Mark Smith was given a very unique vantage point when networking technology like email was emerging in the 1970s.
In part 2 of the Design Science Synarchy mission log we discuss where we're at as a collective now during these technologically revolutionary times and the insights Mark was gifted then (almost 50 years ago during the first "Design Science Decade") about how mankind has been given the gift of learning to encode the electro-magnetic spectrum....and as a result we would be forced to Elect between the Pro and the Con.
He joins this interview from outside his dome house in central Oregon, where Mark says "I’ve never seen so many rainbows." Steve talks about identifying true wealth as the kind that comes from recognizing nature and inter-connection.
Mark was introduced to Bucky's work by a shared colleague, and was deeply inspired by R. Buckminster Fuller who challenged others to "Make the invisible, visible."
Mark was also a participant in two coheARTs of the Design Science Studio, an art incubator founded out of the BFI, who have sought to revive Bucky's idea of the Design Science Decade for 2020-2030. Creators in the studio apply their whole systems knowledge to create (r)Evolutionary art, experiences and messages for a regenerative future that works for 100% of life.
Mark and a small group of members of the DSS formed the Design Science Synarchy to support the founders of the Design Science Studio. We discuss what the Design Science Studio is and why artists are an extremely influential force in the world.
Mark Smith
https://bit.ly/Eleprocon_Chronicles_Storyboard_PDF
https://youtube.com/@eleprocon
https://eleprocon.substack.com/
https://ideapod.com/eleprocon/
http://www.eleprocon.com/
The Design Science Studio
https://www.designscience.studio/
The Buckminster Fuller Institute
https://www.bfi.org/
Earth Songs (Kari Winn's project)
https://www.earthsongs.world/
Trimtab Spacecamp Community
https://trimtab.substack.com/
Every year, the Buckminster Fuller Institute (https://www.bfi.org) hosts a dynamic event called Trimtab Space Camp, and each event encourages participants to join or host a Mission, the collaborative learning component of this 8-week online event. This year's Space Camp: Towards Climate Stabilization hosted 20 Missions with over 150 participants. At the end of the eight-week journey, crew-members from each Mission have 5 minutes to share their results with the group and the wider BFI community of over 100,000 people.
The Spaceship Earth Mission Log project will be interviewing leaders from each of the 20 Missions over the next 8 weeks beyond the close of this Space Camp. Subscribe to make deeper connections and be notified when each Mission Log comes out!
Steven Leavitt hosts this series, and is the host of The Language of Creativity podcast, https://www.thelanguageofcreativity.com. He has attended four Space Camps since 2020 and is inspired by Buckminster Fuller's quote: “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
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Mark Smith: Electrons + Protons + Consciousness (eleprocon)