In our fragmented and silo structured communities, integrating the diverse interests, capabilities, needs and power bases is the first step toward designing a social system that includes the core value needs of it constituents. These social structures do not exist yet, so building one will feel much like walking across a bridge as it gets [...]
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For sometime now, Jessie Newburn and I continually discuss the going-on’s of Howard County/Columbia from a perspective of curiosity, frustration, eagerness, and dare I claim – wisdom. Inside of our conversations, I personally, have been exploring the questions of:
What is it to live here?
What is the value I have to contribute, and
Why would I want [...]
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My visions of a TO BE social system for Howard County starts by imagining the county as a single living organism where each individual resident represents one cell within the body of this organism. Today, these cells are primarily independent and work on their own behalf, even though some spend much of their energy inside [...]
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