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A Book Named Aram

by Aram Armstrong

Aram is a Generator. Yellow Solar Human. Teacher. Systems Thinker. Hānai Father. Civic Minded Change Agent. Founder of Maui Mind Academy and Generative Ventures Hawaii. Aram channels the spirit of Generativity, usually whilst driving. Generativity is a joyful creativity that flows from an eager curiosity and the courage to experiment. Come share some time with me as we lean into the power of the present potential future now: an inquiry and pilgrimage into spirit, mind, body, and technology. The Art of Synthesis. A Young Alchemists Guide to Shaping the World. Dear Singularity Are You There Yet?

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  1. MrBeastPhone Will Be The Last Phone You Ever Own

    // MEDITATION // I invite you to contemplate the world that each item you own could be the final one you ever possess - no more new things will ever be made. Take a moment to ponder the profound significance and worth of each belonging, whether it be your clothing, your vehicle, or any other...

  2. Elements of Style in ChatGPT World

    Question of the Day: How might assistive writing tools like autocomplete and ChatGPT impact the voice of the next generation of writers?

  3. Design Thinking Everywhere All At Once

    Brought to you by allies of the Metta Tech Dojo, the Maui Mind Academy and the School of Generativity.

  4. Imagine a Macroscope

    Would you want to be a part of a constellation of 1000 Observatories sensing the Social and Ecological Field?

  5. Habitat for Insanity's Unstructions for Decentralized Abundance

    Anarchists with Coops, Scooping Up Eggs, Feral Chicken Allies, Rewilding Reciprocity in the Peri-Urban Expanse

  6. Support Your Local Coven, "Yo Witch, I Gotchu"

    Sharing Hand Signals for Heretical Homies

  7. Self Authentication Turing Test

    Can you be sure you are actually listening to a truly authentic human intelligence?

  8. When Ego Sets the Agenda

    Have you ever been to a meeting where folks forgot to introduce themselves, omitted mentioning accomplishments, and instead listened to deeply and rose to meet the moment? In a word: Presencing.

  9. Skywoman Falling, Calling Her In: Squid Game (Fridge Game) ASMR dream recall.

    Featuring, "Ask a viking about social medicine" and a history lesson about deforestation. Who will pick up the first season of Fridge Game? Netflix or Amazon Studios? Web3 parties for Web4 productions. APES vs OCTO-PIE

  10. Maui Mind's Weekend Guide for Families

    Some helpful tip about being a good guest when visiting the Hawaiian islands and two awesome projects to support: @savemauiwetlands and @honomanurestoration What are the community based land care projects that you love and would like to share with folks? Help me map areas of Kuleana Opportunity…

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  11. Civic Sensing Suss and Abundance. Presented by Uncle Manao's Bike and Bus Program on Maui

    What's going on in your neighborhood, neighbor? How can you share your observations and feelings? How can you share your gifts and abundance? How can we get to town and home again? Will you ride down the hill with me? Where can we catch the bus home?

  12. Leave a Rainbow in Your Place

    Successful Life Lesson Learned and Applied. "Leave No Trace" Upgraded. Supercharged. Enjoy and Remember to Continue to Practice. Daily.

  13. Young Alchemist LARP: Gridwork at the Playground with Sage

    We are at Kalama Park in Kīhei, laying down sonic imprints of improvisation and child's play with gratitude for all the birthday parties hosted by magical mamas for their blessed keiki. 1-2-3 Chickens in a Tree. Q: Why did the rooster climb the tree? 🐔🌴 (Sure beats me...)

  14. A Young Alchemists Introduction to Gridwork

    Shaping the World Through Interpersonal Alchemy. The Paladin of Light Wields A Sword of Humor, Stands Behind A Shield of Truth, And Makes Clowning Noises, Muppet-like, While Watching For Rainbows on the Road of Life. Gridwork via @resonatewithsara

  15. Christopher Robin's Soliloquy for the Resilience Games

    A Place-Based Meditation Among Weeds in the Company of Moths under a new Crescent Moon - Wednesday at 6:53 PM, February 22, 2023 - Kula, Maui, Hawaii

  16. Arts of Somatic Livingry and Poetic Co-regulation: Contact Improv for Writer's Block

    Are you feeling stuck? Cooped up in your head? Have you lost contact with your body? Perhaps you are spending too much time in the old attic. Come down to the basement for a little boogie woogie. Shannon Sahaja is leading the festivities and you're in for a treat, you little snack.

  17. Shadow Dance, Ego Play, and Divine Comedy

    Which aspect is dominant in your daily operating system? Shadow, Ego, or Higher Self? Who are people meeting when they meet you? A matrix of greetings and good-byes: Shadow-Shadow, Shadow-Ego, Shadow-Angel, Ego-Ego, Ego-Angel, Angel-Angel

  18. Civic Sensing and Systems Thinking about Castle Doctrine and the Low Hanging Fruit

    How did French Aristocracy shape our conception of the American Dream.

  19. A Fist Full of Lomi

    The Legend of "Lomi the System" Continues: Post Ho'omana We Prepare to Lomi 10 Souls and Acquire A Sweet Table from Paul the Chiropractor.

  20. Re-branding My Mindcast: A Book Named Aram

    It makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

  21. Blockhead's Liquid Coin Bubble Bath Bedtime Stories of Regenerative Currencies

    I invoke the Element of Water to inform the design of a more sacred relationship to wealth, riding and guiding the waves of Abundance and Scarcity for our collective community.

