Today's Class

Meaning Analysis

💩 Meaningless Time (one that felt empty, pointless, shitty):

🌳 Personal Value that was suppressed (way you couldn't be/approach things/treat people):

💍🛃 Expectations that suppressed the value (following social norms / promoting ideologies):

📈 Goals/Fears that suppressed the value (strategies to get certain outcomes):

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← ... to be opened LATER

Drag Structural Features here:

Salvage:

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Audience — Size:

How many people are present?

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Audience — Loyalty:

Are people going to stick around?

Examples: Loyal — dinner with close friends. Trapped — WhatsApp group, open mic Fickle — people passing on the street Unclear — you can’t tell

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Audience — Feedback:

What kinds of responses are possible?

Examples: like | friend | follow | thank | review | comment | join | commit | request | buy | eye contact | body language | hand signals

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Audience — Time Together:

How long are we present?

Examples: None — twitter, news feed Brief — speed dating Some — weekend workshop Enduring — workmates, old friends, family

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Connections — Matchmaking:

What clues connect people?

Examples: Deep Context — education, talents, skill sets, interests, values Shallow Markings — age, class, gender, race, beauty None/Random — chat roulette

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Connections — Interreliance:

Do we need each other to proceed?

Examples: Dependent — parents/children, gatekeepers Interdependent— congress, social club Independent — news feed

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Connections — Depth:

How well are people acquainted?

Examples: close friends | acquaintances | strangers | anonymous | mixed |

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Connections — Form:

How do we interact?

Examples: In pairs — news feed Teams — sports league Whole Group — sharing circle Disjointed — high school dance (in-groups/out-groups)

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Contribution — Pretext:

Why are we communicating?

Examples: Shared Goal — team meeting Shared Value — close friends Shared Topic — comment thread Interlocking Goals — marketplace Unclear — strangers at a party

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Contribution — Pace:

How quickly are we communicating?

Examples: Off the cuff — improv, chat rooms Asynchronous — texting Thoughtful — journal and share Contemplative — blog posts

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Contribution — Filter:

Why is this or that person talking?

Examples: Invited — dinner/camping trip Uninvited — question time at a public event / comment in a public forum Selective — standard barrier (e.g., university)

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Consequences — Status:

Is there a social hierarchy?

Examples: Flat — no, we focus on equality Ranked — scores or skill levels Celebrity — huge differences

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Consequences — Stakes:

How much will outcomes affect me?

Examples: High — THIS MATTERS!!! Medium — I'll live either way, but... Low — who cares?

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Consequences — Durability:

Will what I say stick around?

Examples: Ephemeral — Talking at a bar Temporary — Snapchat Searchable (w/effort) — Microfiche Permanent Record — Twitter

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Other Features:

What else is relevant to the situation?

Where is your value harder or easier?

🌳 Personal Value:

• Big family dinner w. fiance vs. Quiet dinner with best friend
• Academic conference vs Camping trip
• Alchoholics Anonymous Meeting vs Facebook News Feed
• Gallery art opening vs. Project Meeting
• Masquerade ball vs Waiting in line at grocery story
• Job Interview vs Rock band jam session
• Rock concert with fans vs. Subway station
• YouTube vs Neighborhood Bar

Where Would You Send a Friend?

Your friend discovered new values they want to practice more in their life. You have a cab ready to take them to one of the four situations described in the walkthrough.

For each of these values, where do you send them, and why?

• Show up with vulnerable honesty
• Attend to our connection more than to the outcome
• Appreciate the people around me as mammals, not just as Homo Sapiens.
• Treat every sentence I craft as an art project.
• Speak to what I notice

Learning to Use Them

Sketch out the structural features of things he wants redesign:

• University Course
• Meetup Group
• Brick and Mortar Cafe (for this, just a regular cafe)

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SF interview #1

Audience

How many people are present? → Size

Are people going to stick around? → Loyalty

What kinds of responses are possible → Feedback

How long are we present? → Time Together

Contribution

Why are we communicating? → Pretext

How quickly are we communicating? → Pace

Why is this or that person talking? → Filter

Connections

What clues connect people? → Matchmaking

Do we need each other to proceed? → Interreliance

How well are people acquainted? → Depth

How do we interact? → Form

Consequences

Is there a social hierarchy? → Status

How much will outcomes affect me? → Stakes

Will what I say stick around? → Durability

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SF interview #2

Audience

How many people are present? → Size

Are people going to stick around? → Loyalty

What kinds of responses are possible → Feedback

How long are we present? → Time Together

Contribution

Why are we communicating? → Pretext

How quickly are we communicating? → Pace

Why is this or that person talking? → Filter

Connections

What clues connect people? → Matchmaking

Do we need each other to proceed? → Interreliance

How well are people acquainted? → Depth

How do we interact? → Form

Consequences

Is there a social hierarchy? → Status

How much will outcomes affect me? → Stakes

Will what I say stick around? → Durability

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SF interview #3

Audience

How many people are present? → Size

Are people going to stick around? → Loyalty

What kinds of responses are possible → Feedback

How long are we present? → Time Together

Contribution

Why are we communicating? → Pretext

How quickly are we communicating? → Pace

Why is this or that person talking? → Filter

Connections

What clues connect people? → Matchmaking

Do we need each other to proceed? → Interreliance

How well are people acquainted? → Depth

How do we interact? → Form

Consequences

Is there a social hierarchy? → Status

How much will outcomes affect me? → Stakes

Will what I say stick around? → Durability

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SF interview #4

Audience

How many people are present? → Size

Are people going to stick around? → Loyalty

What kinds of responses are possible → Feedback

How long are we present? → Time Together

Contribution

Why are we communicating? → Pretext

How quickly are we communicating? → Pace

Why is this or that person talking? → Filter

Connections

What clues connect people? → Matchmaking

Do we need each other to proceed? → Interreliance

How well are people acquainted? → Depth

How do we interact? → Form

Consequences

Is there a social hierarchy? → Status

How much will outcomes affect me? → Stakes

Will what I say stick around? → Durability

Structural Features — Salvage

Overview. One person in the group shares a story about an event, workplace, relationship, or other social system in which a value is being blocked. The rest of the group tries to salvage the situation by changing it's structural features to support the value.

How to play: Start by listening to the story. Write the personal value into the box in the "Redesign Area", and fill out the Structural Features boxes below. Then drag ones you think are relevant up into the redesign area. Come up with one or more salvages for each Structural Feature that is suppressing the value.

🌳 Personal Value:

Reverse Engineering Non-Values

Beneath you'll find five goals and expectations that can crowd out values. With the structural features in mind, make a masterplan. How would you design a social space that fosters these goals or expectations?

• What matters most is that they see me as professional.
• To be accepted here I have to seem caring, warm and sweet.
• I should be polite.
• When we are together, we have a good time.
• To be attractive I have to look good and seem rich.

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You'll find an overview of structural features in here.

Homework

• Structural Feature Field Tripping
• Find three times when a value is suppressed in a situation and a structural feature that could be changed to make it better

More things to add

MEMETIC STRUCTURAL FEATURES (easier in)

SALVAGE W/TRAINING WHEELS (multiple choice)

NORM GENERATION GAME