Maybe someone who has the skills to work with "cellular automata" software can program and run some simulations .. If it turns out to be indistinguishable from the real thing - what would that mean?
http://www.wolframscience.com/ (a book with chapters on cellular automata and then more) The real thing just takes a videocam hanging from the ceiling - and someone with access to the ceiling so that they can put a new clean tape in the videocam. Ok, maybe you want to have two cameras so you won't miss a second (the time to change tapes). And maybe you want people to wear caps (with a number) or t-shirts or tint their hair (or lack of) a bit. And maybe someone can contact a naturalist to see if there are cameras that take only a frame per second - i mean we may not need all the time resolution of normal cameras. Could we use infra-red (heat) cameras at the same time? A webcam tied to a portable (with a huge disk) looks like could do the job most simply. Perhaps it can be tried with a small OS gathering first. But what would really be impressive is to have it with 2,000 people. Lucas --- Jimbo Clark <[email protected]> escribió: > Chris, > > Your idea to take a time lapse film of an open space is genius. > > For those that have facilitated a few, we can imagine what it would > look > like. To a prospect who is considering whether to take the "risk" of > doing > OS, it would be a powerful presentation of the power and simplicity > of what > organizations experience in the OS environment. > > bo > > > On 4/30/05, Chris Corrigan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Colleagues: > > > > I just completed what looks to be my 100th Open Space event. It's > hard to > > know, what with little ones in trainings and the odd spotaneous one > and all > > the other bits and pieces that comes with living in Open Space, but > it's > > sufficiently close to call it 100. It's been 10 years since I > stumbled on > > OST, 6 years since I've really undertaken the practice of > facilitating OST, > > and with the completion of today's event, it feels like a bit of a > > milestone. > > > > So I'm marking it with appreciations a reflection and a request.. > > > > First, Harrison. I was explaining the two martini story again today > to a > > participant who was looking around the room at the wonderful > synergy 60 > > people were creating and she remarked that there is no way > something so > > intricate could have been born at the bottom of a martini glass. I > just > > smiled and said that Harrison is a trickster. He is a raven that > brought > > light into the world. He likes shiny things and olives. That > troublsome > > curiosity combined with an incredibly razor sharp brain and a deep > > understanding of the subsonic notes in the human story made the two > martini > > moment possible. In dozens of OST events, when I explain to people > > Harrison's story, they express immense appreciation for the way in > which OST > > was offered to the world. And so I'd like to pay these forward and > add to it > > my undying respect and affection for giving it all a name. > > > > Thank you Harrison. > > > > And then there are those at whose knees I have sat and learned my > craft, > > and that includes Birgitt Williams in a formal way and my mentors > near and > > far, like Peggy Holman, Larry Peterson, Father Brian Bainbridge, > Alan > > Stewart, Anne Stadler, Lisa Heft, Avener Haramati, Toke Moeller, > and dozens > > and dozens of you who have generously helped me make my practice > come alive. > > What a lucky community of people we are to have this crowd in our > midst. Do > > you guys know how lucky we are? We are VERY lucky indeed. > > > > Then there are my partners in crime, like Laurel Doersam who was > insane > > enough to join me and co-host OSonOS IX in 2001 which was an > undertaking not > > unlike telling jokes to comedians. Michael Herman, my > co-conspirator in a > > global and sometimes virtual firm of ideas, work, trainings, > practice, > > coaching, writing and sleeping in each other's offices, has taught > me more > > about incorporating OST into life than anyone. Chris Robertson, a > long time > > co-creator of OST events and people like David Stevenson and Julie > Smith, > > and Kate Sutherland and Te Rehia Tapata-Stafford are all sponsors > the rest > > of you would fight me for. They are brave and risk taking and > supportive and > > exhibit that same kind of curiosity that the raven does. > > > > And you all on the list - the profound and profane, the teachers > and > > learners, the ones with questions and the ones with answers, > storytellers, > > researchers, poets, schemers, sly and wily provocateurs cuight in > the cut > > and thrust of wit and exploration and support with no small amount > of > > humour, compassion and affection. A warm, warm group of people and > none of > > us can say that we would be the same without being members of this > > community. Thank you colleagues for your years of advice to date > and the > > years of advice to come. > > > > And so, if you have made it this far, here is the one thing I am > > reflecting on after doing 100 of these things: > > > > What is the depth at work here? How is it that 60 people can > organize an > > agenda in 20 minutes that wil carry them through a day and a half > of the > > most transformative dialogue some of them have ever experienced? > Seriously. > > Think about that. It should never be able to happen. After 100 > events I > > still can't figure it out. All I can see is that people are diving > into > > something so deep and untapped and limitless in resourcefulness, > and when > > they surface it's as if time has stopped, and all this stuff got > done and > > only 20 minutes has passed. I've heard people call it Spirit, and > my Elders > > have maybe a better word for it: "manitoo," which in Ojibway means > both > > spirit and mystery. Still, happy as I am to leave it at mystery, I > can see > > it, taste it and feel it at work in OST gatherings, and I'm more > and more > > curious about it, especially the sense that whatever it is it > exhibits > > DEPTH. Real, tangible depth. Whaddya think?. > > > > And finally, here is my wish for something to happen sometime in > the next > > 100: I'd like someone to make a time lapse movie of an OST event > filmed from > > high above the room, showing all the activity that springs out of > the > > stillness of that circle, moves through the agenda setting, the > entire self > > organization part and back into a close. In the middle of all that, > or more > > likely off to the side, would be one still figure: an Open Space > facilitator > > moving slowly or resting in the midst of all the chaos and > activity. Would > > that be the coolest training video ever or what? It's all we'd ever > need to > > show. > > > > A hearty thank you to all. > > > > With much love respect and affection, > > > > Chris > > > > > > -- > > > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > > Consultation - Facilitation > > Open Space Technology > > > > Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot > > Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com * * > > ========================================================== > > [email protected] ------------------------------ To > > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > > [email protected]: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo! 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