Conviviality

In this wholehearted conversation, LM Sacasas talks about conviviality and the properties of convivial tools to empower — not de-skill — humans. We also touch on the necessity of limits, re-envisioning the good life, and why Ivan Illich’s ideas have such a big global following today. Podcast Notes What does it…

We believe in tools, and the people who use them. We believe in tools that foster autonomy, encourage inquisitiveness, strengthen personal agency, and drive critical inquiry. We believe knowledge is the essential human project. We’re building beam because we think something is fundamentally broken in the way the tools at…

No matter how high our ambitions are, how far our dreams reach, and how fast we want to get there, life has its own design and pace. It’s high time, we give priority to bringing design of life in alignment with life’s design. We lost our way Scientists discovered principles…

This month’s podcast is a unique discussion about a document we are privileged to have the opportunity to present to you in English in an abridged form. [LINK] The Second Convivialist Manifesto, signed by 276 intellectuals from around the world, charts a new political position — a synthesis — that…

Why are we in need of mending —

I enjoy a good conversation. Yet, in retrospection, the jovial and affable personality, the gravitation towards conviviality, and the widening of perspectives wasn’t innate born, but rather absorbed, comprehended, and appreciated for me. Each individual has a story to tell. Patience, compassion, and curiosity takes you far, as I find…

The Climate-KIC Community Activation team have been aspiring to embody conviviality and collaborate by following buen vivir as a guiding principle. Our team spent the last work week in a beach house in Camber Sands. And we are wired to think it is paradoxical that we were spectacularly productive during…

Joining the Dots — But there is something else as well, that makes me look forward to Saturday mornings on the allotment. And that has to do with other people. I think Saturday mornings are the favourite part of my week, because that’s when I get to spend time on the allotment. I get…

tl;dr: Artificial Intelligence research needs to focus on enriching people’s relation to each other, empower them to organise their life beyond the market, and assist in the transformation towards sustainability Technology is never neutral. It transforms the world, our perceptions of it, and our relations towards one another in a…