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# The development of a new governance philosophy and its relation to digital intelligence ### Core idea * Complex societies require moral guidance and normative steering due to cognitive limitations in decision-making. * The transition from traditional communities to networked societies necessitates new social ordering principles and moral frameworks. * Digital intelligence offers potential tools and mechanisms for navigating this complexity, posing both opportunities and ethical challenges. ### Key facts * Modern society is characterized by fluidity, fragmentation, and the rise of networked structures, moving away from rigid, territorial organizations. * Bauman describes a shift to "liquid structures" and "liquid identities" in contrast to the solid modernity. * Boutellier critiques current morality as "too thin," "too narrow," and "too relative," unable to regulate complex societal relations or foster a sense of commonality. * Globalization has ended the era of a "makeable society," leading to a "new disorder" according to some, while others propose a "new order." * The "improvisation society" is a metaphor to understand contemporary incoherence and institutional complexity. * The "dashboard society" (dashboardsamenleving) is a hypothetical future societal form synthesizing network, information, and unbounded world characteristics. * "Organized freedom" and "transhuman freedom" are proposed underlying principles for future social ordering within the dashboard society. * "Concept engineering" is a method of inventing concepts to interpret problems and integrate insights from different disciplines. * System errors or "weeffouten" (systemic flaws) are identified as barriers to optimal societal functioning, categorized into institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social, and moral types. * The "evolution paradox of morality" highlights inherent conflicts within human moral systems. * The "digital morality" is proposed as a new moral type emerging from technological integration, linking personal beliefs with calculated ideals. ### Key concepts * **Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, Netzschaft:** Three historical models of social ordering: community, society, and network structures. * **Liquid Modernity:** Bauman's concept of a society characterized by constant flux, uncertainty, and fluid identities. * **Improvisation Society:** Boutellier's term for a society that must constantly adapt and improvise due to its complexity and lack of stable structures. * **Dashboard Society:** A future societal model characterized by personalized data interfaces and "transhuman freedom," acting as a synthesis of previous societal forms. * **Organized Freedom:** A principle of social ordering that aims to balance individual liberty with collective structures and norms, often through technological means. * **Concept Engineering:** A methodology for developing new concepts by drawing on interdisciplinary insights to address complex problems. * **Weeffouten (Systemic Flaws):** Barriers within societal systems that prevent optimal functioning, requiring identification and correction. * **Moral Space (Moraliteit Ruimte):** The normative framework and expectations that govern interpersonal behavior within a society. * **Digital Morality:** A developing moral framework influenced by technology, characterized by personalized dashboards, data-driven insights, and potentially a "transhuman conscience." * **Dual Process Model:** A psychological framework suggesting that behavior results from a combination of automatic and controlled cognitive processes. * **Congealed Morality:** The idea that moral principles can be embedded in the material environment and technology, influencing behavior. ### Implications --- * The shift from traditional, top-down governance to a more fluid, networked, and data-driven approach is necessitated by increasing societal complexity. * Digital intelligence, embodied in technologies like dashboards and AI, is proposed as a tool to navigate this complexity and inform new governance philosophies. * This development aims to enhance individual and collective decision-making, improve social order, and potentially foster a new form of moral reasoning. * Complex societies necessitate normatieve sturing due to the limitations of human cognitive apparatus in making valid decisions. * The concept of "improvisation society" (Boutellier) describes a society characterized by incoherence and institutional complexity, requiring new frameworks for understanding. * The "dashboard society" (Dashboardsamenleving) is a hypothetical future societal form synthesizing networked, information, and unbounded societal characteristics. * Key research questions for the dashboard society include improving "organized freedom," assessing technology's role in institutional design, developing a transhuman conscience, and identifying ethical dilemmas. * "Concept engineering" is a method used to invent concepts that illuminate actual problems by