{"id":3648,"date":"2020-09-04T13:47:45","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T17:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pangaro.com\/designconversation\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2021-01-30T20:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T01:38:30","slug":"update-newmacymeeting-1-why-cant-cybernetics-tame-pandemics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pangaro.com\/designconversation\/2020\/09\/update-newmacymeeting-1-why-cant-cybernetics-tame-pandemics\/","title":{"rendered":"Update \u2014 #NewMacyMeeting #1 \u2014 Why Can\u2019t Cybernetics Tame Pandemics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here for the video of this panel.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong> for direct link to panel description<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on the conference webpage.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here<\/strong> for updated description of #NewMacyMeetings initiative.<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Here are more details for our\u00a0first meeting of the revival of the Macy Meetings in cybernetics<\/strong> on Sunday September 13th at Noon EDT,\u00a0first reported in this prior post<\/a>, as follows:<\/p>\n

Our speakers Larry Richards and Ben Sweeting<\/a>\u00a0will respond to the provocation,\u00a0“Why Can\u2019t Cybernetics Tame Pandemics?”<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Then our respondents will each answer the questions, “Where did the speakers agree?”<\/strong> and “What did they leave out?”<\/strong>\u00a0Our confirmed respondents are BCE Scott<\/a> and Patricia Ticineto Clough. The speakers are then allowed to respond, and the process repeats. Read below for a longer description of context and intention.<\/p>\n

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This one-hour session is part of the 2-day 2020 Global Conversation Conference<\/strong>, a joint effort of the American Society for Cybernetic<\/a>s and the British Cybernetic Society<\/a>.\u00a0Registration 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

The moderator the session, Paul Pangaro<\/a>, has initiated #NewMacy in response to 21st-century global pandemics<\/a> for which COVID is only one, while certainly vivid and immediately threatening. Click here for more details<\/a> on\u00a0the overall direction of the #NewMacyMeetings.<\/b>\u00a0 Read on below for the detailed description of this first experiment In the revival of #NewMacy.<\/p>\n

Provocation: Why Can\u2019t Cybernetics Tame Pandemics?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

We live in the unprecedented era of multiple global pandemics. While the COVID-19 pandemic of biology has forced an immediate response, other pandemics have existed for some time: rapacious technology, uncontrolled climate change, inequitable healthcare systems, racist socio-economic structures, food and water insecurity\u2026 the list is long.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In design circles such \u2018wicked challenges\u2019 are construed to encompass but also to require more than viewpoints of first-order complexity; they require articulation of worldview(s) in which purpose, human values, and humility are most prominent. This\u00a0 <\/span>second-order rhetorical step emphasizes the need for the dynamics of conversation, sufficient for shared understanding\u00a0and coordinated action in the face of wicked challenges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cybernetics purports to offer both a first- and second-order praxis. Can it help here? To stimulate debate, the prompt for the panel is: Why can\u2019t cybernetics tame the wicked pandemics of today? The purpose is not simply to identify what is outside <\/i>of cybernetics but to point out the limitations of cybernetics <\/i>as a praxis for today\u2019s pandemics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This panel is the first event in the revival of the Macy Meetings for the global challenges of the 21st-century. (See this doc for more details<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Click here for the video of this panel. Click here for direct link to panel description\u00a0on the conference webpage. Click here for updated description of #NewMacyMeetings initiative. Here are more details for our\u00a0first meeting of the revival of the Macy Meetings in cybernetics on Sunday September 13th at Noon EDT,\u00a0first reported in this prior post, … <\/p>\n

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