants characterize these experiences, and the revelations imparted therein, as possessing an ineffably mystical and spiritual (or overtly religious) quality or essence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_experience (more)

Concept associated with Abraham Maslow. (more)

We're Cody and Jody, the brother and sister creative team behind Kicks Condor. We work out of Facebook Labs, prototyping future personalities that can capture the public's imagination, much in the same way that Disney characters and comic book characters provided archetypes in the past. https://www.kickscondor.com/ https://twitter.com/kickscondor (more)

aka FiveFactor, OCEAN - Personality Test - In psychological trait theory, the Big Five personality traits, also known as the OCEAN model is a suggested taxonomy, or grouping, for personality traits,[1] developed from the 1980s onwards. When factor analysis (a statistical technique) is applied to personality survey data, it reveals semantic associations: some words used to describe aspects of personality are often applied to the same person. For example, someone described as conscientious is more likely to be described as "always prepared" rather than "messy". These associations suggest five broad dimensions used in common language to describe the human personality and psyche.[2][3] The theory identifies five factors: openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious); conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. extravagant/careless); extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved); agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. challenging/callous); neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. resilient/confident) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits (more)

Christopher Hitchens writes about the revolutionary potential of living "as if". (more)

Essay by Donella Meadows. (more)

... for a Reality Hacker... because Your Politics Are Boring (more)

*Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20,000 schools worldwide, serving children from birth to eighteen years old.[1] (more)

Higher Ground is dedicated to mainstreaming and modernizing Montessori education.... Higher Ground operates schools for students from birth through adolescence, provides training to educators, and more. https://www.tohigherground.com/ (more)

Higher Ground Education Raises $30M Series D and Acquires Award-Winning FreshGrade Platform to Accelerate ‘Montessori Everywhere’ Mission. “With all the challenges this past year has brought, it has also created a window to do something dramatically different in education,” said Ray Girn, Founder and CEO of Higher Ground Education. “The Series D investment allows us to continue to be actively and aggressively advocating for Montessori pedagogy as the way of the future.” (more)