drawing insights from other disciplines. * The "fitting theory" suggests that arguments are progressively adjusted through self-critical writing and exchange between theory and empirical fragments. * Complexity theory, with concepts like structure, synchronicity, and stability, offers insights into network societies but also presents challenges in interpretation and generalizability. * "Weeffouten" (system flaws) are identified as barriers to optimal system functioning, categorized into institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social, and moral types. * **Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, Netzschaft:** Three historical forms of social ordering, moving from community-based to society-based and finally to network-based structures. * **Liquid modernity (Bauman):** A concept describing a modern society characterized by fluid structures, identities, and relationships, leading to a loss of control and a need for anchors. * **Improvisation society (Boutellier):** A society that is "too thin, too narrow, and too relative" in its morality, struggling to regulate citizen relations, foster commonality, and adapt to diverse newcomers. * **Social continuity:** A robust social fabric that is both steadfast and flexible, aiming to guarantee its future. * **Dashboard society:** A synthesized societal form characterized by "transhuman freedom," aiming to overcome human limitations through integrated digital intelligence. * **Organized freedom:** A principle of social ordering where freedom is managed and directed, often through technological means, as opposed to pure disorder or fixed order. * **Concept engineering:** The invention of concepts to interpret current problems, drawing from various disciplines. * **Hermeneutic circle:** An upward spiral of analysis involving interpretation and self-correction. * **Systemic flaws (Weeffouten):** Deep-seated issues within social systems that prevent optimal functioning, requiring more than market corrections. * **Moral weeffouten:** Flaws stemming from the inherent conflict between rational and irrational human capacities, leading to "contrasting desires." * **Ego-opticon:** A governance philosophy where citizens are surrounded by tools that help them maintain overview and connection, focusing on self-monitoring rather than external surveillance. * **Digital morality:** A new moral type emerging from the integration of technology, linking personal convictions with calculated ideals. * **Diagonale morality:** A morality arising from the triangulation of internal and external controls in a dashboard society, leading to continuous optimization. * **Transhuman conscience:** A potential future moral consciousness that transcends current human limitations, possibly developed through technological augmentation. --- * The complex modern society necessitates new forms of normative steering due to the limitations of human cognitive apparatus in making reliable decisions. * A "dashboardsociety" is proposed as a hypothetical future societal form, synthesizing previous typologies and driven by "transhuman freedom." * The development of digital intelligence is central to this new governance philosophy, offering tools for social ordering, identity clarification, and ethical advancement. * Modern society is characterized by "liquid structures," "liquid identity," and "liquid relationships," lacking the solid foundations of earlier modernity. * Boutellier critiques contemporary morality as "too thin" (insufficient for regulating citizen relations), "too narrow" (lacking communal meaning), and "too relative" (unable to handle newcomers). * The concept of "organized freedom" is central to understanding the new social order, moving beyond rigid control or pure chaos. * "Concept engineering" is a method used to invent concepts that illuminate current problems, drawing from interdisciplinary insights. * Rotmans identifies five types of systemic errors ("weeffouten") hindering optimal system function: institutional, technological, economic, ecological, and social. * "Moral weeffouten" are identified at an ontological level, stemming from the conflict between rational and irrational human capacities. * The "evolution paradox of morality" refers to potential flaws in the evolutionary development of our moral systems. * The concept of "georganiseerde vrijheid" (organized freedom) is central to Boutellier's philosophy, emphasizing intentional improvement and change. * The complexity theory presents challenges, with potential for multiple interpretations, system wars, and abstract, contested concepts. * The "media equation" suggests that virtual experiences can elicit reactions similar to real-world interactions. * The concept of "congealed morality" refers to morality embedded within the material environment, influencing behavior. * "Digital morality" is a proposed new moral type, integrating personal beliefs with calculated ideals, informed by empirical ethics. * **Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, Netzschaft:** Three historical models