Abundant Systems
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
When the gap between the ceiling and flow increases, the way to prevent unrest is by adding more steps between. It’s important to see clearly how to level up to the ceiling, and not only enable people who have the ability to make the leap between the existing steps. More people being able to do something shouldn’t threaten the existence of anyone currently doing the thing.
Divya Siddarth • Building Capacity for Exit to Community
Things need to evolve on the timelines that information is returned.
Introduction to Abundant Systems
Algorithms can be analyzed through the lens of systems
There is a whole lot of goodness out there when the right systems are in place.
Our Centaur Future - A RADAR Report
This is what abundant systems recognize. It’s not about the machines or the data, it’s about the humans. When we build abundantly, we ensure that everyone is taken care of, because that builds the best possible long-term future.
Vitalik Buterin • Against Choosing Your Political Allegiances Based on Who Is "Pro-Crypto"
We need ways to filter, validate, and value large amounts of information. Traditionally, this has been limited to the wealthy in the form of “experts”
WSP New Zealand | WSP
Seth Godin • Three types of kindness
Seth has a lot of good ideas on this. Should tie in to his ideas more.
But you can’t optimize systems in a context that’s changing, especially if it’s changing in unpredictable ways. Removing inefficiencies when circumstances are as anticipated means that there isn’t much slack in the system to respond when the unanticipated happens. Optimization is intrinsically brittle , because it’s about closely matching the outpu
... See moreMandy Brown • Against Optimization
Optimization of scarce systems is about past measurement. Optimization of abundant systems is about future outcomes.