Amidst the turmoil of the COVID lockdowns, I tried out my hand at writing science-fiction, as part of a Decentralised Futures essay competition commissioned by NESTA, the UK-based innovation foundation. Together with my collaborator, Blockchain law expert, Primavera de Filippi,…
I was invited to be a mentor as part of an organization dedicated towards transforming the refugee youth experience. How could I say no? With 11 teams of 58 youth, the hackathon brought together Syrian Refugee Youth from the Arbat…
0:00 / 0:00 What Are The Patterns That Connect? What are the Patterns that connectGregory, greatest at relationalChess, or maybe Go, simplePrinciples of ExplanationOccam’s Razor slicing downto the fractal repeatingthe beating rhythm of theMusic manifest in NatureBegotten in our Collective…
Thinking about the visions of the future that we can co-create and weave with one another, in unity with the expression of our cynicism for the way things were. We have an ironic take on the world that recognizes that…
0:00 / 0:00 A Republic of Heaven on Earth Getting back into the habit of free writing. The need to get things out of my head and communicate. List out tasks and actions into textual instructions: The world as yours…
The line of sunshinelike a lazy silk worm trailing down the edge of the leaf hints at the quantum biological processes at work as the photons interact with the leaf’s consciousness — panpsychism would have us believe that every plant…
Flying full from this sacred feeling, sensing whenua, softened by the grace of whanau cradling hearts close. Time slows, truths shown under moonlight tikanga, ancient knowledge for modern magic making, love staking claims over lagoonèd souls, only claims of care…
Meditating on mountainsTo the sounds of the wabi-sabi lookout:Shabby chic pizzicato overtures, infinitely imperfect bell harmonics. Trees sensing out, inspiring us one by one:Leaving New York, remembering the retired lawyer and his partner up north in the Hudson woods,Her work…
During late summer of 2019, I participated in one of the most impactful educational experiences of my life. Created in collaboration between DSIL Global and the University for Peace, (an institution based in Costa Rica, established by the General Assembly…
More time, more magic.Hacking all expectations, shaping reality, our own to make with magic words: “You are not your code”.“That doesn’t work for me”.“We don’t do that here”. Setting up for better angels with our semiotic defaults,Magicking social constructs and…