of social organization, with "Netzschaft" (network structures) characterizing contemporary society. * **Improvisation society:** A metaphor for contemporary society, highlighting its incoherence and institutional complexity, driven by "organized freedom." * **Dashboard society (Dashboardsamenleving):** A hypothetical future societal form integrating network, information, and global dimensions, guided by "transhuman freedom" and a personalized dashboard interface. * **Fitting theory (Power):** A progressive, self-critical argumentative process adapting between theoretical prescriptions and empirical fragments. * **Hermeneutic circle:** An upward spiral for understanding, involving interpretation and reinterpretation. * **Future exploration (Toekomstverkenningen):** Thought constructs analyzing complex policy options and uncertainties. * **Functional extrapolation:** Extending societal trends into the future based on reasonable justifications. * **Systemic errors (Weeffouten):** Barriers within a system that prevent optimal functioning, categorized by Rotmans. * **Moral weeffouten:** Systemic flaws in the moral realm, stemming from internal human conflicts and evolutionary paradoxes. * **Organized freedom (Georganiseerde vrijheid):** A principle of social ordering that is neither chaotic nor rigidly fixed, but intentionally shaped and improved. --- * The concept of "organized freedom" is explored as a potential principle for social ordering in complex, networked societies. * This new governance philosophy, termed the "dashboard society" (DS), aims to improve social ordering by integrating technology into personal and societal decision-making. * The DS proposes a shift towards a "transhuman freedom" governed by intelligent dashboards and a "transhuman conscience." * This development seeks to address the limitations of human cognitive and moral capacities in navigating modern societal complexities. * Social ordering is increasingly complex, moving from community (Gemeinschaft) and society (Gesellschaft) structures to network structures (Netzschaft). * Modern society is characterized by fluidity, constant change, and the emergence of new problems with every solution ("liquid society," "improvisation society"). * Traditional moral frameworks are seen as insufficient ("too thin," "too narrow," "too relative") to regulate these complex social relations. * The idea of a "makeable society" based on scientific knowledge is contrasted with the "new disorder" perceived due to globalization. * Boutellier proposes a "new order" as a fitting frame to understand societal incoherence and institutional complexity. * The "dashboard society" (DS) is presented as a hypothetical future societal form, synthesizing network, information, unbounded, and improvisation societies. * The DS operates on the principle of "transhuman freedom," distinct from the "organized freedom" of the improvisation society. * Key research questions for the DS focus on improving organized freedom, consequences of technology as personal assistant, developing a transhuman conscience, and ethical dilemmas. * Methods like "concept engineering" and the "fitting theory" are used to develop and explain new concepts for social ordering. * The "hermeneutic circle" is employed for a spiraling analysis of evolving concepts. * Future explorations use functional extrapolation to predict societal trends and their implications. * Complexity theory highlights emergent properties and patterns in social systems, suggesting that complexity may require new organizational principles and even new substances. * "Weeffouten" (systemic flaws) are identified as barriers to optimal system functioning, categorized into institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social, and moral types. * Moral "weeffouten" stem from the "evolutionary paradox of morality," particularly conflicting desires between rational and irrational capacities. * The concept of "organized freedom" is an ethical imperative, aiming for intentional change and improvement rather than passive acceptance of natural social order. * Complexity theory, while offering insights, can lead to multiple interpretations and unjustified generalizations, with no single, consistent theoretical frame. * The idea of "system wars" suggests historical periods of significant upheaval and transformation in global orders. * Abstract concepts like "organized freedom" can be contested and subject to different interpretations. * "Dyssynchonicity" describes the gap between rapid technological advancement and slower societal adaptation, leading to mental richness but emotional poverty. * Gaps in information, cognition, and moral capacities ("information deficit") highlight human limitations in decision-making. * The feeling of free will can be a mental construct rather than a direct reflection of actual causes. ### Common pitfalls --- * The "dashboardsociety" proposes a hypothetical future societal form integrating existing typologies. * It is characterized by "transhuman freedom" as its underlying principle of