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Please provide details and evidence of your participation.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://gap.karmahq.xyz/project/technological-metamodernism", "hidden": false, "question": "Do you have a Karma GAP set up? If yes, please provide proof. If not, can you set one up before applying?", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The Technological Metamodernism book project will contribute to the growth and development of the Octant ecosystem by providing a comprehensive philosophical framework for understanding and engaging with emerging technologies, including web3 and AI. By exploring metamodern perspectives on technology, the book will help Octant community members develop more nuanced and integrative approaches to technological development and adoption. This will foster innovation and responsible growth within the ecosystem.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe how your project contributes to the growth and development of the Octant ecosystem.", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "This project directly aligns with the round's focus on community and education by creating an educational resource that will be accessible to the entire Octant community. The book will serve as a valuable educational tool, helping community members deepen their understanding of metamodernism and its applications to technology. Additionally, the process of developing the book will involve community engagement through the course, fostering dialogue and collective learning.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project align with the round's focus on community and education within the Octant ecosystem?", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Roadmap:\n\nSep-Oct 2024: Deliver 4-week Technological Metamodernism course\nNov-Dec 2024: Compile and edit course content into initial book draft\nJan-Feb 2025: Peer review and community feedback on draft\nMar-Apr 2025: Revisions and final editing\nMay 2025: Book publication and launch\nJun-Aug 2025: Book promotion and community discussions\n\nThis roadmap demonstrates a commitment to long-term impact by creating a lasting educational resource for the Octant ecosystem. The book will continue to provide value well beyond its initial publication, serving as a foundational text for understanding metamodern approaches to technology within the community.", "hidden": false, "question": "Provide a clear roadmap of your project, detailing future milestones and deliverables. How does this demonstrate your commitment to long-term impact and growth within the Octant ecosystem?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "My multidisciplinary background uniquely positions me to bridge complex technological concepts with accessible philosophical frameworks, ensuring the successful execution of this project:\n\nStephen Reid is a transdisciplinary technologist and experienced educator who has trained in the fields of AI/ML, complexity science, physics, transformative coaching and insight meditation. Current projects include hosting courses and residencies as a co-founder of Futurecraft, and leading the development of Dandelion as a member of not-for-profit worker co-op Symbiota.\n\nPreviously, he founded The Psychedelic Society, taught the Introduction to AI, Introduction to web3, How to DAO, Tools for the Regenerative Renaissance, The Promise of Decentralisation & Life as Practice courses, and served as the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK.\n\nStephen has an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in quantum field theory, an MRes in Complexity Science from the University of Bristol, and a Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley. He lives with his partner Laura in Stockholm, Sweden.", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your team's expertise and how it contributes to the successful execution of your project.", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Rather than competing with existing initiatives, this project will enhance and support them by providing a philosophical foundation that can inform and guide technological development across the Octant ecosystem. The book will offer a metamodern lens through which community members can approach their work, potentially leading to more holistic and integrative projects. It will serve as a complementary resource to technical education initiatives, offering the \"why\" behind the \"how\" of technological innovation.", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project complement or enhance existing initiatives within the Octant ecosystem rather than competing directly against them?", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "My approach to community engagement involves:\n\n* Open dialogue: Hosting regular discussion sessions during the course and book development\n* Collaborative input: Seeking community feedback on book drafts and incorporating insights\n* Knowledge sharing: Offering snippets and key concepts from the book as the project progresses\n* Cross-pollination: Engaging with other Octant projects to explore potential synergies", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your approach to community engagement and how you plan to contribute to a collaborative and constructive funding environment.