  22. Haole Economics (JTBD), Gifts To Awaken (GTA) and Holographic Doulas

    What happens when we get rid of the myth that everything and everyone needs a job. What if everyone and everything simply needed to live its purpose? Gifts To Awaken (GTA).

  23. Blippi's Assault on the Natural World

    Small kine rant about a children's TV show that celebrates plastic play spaces and normalizes artificial environments for kids. Not sponsored by BP, 3M, or any other chemical industrial material supplier.

  24. Critical Thinking for Your Ears: CLA is my Mantra

    A free audio lesson on causal layered analysis (CLA)

  25. Message in a Bottle: Decolonize this Namespace

    A meditation on the power of metaphors and mental models which shape our understanding of cyberspace.

  26. The 3 Secret Ingredients To Running for Office

    Aram is officially running for Maui County Council. He's gained insight into the political process. Here are the 3 Secret Ingredients for running a successful campaign in the Aloha State.

  27. May the Schwartz Be With You, Me, and Candidate Jason Schwartz

    Candidate Aram Armstrong reflects on his two-hour phone call with Candidate Jason Schwartz, two futurists, dreamers, and doers running for Maui County Council in 2022. More mana'o to come @ www.dreammaui.com (Jason) www.armstrong4maui.net (Aram)

  28. Kāhea for Heart Corps International, Presencing Heart Corps Maui.

    Living and loving the question of does the World need a social-emotional savvy, cuddle-centric mutual aide agency? And does this dream deserve US defense dollars to care for those who serve?

  29. Fresh Starts for Old Growth Cultures: Lessons from the Moringa Patch about Intentional Community

    Our non-editor spends some time in the morninga patch after a morning of the zoomies and re-discovers the benefits of beginners mind. Kāhea (call) for lessons about cultivating intentional community for the children of clear-cut cultures. Maui, Kauai, the Big Island... Who is out there?

  30. Total Cost of Stewardship

    What difference does one word make? A shift from an ownership worldview to a stewardship worldview.

  31. Dumb Contracts on the Friendchain

    With the state of blockchain technology In 2021, why haven't smart contracts entered our daily life?

  32. Too Dumb For Bitcoin (Explicit)

    What is the secret to Bitcoin wealth that I am missing?

  33. Women's Circles vs Boys Clubs

    Who is designing our most important conversation spaces and what is the fundamental issue of men being in charge of something they don't do well - have deep conversations? Ladies, please help!

  34. ADHD for the Soul (no context, unscripted)

    Personal inquiry leads us from to reflections on ADHD to the social dynamics of permaculture.

  35. Singularities, please.

    Why settle for just one singularity? Can't we each have our own?

  36. The 3 Rs of the Feral Diet

    Reduce, Reuse, Remix. How does climate change consciousness impact your diet?

  37. The VPC of Novelty and Supply Chain Thinking

    VPC: Value-Price-Cost is an essential equation for profit-minded operations. The drive for novel experiences guide many of our purchasing decisions... What impact does that have on supply chains and the our world?

  38. Elron's Husk asks, "Can you keep your humanity and gain the stars?"

    Philosophy for Earthbound Martians and Mars-bound Earthlings; Centaurs and Cyborg Hatchery. 2020

  39. Big Wallet: The Social Currency of Exchange in a Knowledge Economy is Your Voice

    Also, a giant love letter and testimonial for the transformative potential of voice communication combined with automatically generated transcripts (Otter.ai). Enhancing the clarity and speed of communication in your organization as well as improving your own personal productivity. For a personal...

  40. Legible Conversations: Otter.ai and the 10x Executive Team

    Who isn't interested in a 10x increase in the effectiveness and speed of decision making and communication in your executive team? I bet it's a 10x multiplier. You can cut the time it takes to sync. How much time is spent listening to one person versus reading? Amazon has a very good thing going:...

  41. ASMR for Executives: Radical Transparency for Exponential Disorganizations

    Radical Transparency is the key to removing friction and increasing alignment in your (dis)organization. You may have heard the saying, "Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast." Transparency is a core cultural value for Exponential (dis)organizations – gossip is the shadow. It promises, "You will…

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  42. The 4Cs of Sustainable Innovation: Stage gates and KPIs for Project Managers

    Mahalo to Andrea Kershaw, my inspiring colleague and location head for IDEO Singapore, for the tutelage on KPIs, and Professor Leonard Lane, who gave me a tremendous learning experience at Fung Academy, which lead to my insights on managing a pipeline of innovation projects and informed the 4Cs…

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  43. Initializing A 5D Holographic Organization: Welcome to Generative Ventures

    AKA: Dancing with the Machine: Technoshamans in the Wooniverse 00:00 - 00:30 Otter.ai Device Check - iPhone 5 vs Samsung Note 9 Real-time Voice Transcription Battle 00:31 - 02:00 Samsung Note FTW 02:01 - 07:10 Enter the Wooniverse: Cyborg Light Workers Union and Technoshaman Teal Team Formation...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Aram is a Generator. Yellow Solar Human. Teacher. Systems Thinker. Hānai Father. Civic Minded Change Agent. Founder of Maui Mind Academy and Generative Ventures Hawaii. Aram channels the spirit of Generativity, usually whilst driving. Generativity is a joyful creativity that flows from an eager curiosity and the courage to experiment. Come share some time with me as we lean into the power of the present potential future now: an inquiry and pilgrimage into spirit, mind, body, and technology. The Art of Synthesis. A Young Alchemists Guide to Shaping the World. Dear Singularity Are You There Yet?

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