social ordering. * This societal form raises four key research questions regarding organized freedom, technological assistance in governance, moral coherence, and ethical dilemmas. * The concept of "digital intelligence" is central to understanding and navigating this new societal framework. * The "dashboardsociety" integrates network society, information society, and an "unbounded world." * It is also influenced by the "improvisation society," which acknowledges complexity without inherent direction. * The "improvisation society" frames social ordering through "organized freedom." * "Concept engineering" is used to invent concepts for understanding current problems, drawing from interdisciplinary insights. * Functional extrapolation is a method used to project societal and historical trends into the future. * Critiques of empirical studies highlight the limitations of hypothetical scenarios and non-representative participant groups. * The goal of "psychological realism" in research aims to align experimental psychological processes with daily-life experiences. * "Weeffouten" (system errors) are identified as barriers to optimal system functioning, categorized into institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social, and moral types. * The "evolution paradox of morality" points to a fundamental weeffout in the biological development of morality, characterized by conflicting desires. * "Organized freedom" is framed as an ethical task, focusing on intentional change and improvement rather than passive acceptance of social order. * **Improvisation society:** A metaphor for contemporary society characterized by incoherence and institutional complexity, lacking clear direction. * **Organized freedom:** A principle of social ordering suggesting a new way of organizing that accommodates complexity and individual agency. * **Concept engineering:** A method of inventing concepts to interpret current problems, integrating insights from various disciplines. * **Weeffouten (System Errors):** Barriers in societal systems hindering optimal functioning, categorized into various types including moral weeffouten. * **Moral weeffout:** Refers to the inherent conflict between rational and irrational human faculties and the difficulty in unifying emotion and rationality. * **"Congealed morality":** Moral principles embedded in the material environment, influencing behavior without explicit instruction. * **Digital morality:** A hypothetical moral type emerging from the integration of personal moral convictions with calculated ideals, facilitated by technology. * **Diagonal morality:** A moral concept within the dashboardsociety, characterized by real-time control and adjustment based on objective behaviors, linking horizontal and vertical morality. * **Transhuman consciousness:** A hypothesized future moral consciousness, potentially facilitated by technology, aimed at self-optimization. * **"Little sister" governance:** A form of governance that subtly influences behavior through technological nudges and personalized feedback, as opposed to overt control. * The development of "dashboardsociety" implies a shift towards a "transhuman freedom" driven by digital intelligence and personalized interfaces. --- # Game theory and its application to ultra-informed systems ### Core idea * Complex societies necessitate moral guidance due to the cognitive limitations in decision-making. * This guidance is sought through normative steering and understanding new social ordering. * The "dashboard society" (DS) proposes a future societal form integrating technological tools for moral and social order. ### Key facts * Societies reach a point where moral guidance becomes explicitly necessary as complexity increases. * Networked societies, characterized by deterritorialization, horizontalization, fragmentation, and virtualization, shape social ordering. * Individual experience is a key criterion for behavior, leading to intensified freedom and norm transgression. * Technology can be a dual-edged sword: aiding in order and normativity, or being used unethically. * Bauman describes modern society with "liquid structures," "liquid identity," and "liquid relationships." * Boutellier criticizes current morality as too thin, too narrow, and too relative to regulate complex social relations. * Globalization has ended the notion of a "makeable society," leading to "new disorder" for some. * A "new order" is sought, with the "improvisation society" offering a framework for understanding current complexities. * Social continuity, a robust yet flexible societal bond, is a motive for ordering but not a guiding principle. * The concept of a "dashboard society" emerges as a hypothetical future form, synthesizing previous typologies. * The "improvisation society" framework is used, employing "concept engineering" and drawing from complexity theory. * "Fitting theory" suggests arguments are continuously adapted through self-critical writing. * The hermeneutic circle is a process of ongoing interpretation and clarification. ### Key