As I do every year, getting myself even more stoked for Fluidity Forum by hand-writing a thank you card to each attendee!
With a month til the event, our schedule is beginning form a pattern out of the nebulosity. Don't wait; apply today! Application link in the comments.
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We're excited to have Jess as our guest of honor this year!
Register today: fluidityforum.org
Fluidity Forum, Thurs-Sun, September 17–20, 2026
Detroit, MI
All meals included @ all price levels
$400 with on-site lodging, $275 w/o lodging ($260 or $55 w assistance discounts)
Opening Ceremonies @ 6pm Thurs; Closing Reflections @ 3pm Sun
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Prices set to rise on Sept 1, & also in the event the BnB fills up & we need to reserve a 2nd one
Title & synopsis of the session you intend to lead (or equivalent contribution) required for programming purposes by Fri, Sept 4
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A new post to the Fluidity Forum Substack, "The Governor And The Maximizer", partly about attending LessOnline 2025 in a few weeks, & partly about the cultural logics of Berkeley & Detroit.
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Josh Brule on piano, and Jade Flowers on guitar, have an improv music jam on Sunday morning at Fluidity Forum 2024, while Blake Elias waits his turn on the piano. (Blake's performance was not filmed.)
youtu.be/iQvg3vwwpsM?si=RPkR…
Evolution, Chesterton’s Fence and Goodhart’s Law
At Fluidity Forum 2024, on Friday, September 6, 2024, Blake Elias gave this talk and then led an open discussion circle.
(link in the comments)
"Sometimes we look at something we are spending our time on, and realize it's actually not getting the outcome we intended. Can there be a framework of guidance for picking something to spend time on that's less likely to be undesirable, and more likely to be desirable?" /1 of 2
"Each solution creates a new problem, and the solution to that creates a new problem, so how do we make each one better than the last, on balance?" /2 of 2
youtu.be/l1WwggPV9eM?si=ogLA…
Personal Space Awareness
Jane Pierce presented this workshop at Fluidity Forum on Friday, September 6, 2024, at noon.
(Link on the comments)
"A light hearted session to discover your innate ability to sense other people’s personal space and develop intentional control over your own. Explore your kinetic responses and help them become conscious knowledge."
youtu.be/wAM2W6rX1-g
