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It may be necessary to explore possible technology futures so that we find ourselves disheartened and lost so that in turn we see more clearly where we find ourselves and where we might better go.

:- Doug.

Humanicity plasticity

:- Doug.

Tugging the arc

:- Doug.

Not work
living
nor bread alone
nor poetry
I do not understand
divinity

:- Doug.

Finding poems
discovering bread

:- Doug.

Doing the things
that’s the way to be caught
when death comes calling
nor accomplishing
for that guarantees disappointment
flour egg milk leaven heat
and waiting eating together being by turns

:- Doug.

Inspired beyond hope

:- Doug.

divinity appears
all about

:- Doug.

The destinations
centuries off
nor do we know

:- Doug.

Given a paddle
as we embark
we imagine we steer
and empower
yet

:- Doug.

Three hundred years carries the advantage to remove the need for results, freeing us to do the important, the big thing.

:- Doug.

What is the value of a story to ensuing generations? Might we get intentional about using story not just to build a better world but to grow a better humanity?

:- Doug.

For sale: baby shoes never worn. Threadbare mourning shawl. 101 stories told into 11 sets of grandchildren’s eyes.

:- Doug.

Why do I want my grandchildren to ask better questions? Because I want them to think and live qualitatively. I want them to define a quality of life and stretch to it, rather than simply let life come over them.

:- Doug.

Name 3 people you’ve recently noticed are older.

:- Doug.

Name 3 ways stories might improve the lives of our hearers.

:- Doug.

Humanicity is the quality of being human. How might our stories affect the qualities the generations explore?

:- Doug.

Numbers are about quantities
things to compare
Poetry is about qualities
ponderables
wonderables

:- Doug.

As the machines get brighter and take over expert tasks, particularly in statistics and probabilities, the human role in seeking depth and nuance will be encouraged.

:- Doug.

We study story so that we might engender an improved humanity in 300 years.

:- Doug.

We can touch
the arc so it comes
closer or farther
a little more east
a little more west

:- Doug.

We are immersed in story. We live for story. We create story by the way we live. Might we yet get intentional about our stories?

:- Doug

With farsight, our stories might just touch generations, bending the arc of humanity.

:- Doug.