Truth Bowl: Beyond Polarized Debate
Truth Bowl is a structured dialogue, halfway between competitive debate and a panel discussion, designed to model and train people in “productive disagreement.” TRUTH is sometimes interpreted as the...
View ArticleTB 2019-07-12-1500: The Purpose of Mass Education
Around the world, we invest enormous quantities of Financial, Human, and Social Capital in education. Why? What do we hope to get from it? How can we measure that? Whom can we trust to give us honest...
View ArticleA Perspective on “The Purpose of Mass Education”
Ernie’s raw notes for ⰖTruth Bowl 2017-07-12-1500 The societal purpose of mass education is to Model and Promulgate a vision of how to align personal ambition with the good of society, ie gamifying...
View ArticleTruth Bowl 2019-08-02 How to Fix Education (Beta 2)
For our second “Truth Bowl Beta” we are pivoting away from a panel discussion towards more of a back-and-forth debate — but with a twist! Rather than judging the two Panelists (“Pitcher” and...
View ArticleTruth Bowl: Saving Humanity from Technology (Beta 3 2019-08-015)
Please join us for Truth Bowl Beta 3 next Thursday, August 15th at 3PM Pacific. Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/2960092796 One tap mobile: +16699006833,,2960092796# US (San Jose) Dial by your location:...
View ArticleTruth Bowl Beta 4: Alternative Models of Education (2019-08-29 Finale)
Update: Truth Bowl is now Fish Bowl. Watch the videos to learn why: For more details, please visit https://analogbootcamps.wordpress.com Thursday 8/29 at 3PM Pacific will be our fourth public beta of...
View ArticleMINFIG: Strawman, Steelman, Legoman
Most of you have heard the term “straw man” for an intentionally weak argument. I only recently discovered that the tern “steel man” has become fashionable for the opposite (we’ve also referred to...
View Article7/31-8/2/2020 American Resilience UnParty UnConvention
https://www.runtheworld.today We, as citizens of these United States, in the shadow of COVID-19, believe the most urgent and important virtue we can aspire to as a people is Resilience. We are not a...
View ArticleIntroducing the Generalized Kegan Maturity Model (GKMM)
My whole understanding of discipleship, transformation, and myself was completely transformed by learning about Kegan’s Theory of Adult Development. It gave me a unified framework for thinking about...
View ArticleRetrospective Roundtable: THE GREAT DECENTRALIZATION OF 2020
Making of a Revolutionary Ruckus April 1st, 2040 AD By Ernest Prabhakar and Colin Keeler INTRODUCTIONS TIM: Greetings, digital athletes! Today is April 1st, 2040 AD. I’m Tim O’Lee, normally host of...
View ArticleTHS-IPA: A Game-Theoretic Model of Transformation
This is my first attempt to articulate a coherent theoretical model of transformation, based on my dialogues with Prof. Agnis Stibe on Transforming Human Systems. The Instigator-Population-Agents...
View ArticleTHS-IPA Example: Gerbil Warming
During our last session, Agnis asked for a practical illustration of how to apply THS-IPA game theory to transformation. I wanted to do a toy example, but he was hoping for a real-world scenario. I...
View ArticleSix Ways to Out-Think the Future
Pre-paying the “Crisis Mode Cost” To prepare for times of danger, uncertainty, or extraordinary opportunity, we must cultivate these six habits of mind in order to win the future (#WTF) by bridging...
View ArticleTHS-4H: Systemic Virtue
America is facing a long-overdue reckoning with issues related to racism and inequity. Again. In fact, this seems to happen every fifty years or so: The American RevolutionJacksonian DemocracyThe...
View ArticleOnline Reconciliation Circles
Online Reconciliation Circles are a novel format for modeling constructive dialogue on difficult topics. The goal is to provide a safe place to explore better approaches to polarizing issues, starting...
View ArticleUltimate Harmony
The ultimate purpose and measure of mental, emotional, and spiritual health is a Harmonious Self, where each Part relates constructively to the Other. The ultimate purpose and measure of political,...
View ArticleAsker/Responder Chain
The A/R Chain is a online communication protocol to help groups deal with emotionally-charged situations when there isn’t a neutral moderator they all trust. Asker/Responder Protocol Asker asks...
View ArticleAndy Stanley’s Five Question Decision Filter
Andy Stanley 5 questions Christians should ask before decision – The Christian Post First, people should ask themselves, “Why am I doing this?” Second, it’s important to ask, “What story do I want to...
View ArticleRTFM: The Revolutionary Transparency Manifesto
Asymmetric information is the key enabler of structural injustice In the absence of information monopolies, the only competitive advantage is asymmetric virtue Transparent ecosystems inevitably...
View ArticleBeyond Personal Freedom
Freedom was the rallying cry of the American Revolution. And that vision of Freedom is truly God’s gift to the world. But the worm in that apple of Freedom was always the word “personal…” Personal...
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