[Intro:]
Help me launch a bold new series on decision-making in the age of automation!
It’s time to graduate from asking if our dreams are possible to asking how we can dream better.
Greetings and welcome to the first installment of Humans On The Loop, a new series of essays, interviews, salons, and other artifacts intended to record and cultivate evolving public discourse on technology and wisdom, agency and automation. I can’t think of anything more timely.
Here’s the pitch and action plan I wrote in February for my application to the 2024 O’Shaughnessy Fellowship. (Out of 5299 international applicants, I made it into the final thirty and was invited into their grant program. With that support and the support of a Cosmos Institute Fellowship, I’m off to the races but by no means able to rest on my laurels. Don’t hesitate to reach out and suggest an opportunity!)
Below, you’ll find the first installment: an expository piece on why I chose the name, and how it frames and guides this inquiry.
But first, some history and context. Feel free to skip this part for now and circle back…
Introducing Humans On The LoopHelp me launch a bold new series on decision-making in the age of automation!MICHAEL GARFIELDJUN 11, 20242566ShareIt’s time to graduate from asking if our dreams are possible to asking how we can dream better.Greetings and welcome to the first installment of Humans On The Loop, a new series of essays, interviews, salons, and other artifacts intended to record and cultivate evolving public discourse on technology and wisdom, agency and automation. I can’t think of anything more timely.Here’s the pitch and action plan I wrote in February for my application to the 2024 O’Shaughnessy Fellowship. (Out of 5299 international applicants, I made it into the final thirty and was invited into their grant program. With that support and the support of a Cosmos Institute Fellowship, I’m off to the races but by no means able to rest on my laurels. Don’t hesitate to reach out and suggest an opportunity!)Below, you’ll find the first installment: an expository piece on why I chose the name, and how it frames and guides this inquiry.But first, some history and context. Feel free to skip this part for now and circle back…
Continues: Introducing Humans On The Loop
https://michaelgarfield.substack.com/p/hotl-01
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