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Maybe we use 6 degrees of relation.

:- Doug.

So we cannot come to a conclusion about what the messages are we want to convey, the things we want to invite. We cannot devise the best methods and paths the messages should travel.

:- Doug.

We have yet to work a message, and a how. We need to talk about inviting others.

:- Doug.

What are some major arenas that help describe human life as it is lived today? For example, health, work, family. We can use these facets to explore a scenario of a desired humanity in 2320. What are our messages to the generations?

:- Doug.

What’s the work we want to do, and what’s a better way to invite it?

:- Doug.

What if we could use AI to enhance our efforts to converse with the generations? We do not need to be enemies of artificial intelligence but could be friends. AI could help us plant our seeds ubiquitously, keep our stories alive.

:- Doug.

When we arrive near an all-seeing, all-knowing cognitive artificial intelligence, we will have to rework our definition of God.

:- Doug.

A rich life I enjoy
Family, friends,
depth of spirit

:- Doug.

We don’t sit still
We don’t repeat pathways
We think unthought strange attractors

:- Doug.

Humans are incomplete
This is our strength
Proposed: computers ought to be incomplete

:- Doug.

Life is infinitely
More varied
Than mathematics
Or politics
Or your imagination

:- Doug.

Humans are more than a math problem.

:- Doug.

Let us see the northern lights of our minds.

:- Doug.

Ubiquity: set up a Website and publish your insights and stories.

:- Doug.

Storytelling: Spirit, Futures, Humanicity

:- Doug.

In your meeting, what was ineffable?

:- Doug.

To the machines we will be, some say, as gods
and some say as dogs
see: there are many turns to spell

:- Doug.

I am
—being—
the way

:- Doug.

There is no one best way to touch the generations, yet.

:- Doug.

Seeking is the practice.

:- Doug.

How are you? I’m recovering. Better than yesterday, not yet as good as tomorrow. Preparing to be surprised.

:- Doug.

I won’t ask you to tell your story—you contribute it when it seems to add to our conversation.

:- Doug.

What is lasting? What lasts?

:- Doug.