Digital platforms as the equivalent of a physical space- home, gallery, classroom

technological persuasion architectures vs traditional forms of persuasion (technological does not get a counter argument)

power of influence too great, even if bad ethics are unintentional

Technology should support us, and be constrained by values

Thick reading=thinking and reflecting, considering context /opposite of thin/surface reading

"When we are engaged in acts of love, we humans are at our best...Perhaps humans’ core function is love. "

I love the idea of shifting from “mile wide inch deep” movements to “inch
wide mile deep” movements that schism the existing paradigm

a philosophy for how to be in harmony and love, in and with the world.

the adaptive and relational leadership model found in the work of Black science fiction writer Octavia Butler (and others). Grew into plans of action, personal practices and collective organizing tools that account for constant change and rely on the strength of relationship for adaptation. Includes ideas of biomimetrics and permaculture

being in the right relationship to our home and each other, to practice complexity, and grow a compelling future together through relatively simple interactions. Emergent strategy is how we intentionally change in ways that grow our capacity to embody the just and liberated worlds we long for.

Focus on critical connections more than critical mass—build the resilience by building the relationships

a western/US context are socialized to work against respecting the emergent processes of the world
and each other

"imagined community" or linguistic placeholder for a dynamic collection of ideas, feelings, assumptions, shorthand's, hopes, and dreams that "are all competing to become the correct image" of who and what we are

paces in which marginalized communities can counter state violence, engage in political organizing, and affirm critical teaching and learning

mutual aid resources in response to systemic racism; it's a grieving space for those who have lost loved ones to police brutality; it's an archive for those who work to combat civic and cultural erasure; it's a place to share art, data, and strategies for resistance; and it's also a vehicle for naming digital patterns that bleed over from physical spaces

Fraser and others have argued, the Habermasian conception of the public sphere neglected the various ways that oppressed groups (e.g., women; working class; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender [LGBT]; Black) have been historically marginalized or altogether excluded from the bourgeois public sphere.

marginalized groups have always formed their own subaltern counterpublics

generate critical racial political discourses outside the gaze of the White mainstream

these surveillances (cell phone videos of bad cops) serve as concrete forms of resistance to state violence by placing otherwise private interactions between citizens and law enforcement within a broader set of public and counterpublic spheres. When linked to Black Twitter and other digital counterpublics, these tools enable new forms of pedagogy, resistance and, most fundamentally, survival.

Regardless of Lillard’s personal politics, his comments became a public text that could be used as a site of critical interrogation. The critical response to Lillard’s tweets enabled the Black Twitter community to engage in a critical pedagogy, both internally and to the broader publics (e.g., mainstream television news outlets, blogs, and other sectors of Twitter) that observed and shared the event.

texts can be globally distributed without sanction or mediation from corporate media or law enforcement institutions.

These expectations, which are centered around patriarchal norms of femininity, politeness, and deference to male authority, lead to disproportionate arrests when defied by Black women and girls (Freiburger & Burke, 2011; Nanda, 2012; Saar et al., 2015). In addition, stories about sexual violence, assaults on pregnant women, and gendered profiling were all included in Black Twitter conversations using the #SayHerName hashtag. Through these narratives, Black Twitter did not merely append female faces to male-centered narratives, but also radically shifted how state violence is imagined and contested within the space.

Controlling the story to have it get to the desired result (like chess game)

useful for extrapolating a prior path (like BAC example)

Design Thinking is essentially a problem-solving approach specific to design, which involves assessing known aspects of a problem and identifying the more ambiguous or peripheral factors that contribute to the conditions of a problem.