How to build a world: a webinar with the Worldbuilding Academy's core team

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My idea/suggestion for building the world:
I like the idea of extrapolating real world scenarios, taking technological research to a next step and considering what could happen if such discovery was made or a technology was developed. My main focus in on science fiction, but I’m open to ideas that merge technology and fantasy, since any technology advanced enough looks like magic in Clarke’s view. My academic background in semiotics, visual arts, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology can also add some further inspiration in terms of adapting theoretical concepts into the construction of scenarios – at least this is what I do as an author. Branched narratives with a gamified approach can also be useful in terms of taking the audience to new, customized paths rather than just sticking to linear stories. I’m open to try new methods and ideas.

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My idea/suggestion for building the world:
The world, and thus the economines, needs to be conceived from the top down and then built from the bottom up.
Some of the questions to answer

  • how do common people live / work?
  • how do the policies affect economic life?
  • what is the climate / seasons? How do they affect daily life (holidays, planting seasons, etc.)?

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I think and hope that thls would be a never ending process, a work-in-progress that offers a platform for imaginative action. I would also like to see connection to other worlds worlding (as in writings of e.e.cummings and the incredible Le Guin) as well as a transitional cosmos that is inviting for diverse communities. The common values and the raison d‘etre (grounding manifesto) would also be significant assets. All need discussion, sketching, visualization, action and in instances unlearning to learn by practice.

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It‘s really amazing how ideas are coinciding; I wrote my world vision without seeing your session description and the core reference is already the same, @alberto :slight_smile: Thank you for organizing this, I am really excited to meet the small crew as well as those joining in like myself. Already started reading works by the writer in residence. Hope to catch up:)

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My idea/suggestion for building the world:
Refining social constructs. Most of current challenges are practically/technically solvable. The question is the stories that govern behaviours are flawed (economy, law, politics, etc).

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It would be nice to have embedded conflicts between the different systems as no system can exist without its (seemingly) opposite.

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My idea/suggestion for building the world:
Make sure every economy has some economists working on it!

One of the regions should have an economy like the Anarres

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Think about the evolution of philosophy and politics in the world you are building. It should not just be about how tech is different in the future, how have our thoughts about morality, religion, science, economics, family, etc. changed?

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I’ll try to draw my idea for building the world.

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My idea/suggestion for building the world:
I would like to create graphic views of the world

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Welcome @marcolok and @michi1,
Looking forward to see your illustrations

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I would like to tackle the issue of communication. How do you resolve conflicts, ensure contracts are observed, enforce the rule of law (and who’s law) when
a) communications takes months or years (no FTL) OR
b) if FTL is possible - and how could communication work in such a scenario (tunneling of a dimension, quantum entaglement, you name it)

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Money is a tool, and just as there are different shapes, forms, functions for tools depending on the task to be performed, monetary systems can be designed to perform better in specific situations or economic context.
A short example and very simplified: Vehicles are designed to work better in the air, and those are called airplanes, while others are designed to work on the water, or on land. And then you have different types and versions for each of those environments, also deigned to carry out certain specific 'jobs" or tasks.

So, too, can happen with money. Rather than saying which monetary system is best, the idea is to create a Monetary Taxonomy. (Which I have created).

Also, Economy is at the moment considered a Market Economy, and it’s structurally inefficient. I have also designed the structure for a Teal Economy, with conferences on the subject given in Japan at an international congress after the Kobe Earthquake.


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My idea/suggestion for building the world:
Include in your world-building plans for gardens, recipes, and events for sharing meals. Food provides a powerful lens for reinforcing or changing beliefs about society and culture.

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