Why can't we all just get along? [Bettakultcha]

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Why can’t we all just get along?

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Talk at Bettakultcha, Manchester, 18th April, 2012

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Why can’t we all just get along?

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Conflict

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ConflictipediA

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Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

Gdańsk! Danzig! Gdańsk! Danzig!

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Edit war (Wikipedia article on ‘Love’)

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‘Assume good faith’

‘No personal attacks’

‘Stay cool when the editing gets hot’

‘Assume the presence of a belly-button’

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Drama

By @utterben: https://twitter.com/utterben/status/187095074792947712/photo/1Another interpretation, by @vivmondo, at: http://twitpic.com/95vnd5

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SHUTUPAND

FUCKOFF

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14843549

Bot wars

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Conflict can be beneficial…

…or necessary

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Do we want a world without conflict?

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Naïve optimism?

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Conflict causes stress: Wikistress

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“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

Voltaire

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Possibilianism (n.)

“…emphasizes the exploration of new, unconsidered possibilities. Possibilianism is comfortable holding multiple ideas in mind; it is not interested in committing to any particular story.”

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-space_technology

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The personal is politicalPolitics is also interpersonal

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What networks / communities are we part of?

To what extent are they bubbles?

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We need spaces for dialogue –[inter]personal and political

And, hey kids, just be nice, mmkay?