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I just wrote now, for the second time, a longer written response. And for the second time, before it got posted, it disappeared. The first time is was the battery, the second time there was no reason for it. The app just closed, and when I came back, the text was gone.<\/p>\n\n
It feels strange to mention this as a relevant fact in this conversation, but I will say it straight out that for me personally, bugs in computer programs, as well as the impatience and disappointment and loss of energy and flow and inspiration that goes along with it is ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS why I have written so much less than I want to, and shared so much less than I want to.<\/p>\n\n
I wrote a long post about the fact that we already have been doing something very important, in the practice of the ongoing recorded video conversation, which adresses one of the most important global challenges directly: how we speak about big and important and complex existential questions, what attitudes and roles and relationships happen in this process, and the degree to which this process assists positive relationships as well as increased understanding and inspiration.<\/p>\n\n
Then I wrote about how there has been a strong interest in cocreating written material. I want to do this, and I want to take Joshuas challenge on, because it is the right thing to do now and it goes perfectly along with everything else we have been doing.<\/p>\n\n
But then I got sidetracked by a software bug, the results of an hour or my life was lost, and I remembered how often this has happened before, how painful it is every time it happens, how meaningless and stupid and unnecessary it feels every time, and how OFTEN it happens nevertheless. Even with brand new devices and updated programs. The lack of stability and predictability of the software systems we use, systems which currently more or less control our entire lives, seems almost ridiculous. <\/p>\n\n
So I think this is one of those “elephants in the room” which have a far greater impact on the ability of teams of peopke around the world to collaborate effectively. These people around the world are connected with computer programs, and these programs generally suck, and have undergone very little intelligent evolution in terms of basic usability inspite of enormous amounts of time and kiney and energy having been thrown into it.<\/p>\n\n
Yes we have to work with the software which exists, and work around it as best we can, but it feels very relevant to bring into the conversation the fact that these unstable programs create continuous obstacles for effective collaboration between people around the world, and that a more intelligent informational architecture to connect us all might be an enormous short-cut to better collaboration between people around the world.<\/p><\/textarea>\n <\/div>\n