Click here for Update on\u00a0#NewMacyMeeting #1<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>with description of intention and participant names.<\/i><\/p>\n Click here<\/strong> for updated description of #NewMacyMeetings initiative.<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n We live in the unprecedented era of multiple global pandemics:<\/strong> COVID-19, rapacious technology, uncontrolled climate change, inequitable healthcare, systemic racism, unprincipled socio-economic structures, food and water insecurity\u2026 the list is far longer. Science, governance, and society have failed. If we’re going to make a dent we need sharper systemic tools, much broader inclusivity, and new generations engaged in conversations for action<\/a>.<\/p>\n The\u00a0original Macy Meetings<\/a> were held from the mid-1940s to mid-1950s, convened to explore the new art and science of systems that have purpose: cybernetics. Participants were international scholars who<\/span>\u00a0brought cybernetic frameworks back to their disciplines and changed the global discourse across the hard and soft sciences<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n You are invited to the launch of #NewMacyMeetings in September 2020. <\/b>This will be a modest first session, one of a series of experiments before a more formal and large-scale effort in 2021. This first session is called\u00a0Why Can\u2019t Cybernetics Tame Pandemics?\u00a0<\/b>This will comprise 2 speakers giving short positions on that question, and a few rounds with respondents who will answer: Where did the speakers agree? What did they leave out?<\/p>\n While following the ground-breaking tradition of\u00a0trans-disciplinary conversations\u00a0<\/strong>established by the original Macy Meetings,\u00a0our #NewMacyMeetings must also be trans-global <\/b>(diverse and inclusive) as well as trans-generational <\/b>(engaging all ages).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n #NewMacyMeeting #1 will be held between 12pm and 1pm EDT via Zoom on Sunday September 13.<\/b>\u00a0The session is part of the 2-day 2020 Global Conversation Conference, a joint effort of the American Society for Cybernetic<\/a>s and the British Cybernetic Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Registration is required but a donation is completely optional.\u00a0<\/b>Please\u00a0<\/span>go to this ASC page for more information and the link to register.<\/a>\u00a0You will receive a Zoom video invitation thereafter.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Front](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pangaro.com\/designconversation\/wp-content\/uploads\/OMacy-10-front_pagehand-v3c.jpg?resize=525%2C684&ssl=1\")
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