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Richard Bartlett - Occupy Wall Street as Bootstrapping Collective Intelligence

Oct 18, 2018
Richard Dennis Bartlett, founder of Loomio, reflects on Occupy Wall Street as a bootstrapped collective intelligence. They discuss vTaiwan movement, combining social and digital technologies for robust collective intelligence, and the power of creative solutions. They explore connections between blockchain and Occupy, emergence of new collective intelligence, and the idea of outcompeting capitalism through metamodernism.
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  • Occupy Wall Street exemplifies a bootstrapped collective intelligence movement, sparking personal growth and a sense of optimism.
  • The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan showcased the power of deliberative democracy and the significance of social and technological architectures in collective intelligence.

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Occupy Wall Street as a Bootstrapped Collective Intelligence

Occupy Wall Street is discussed as a potential example of a bootstrapped collective intelligence movement. The movement is seen as transformative, leading to personal growth and a sense of optimism. Participants in Occupy Wall Street believed in the power of leaderless movements and the potential for robust expressions of collective intelligence. The experience of being part of Occupy Wall Street brought about a new level of empathy and collective understanding, sparking an intense period of personal growth.

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