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Specifically, the research aims to:\n\n1. Provide a nuanced framework for understanding and discussing technology's impacts, moving beyond simplistic utopian or dystopian views.\n\n2. Equip community organizers and civic innovators with practical tools to navigate technological change, informed by metamodern principles.\n\n3. Foster cross-pollination between tech and metamodern communities, enhancing both fields through mutual exchange.\n\n4. Inspire more holistic and culturally-informed approaches to technological development, particularly in AI, DAOs, and civic domains.\n\n5. Cultivate a sense of agency among communities in shaping technological futures, rather than feeling at the mercy of tech trends.\n\n6. Bridge divides between technological progress and other vital realms like nature, art, and spirituality.\n\n7. Contribute to the development of new narratives and mythologies that can guide a healthier relationship between humanity and technology.\n\n8. Lay groundwork for more ethical and wise innovation practices in tech development and governance.\n\nThrough this impact, communities will be better positioned to harness the benefits of technological progress while mitigating potential harms, ultimately fostering more resilient, adaptable, and thriving societies in the face of rapid technological change.", "hidden": false, "question": "What is the desired impact you seek to create through your research, (ie what becomes possible for communities as the result of the research you conduct?)", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Google Docs & Sheets", "hidden": false, "question": "Collaborative Governance Mechanism", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "dropdown", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you agree to collaborate and coordinate with other grantees to collate and share your research, including group digital / print publishing and online dialogue, and to license this research under CC BY-SA 4.0?", "questionId": 5, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "kQf1nCV+oulWt7CedN/A9qDanKcIiqTN2p96ABh0V1c=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "aab77420d4fdadde7e64997fd16f2061bf180bda9d3023887353b0a521218f47b914fb2fd00fb2f5c2a5c5d6f7de820f4d0fa79c1eea03ff876a2e34ed69772a0775ce85b6f6b860eb3f44282951809d3d12fe11d0f242a9ad91b5909f5117b6a4e8ecd94dcd53bfc79cb4453388ce5e04ff3f3638dd3580c7b81bb933b90bc60000000000000020c5d0bf1290210eb8f383c94894ab642f3008cc17de0000ec20ed0fbd01eb533f26d1b28582bd573dd3fe65842e88ef95"}}, {"type": "dropdown", "hidden": true, "question": "Do you agree to report milestones from your research?", "questionId": 6, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "ZKFkCYvCedAwAtmzXJ1zAF5Z8fiEgxrdu+hoOfQb/LE=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "728f2231de393325c80a8dd744db5e8ca2db0fc2cf1a983b22b1698d034e588503c69e08d34e678e8a706c308355600235bae95ad470f033b88ff10b60b0e7563597babf2fecc4b00dbd1a03b02b30f091326767d47e884cad96bfde0c26cfb7711c9b41f5c578140c5c6c23a212fc391e2f32e1a923cb3b233b3840d55089d3000000000000002058eff2d18015cf3edffe8f126c75a2aefd8238cc62687047649e6d5d83efe53521b0af5ab8e34c945ffd22f924c6998b"}}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "I have extensive experience conducting research and possess a wide range of relevant skills that would support this type of work:\n\n1. Academic background: I have an MPhys in Physics from the University of Oxford, where I specialized in quantum field theory, and an MRes in Complexity Sciences from the University of Bristol. This scientific training has given me strong analytical and research skills.\n\n2. Technology expertise: I have over 20 years of experience as a software engineer and have recently completed a Professional Certificate in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence with UC Berkeley. This technical knowledge allows me to understand and work with cutting-edge technologies.\n\n3. Teaching experience: I've taught several courses on topics like web3, crypto, decentralized systems, and artificial intelligence. This has honed my ability to synthesize and communicate complex information.\n\n4. Interdisciplinary approach: My work spans technology, philosophy, spirituality, and social change. This allows me to approach research from multiple angles and make unique connections.\n\n5. Writing and communication: I regularly write articles, newsletters, and blog posts on a variety of topics. I'm skilled at presenting research findings in accessible ways.\n\n6. Network and community building: Through my work with organizations like The Psychedelic Society and Dandelion Collective, I've built extensive networks in various fields, which can be valuable for research collaboration and dissemination.\n\n7. Practical implementation: My experience in developing platforms like Dandelion and involvement in various projects gives me insight into how research can be applied in real-world contexts.\n\n8. Continuous learning: I regularly attend conferences, workshops, and retreats across various disciplines, keeping my knowledge current and diverse.\n\nThis combination of technical expertise, interdisciplinary knowledge, communication skills, and practical experience positions me well to conduct and lead innovative research projects.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please describe your past history conducting research of this nature or the relevant skills that will support your work.", "questionId": 7}], "project": {"id": "0x41ebcd0048a9cf67cf48d95a187fa67719fd5fe74968e8f8090e296cf70ab9ba", "title": "Stephen Reid: Technological Metamodernism", "logoImg": "bafkreiah5zf3gtek5gzcsa4abgm4arpcslt6bhsbgjys4ydonbwdgxuzwi", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreieesg5krxkvgef7s45kcugzi34elv43svrebvoaz7apg4d4norzi4", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://futurecraft.life/technological-metamodernism", "bannerImg": "bafkreiezhx5k7z42jplzfsncgddniugstjopa56fgnvtxlyu2hq2lon64u", "createdAt": 1722419902378, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..KurNKt02jEjLns2_D6hcRpktv4w2SeHpRlCKkrjl8XKVqqziGUEKxxJixpnyG8AhOvmNUWSMVinZHPAv_VHHDQ", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-07-31T09:57:58.899Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-07-31T09:57:58.898Z", "expirationDate": "2024-10-29T09:57:58.898Z", "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": "The 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\nThis application is for research contributing to a Technological Metamodernism course in September 2024,  which will invite participants 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\nResearch topics:\n\nFoundations\n\n- Current mainstream discourse around technology: e/acc, doomers and technofeudalism\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\nMetamodern Takes on Technology\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\nTechnological Metamodernism, Myth and Magic\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\nMetamodern Tech Futures\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\nResearcher and course leader: Stephen Reid\n\nStephen Reid is a transdisciplinary technologist, facilitator and Dharma student who has trained in the fields of AI/ML, complexity science, physics, transformative coaching and insight meditation. Current projects include hosting immersive residencies as a co-founder of Futurecraft, consulting for top organisations on AI projects, and leading the development of the Dandelion platform for regenerative events and co-created gatherings as part 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. Stephen 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. 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