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Preserving Memory, Rebuilding Community: The Vital Role of Cultural Heritage in Post-Disaster Recovery
Restoring flood-damaged photos: Valencia University's initiative shows how preserving memories aids post-disaster recovery.

afkar collective
Nov 3, 20242 min read


Ecosystemic Thinking in a Post-Stable Climate: Preparing for the Unthinkable
Ecosystemic thinking: our key to survival. Old rules gone, climate chaos looms. Adapt or perish in this new world.

afkar collective
Oct 31, 20243 min read


Rebuilding Hope: Translating Iztapalapa's Utopias to Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Contexts
Iztapalapa's Utopias offer a blueprint for rebuilding: community-driven, multifunctional spaces foster resilience and healing.

afkar collective
Oct 28, 20243 min read


The Ominous Fusion of Collective Intelligence and Technological Determinism
The fusion of collective intelligence and powerful AI models like LLMs risks subordinating human agency to technological determinism.

afkar collective
Oct 24, 20242 min read


The Seductive Illusion of Guardrails in the Hyperreal Open Society
Guardrails are essential for sustaining open social ecosystems, but rigid frameworks can stifle the very freedoms they aim to protect.

afkar collective
Oct 22, 20242 min read


The Emotional Ecosystem: Nurturing Communities Through Feeling
Embracing emotional diversity in communities fosters resilience. By honoring all feelings, we create spaces for authentic growth and healing

afkar collective
Oct 19, 20243 min read


Innovation Ecosystems: How Local Communities Drive Global Success
Local innovation ecosystems: Where community-driven creativity sparks global change. Discover how your backyard could be the next big thing.

afkar collective
Oct 2, 20243 min read


Rethinking Placemaking: An Ecosystem Approach Centering Non-Human Stakeholders
Rethinking placemaking through an ecosystem lens - designing urban spaces that prioritize non-human stakeholders

afkar collective
Sep 20, 20243 min read


The Hidden Costs of Commodifying Innovation: How the Race for Quick Wins Stifles Breakthrough Technologies
Commodifying innovation hinders breakthroughs, favoring quick wins over transformative technologies.

afkar collective
Sep 9, 20243 min read


The Truth, The Likely Falsehood, and The Post-Modern: Unmasking the AI Illusion
AI lacks moral agency. LLMs simulate truth, detached from reality. Their unchecked use widens the truth-fiction divide, risking catastrophe.

afkar collective
Sep 3, 20242 min read


The Crucial Role of Autoconsistency in Deploying AI Systems
Ensuring autoconsistency in AI is crucial for reliability, fairness, and user trust.

afkar collective
Aug 12, 20242 min read


Digital Architecture Infrastructure Design for Future-Ready Cities
Incorporate Digital Architecture Infrastructure Design in city planning to boost connectivity, economic growth, and sustainability.

afkar collective
Aug 7, 20243 min read


The Trap Around Digital Sovereignty in the Age of AI
Digital sovereignty in AI must balance autonomy with global collaboration to avoid isolationism, redundant efforts, and ethical blind spots.

afkar collective
Aug 5, 20243 min read


Knowledge Curation in the Digital Age: Navigating Data Swamps, Illuminating Dark Data, and Mitigating Its Impacts
The digital age has ushered in an era of unprecedented information abundance. But how can we manage it?

afkar collective
Aug 1, 20243 min read


Applying Assembly Theory to Generative AI and Creative Realms
Assembly Theory is a framework that explores how complex systems emerge from simpler components through interactions and relationships.

afkar collective
Jul 27, 20245 min read


The Epistemological Implications of the Horizon Effect in AI
The horizon effect in AI shows its limited foresight, affecting long-term decision-making, trust, and ethical use. How can we mitigate this?

afkar collective
Jul 9, 20243 min read


The Dual-Edged Sword of AI: Technological Progress and Data Depletion
As AI advances, its reliance on vast data sets poses risks of resource depletion, epistemological issues, and entrenched bias.

afkar collective
Jul 3, 20243 min read


Reframing Strategic Partnerships in the Age of Generative AI
Discover how reframing strategic partnerships for the generative AI era can drive innovation, efficiency, and new market opportunities for b

afkar collective
Jun 28, 20243 min read


Breaking the Mold: Embracing Ecosystemic Business Models for True Innovation
Shift from traditional innovation labs to ecosystemic models using SPVs for deeper collaboration & scalable impact. #Innovation #Ecosystems

afkar collective
Jun 25, 20244 min read


The Age of Fabricated Optimism: How Corporate Narratives Induce Consumption Amidst a Fragile Reality
Corporate optimism hides real threats like climate change and supply chain fragility, delaying action needed to mitigate looming crises.

afkar collective
Jun 19, 20243 min read
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