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The funding will be used to:\n\n* Support the time investment needed for in-depth research and writing\n* Cover editing and publishing costs\n* Develop supplementary materials (e.g., discussion guides, worksheets) to enhance the book's educational impact\n* Host community events and workshops to discuss and apply the book's concepts\n* Create digital content (podcasts, videos) to expand the reach of the book's ideas within the ecosystem\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you plan to use the funding to maximize your project's ongoing impact within the Octant ecosystem if selected?", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "I have a track record of creating well-received educational content on related topics:\n\nIntroduction to AI course: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KbfsWdPW0ZjPgvvqfU1ULVtdLOw88SdFRAKr03hul_w/edit#heading=h.5yl0wrs7o1ez\nIntroduction to web3 course: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tpiBSEFPNUpyUX1fPc1uFGNklKEsPzYpEpqdXj6dKRE/edit\nHow to DAO course: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jxbb3YkrjAT1TUe6W2yCFUAsXUhdVt5JYoJwmMfykoQ/edit\n\nThese courses have been highly rated by participants and have helped build engaged communities around emerging technologies. The Technological Metamodernism book project will build on this experience to create uniquely valuable content for the Octant ecosystem.", "hidden": false, "question": "What unique educational content or resources have you created for the Octant ecosystem? How has the community received these? Please share any relevant links", "questionId": 13}], "project": {"id": "0xef4021e0abee2010e299d9a7167e21c0b0cc0c3877f27a5345215b2c2b514c12", "title": "Stephen Reid: Technological Metamodernism", "logoImg": "bafkreib7uxspnsf5jl3b56ackzxbub4rdef2wz7y6cqhyl5iha2zend4s4", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreifl5we3656txssa5gbb6gaxz2sxevbv6jxfn2evsndodokhbcuz24", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://futurecraft.life/technological-metamodernism", "bannerImg": "bafkreifseoutufg7tc3nuabzpgbbg7ve7jxvcjrtix4ymnhnyneovbofa4", "createdAt": 1725883875734, "userGithub": "stephenreid321", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..OH4_GmKxBKQxZEhAyqGLwySC1Rz9YqcTSb9BDRfxes0fHpVrEFsP7prO9XwOK3Pn3lK8OCl-pdWDYLsOmuTMCg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-09-09T12:09:48.837Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-09-09T12:09:48.837Z", "expirationDate": "2024-12-08T12:09:48.837Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0x72E1638bD8cD371Bfb04cF665b749A0E4ae38324", "hash": "v0.0.0:LWq3apu/zR2FQi+oEUurs/+oH9TbFJgrnrnAQ65jaDo=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#stephenreid_net"}}}, "description": "This application is for funding to help turn the upcoming Technological Metamodernism course (which finished top of the recent OpenCivics Collaborative Research Round) into a book 📘\n\nThe emerging philosophy of metamodernism offers crucial tools for grappling with technology's transformative impacts on self, culture and society. It charts a path beyond the polarized debate between techno-utopian accelerationism (the belief that rapid technological progress will solve all our problems) and despairing pessimism (the belief that our technological trajectory is fundamentally destructive and irredeemable).\n\nThrough provocation and practical examples, the book will invite readers to adopt a metamodern mindset - embracing both/and thinking, an awareness of allergies and a focus on reconstruction - as we explore tech's leading edges. How might metamodernism inform the development of AI, DAOs and transhumanism? Can it help us to bridge tech with the realms of nature, art and spirituality? What new and ancient narratives and mythologies might we call on to cultivate a metamodern relationship to technology and its role in our individual and collective evolution?\n\n\n\nOutline of the course that the book will be based on:\n\nWeek 1: Introduction (Tuesday 17th September 2024)\n\nCurrent mainstream discourse around technology: e/acc, doomers and technofeudalism\n\n* What is technology? Exploring definitions and the history of technology\n* What is metamodernism? Origins and key ideas\n* Technological metamodernism, and metamodern technology: Why the tech and metamodern communities need each other\n\nWeek 2: Metamodern Takes on Technology (Tuesday 24th September 2024)\n\n* Vitalik Buterin's d/acc\n* Daniel Schmachtenberger's Axiological Design and Third Attractor frameworks\n* Hanzi Freinacht's views on technology, and other explicitly metamodern takes\n\nWeek 3: Technological Metamodernism, Myth and Magic (Tuesday 1st October 2024)\n\n* Ritual and initiation in tech: From ancient traditions to modern rites of passage\n* Hyperstition and the role of imagination in shaping our relationship with technology\n* Technology through the lens of myth and magic: the work of Josh Schrei\n* Sophie Strand's Flowering Wand: Reconceiving technological archetypes\n\nWeek 4: Metamodern Tech Futures (Tuesday 8th October 2024)\n\n* Solarpunk, lunarpunk and the role of art, design and speculative fiction\n* Metamodern DAOs, metamodern AI\n* Reality Switch Technologies: DMT, lucid dreaming and the jhanas\n* Governance, ethics and wise innovation\n* Building the metamodern tech community\n\n\nAbout the author:\n\nStephen Reid (https://stephenreid.net/) is a transdisciplinary technologist and experienced educator who has trained in the fields of AI/ML, complexity science, physics, transformative coaching and insight meditation. Current projects include hosting courses and residencies as a co-founder of Futurecraft, and leading the development of Dandelion as a member of not-for-profit worker co-op Symbiota.\n\nPreviously, he founded The Psychedelic Society, taught the Introduction to AI, Introduction to web3, How to DAO, Tools for the Regenerative Renaissance, The Promise of Decentralisation & Life as Practice courses, and served as the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK.\n\nStephen has an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in quantum field theory, an MRes in Complexity Science from the University of Bristol, and a Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley. He lives with his partner Laura in Stockholm, Sweden.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "stephenreid_net"}, "recipient": "0x72E1638bD8cD371Bfb04cF665b749A0E4ae38324"}}