I know that this scale of dialogue is what Qiqo was originally built for, Lucas. So I'm glad to see you asking this question. I wonder if the folks at helena.org would appreciate it. They did a small-sample program "American in One Room," a weekend gathering, folks flown in from all 50 states, as I recall, in conjunction with the NYTimes and some folks at U of Chicago.
Michael -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) MichaelHerman.com OpenSpaceWorld.org On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 10:35 AM Lucas Cioffi via OSList < oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote: > Dear OSLIST, > > > Does anyone want to try opening up some dialogue channels between the > people of Russia and the people of the West? It's way too late to affect > the current situation in Ukraine, but dialogue could be helpful for the > long term. > > > I believe that if the people speak with each other directly > and (eventually) on a large enough scale, then there is a strong chance for > understanding to be built, less us-vs.-them thinking, and that would give > political leaders flexibility to choose options other than war to solve big > problems. > > > It doesn't look like many are doing anything like this yet. With a quick > Google search I could only find the Carnegie Moscow Center > <https://carnegiemoscow.org/specialprojects/relaunchingusrussiadialogueonglobalchallenges/?lang=en> > as > an organization interested in a participatory US-Russia dialogue. > > > Assuming there was an unlimited budget, how could a dialogue be designed? > Is anyone interested in working on something like this? > > > Lucas Cioffi > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
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