You know how in most complex systems the average has no meaning, and there is no such thing as a representative agent? Something like Edgeryders is not built on the idea that the average person wants to engage on debates like this one. It is built on the idea that there are enough people around that use social media in a considerate and careful way for these debates to happen. What matters is not the percentage of “good” writers, but their overall number. Guess what: we are having these debates! It must be working.
@2mavin if you are saying the Internet is full of junk, I knew that (and guess what: so is offline interaction. Just go to a football match to get racist nonsense, violent language, sexism, commonplace and tribalism. I am afraid this is a fundamental part of being human).
If you are saying that therefore large scale constructive collaboration is impossible, you are disproved by Wikipedia, GalaxyZoo, Twitter coordination of mass demonstrations etc. etc.
You must be saying something else. But for the life of me I don’t get what.
I’ll be with you for the sessions on next steps in Egypt.
Will send something on my own work soonish. It will be about the driving and environment initiatives, education (incl mini-medina, yes) and coworking/ hack spaces.
Great opportunity to meet again with all edgeryders!
Hi Noemi and all,
It’s also great opportunity to present futurespotters our new project - SWAP shop in Armenia, so it will be great to have a possibility to have a session on this.
I’m just interested is it late to have a session and be considered for one of the paid-travel tickets?
p.s. sorry for not being so much active during this days, I had exams.
Hi @Enli, glad you wanna come! nope not too late to submit session proposal & put yourself on the radar for the travel support, here are some guidelines. Note that you can also co-host a session with someone from the community, especially from a different country to give yourself an opportunity to prepare it and collaborate before the event; if you have time to check the Futurespotters documentation from the workshops, you might just pick some of the burning questions and offer Swap Shop Yerevanas an example of how you yourself are beginning to find answers or test a solution. Hope to see you again soon!
Hi Sabah, I’m Noemi one of the organisers and member in Edgeryders since its beginning it 2011…
A good way to start and get to know peeps around here is to introduce yourself in a post. Most of us did it as we find it’s a good icebreaker, here’s my recent story. Where will you be coming from? Are you interested in one of the sessions already proposed? You can check them all out here.
can’t wait to see you guys in Tbilisi! As I read all the posts with close attention, it feels that I already know a lot of you. As you might know, in Tbilisi I will present preliminary findings from our research on Spot The Future - I am looking into main trends, main challenges and topics that emerged in our online discussion in the last 3 months. However, as Spot The Future is not only about on line participation, but also about off-line meetings and collaboration, I want to meet with you ladies and gents and talk more about what we see in the world, what bothers us and how we change it. Please register to my focus group discussion here . I need 6-12 active people, active future spotters from Armenia, Egypt and Georgia. I promise, you will get private invitations as well, not only this group call.
Once again - I can’t wait to see all of you in beautiful Tbilisi!
looking forward to see u in Tbilisi , have u arranged ur flight and accommodation or do u need help with that .
it would be great if u can introduce urself here in the arrivals so that we all get to know each other better . here is my post in the arrivals so u know more about me
I plan to come with my 1 year old daughter, so i need to organize the details of my trip in advance. A friend has already offered me accommodation in Tbilisi(thanks Inge!) and if I find a comfortable means of transportation from Yerevan to Tbilisi and back, i am totally in!
Really hope you can make it Anna! You would have a great input in the sessions and I am also sure you could learn a lot from it for your own projects! And yes: mi casa es su casa (I don’t know how to write in Spanish, but you get the idea ). Also check out the event on the first day, perhaps you can think of some Moroccan dishes? :D
Hi, I’m Andrew. I founded Georiders in Georgia in 2007 after cycling to Georgia (and India)- it is a bicycle tour operator and cycling community promoting cycling and cycling infrastructure in Georgia.
I have an MA in Design Critical Practice from Goldsmiths in London. I know about programming, design methods and mapping out big visions using conversations based around Agile methodology.
I am also technical coordinator of Joya - Arte + Ecologia based at Cortijada Los Gazquez in Andalucia, Southern Spain - an off-grid creative retreat and art association.
Looking forward to meeting you at the event and I would like to help out anyway I can beforehand.
You probably know CycleHack Tbilisi and Critical mass folks… also in Armenia @Vahagn and @Enli are quite big on (urban) cycling.
Perhaps it might be worth you checking out the event agenda in the making and see which of the sessions you feel you could be contributing to (leave a thoughtful comment?) or if you have something you want to lead yourself feel free to put it up and we’ll book you a time slot…
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