concepts * **Ordening van de sml:** Social ordering in complex systems. * **Moraal die past bij deze ordening:** Morality that aligns with the prevailing social order. * **Moreel kompas:** A moral guide for decision-making. * **Netwerksamenleving (Network society):** A societal structure characterized by interconnected nodes and relationships. * **Vloeibare maatschappij (Liquid society):** Society characterized by instability and constant flux. * **Improvisatiemaatschappij (Improvisation society):** A society defined by its adaptive and responsive nature to complexity. * **Dashboardsamenleving (Dashboard society):** A hypothetical future society utilizing integrated technological dashboards for guidance. * **Georganiseerde vrijheid (Organized freedom):** A state where freedom is structured and guided. * **Concept engineering:** The invention and application of concepts to understand and address problems. ### Implications --- * Ultra-informed systems, processing vast amounts of data, require robust ethical frameworks to navigate complex moral landscapes. * The concept of "organised freedom" emerges as a guiding principle for social ordering in increasingly complex, networked societies. * Technology, particularly through dashboards and AI, offers potential tools for ethical guidance and self-improvement within these systems. * **Networked society:** Characterised by deterritorialisation, horizontalisation, fragmentation, and virtualisation, shifting from traditional structures. * **Liquid modernity:** Bauman's concept of fluid structures, identities, and relationships in contrast to solid modern structures. * **Improvisation society:** Boutellier's term for a society marked by incoherence and institutional complexity, requiring constant adaptation. * **Dashboard society (Dashboardsml):** A hypothetical future societal form integrating network, information, and boundless world characteristics, driven by "transhuman freedom." * **Concept engineering:** A method of inventing concepts (e.g., "improvisation society," "dashboardsml") to clarify current problems, drawing from interdisciplinary insights. * **Hermeneutic circle:** An upward spiral of understanding, implying continuous interpretation and refinement of concepts. * **Functional extrapolation:** Projecting societal trends into the future based on reasonable justification from available data. * **"Weeffouten" (System flaws):** Errors in societal systems (institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social) that hinder optimal functioning. * **Moral weeffouten:** Flaws in moral systems, potentially stemming from conflicting desires or the evolutionary paradox of morality. * **Organised freedom:** A principle for social ordering, seeking to improve empathy, collective feelings, and mutual respect, often framed through jazz improvisation. * **"Ego-opticon":** A control philosophy where citizens are surrounded by tools to monitor their own behaviour, promoting self-improvement. * **Congealed morality:** Moral principles embedded in the material environment, influencing behaviour through design (e.g., traffic calming measures). * **Digital morality:** A new moral type emerging from the integration of technology and empirical ethics, potentially leading to a "transhuman conscience." * The increasing complexity of society necessitates new frames for understanding and managing social order and moral guidance. * Technology can serve as a "second assessor" or personal assistant, aiding in moral decision-making and behaviour regulation. * The development of "transhuman freedom" and a "transhuman conscience" may redefine human capabilities and ethical frameworks. * The shift towards data-driven societies raises concerns about the potential for control, privacy, and the blurring of reality and virtuality. * A move from a "cerebral" to a "non-cerebral" ethical toolkit suggests a growing reliance on external, technological support for moral judgment. ### Common pitfalls * **Oversimplification and unwarranted generalisation:** Applying complexity theory without considering its inherent ambiguities and context-dependency. * **Naivety about effectiveness:** Assuming that focusing solely on effectiveness will lead to optimal outcomes, potentially ignoring deeper ethical considerations. * **Cognitive biases:** Human limitations in information processing and decision-making can lead to flawed judgments and actions. * **"System wars":** The risk of societal breakdown and conflict arising from deep-seated systemic tensions and the failure of traditional governance. --- * Ultra-informed systems require novel approaches to moral reasoning and social ordering. * Complex societal structures necessitate a moral compass that can adapt to new forms of organization and individual experience. * Technology plays a dual role, offering support for order and morality but also posing ethical challenges. * The concept of "organized freedom" is central to understanding future social ordering principles in complex systems. * Modern society is characterized by fragmentation, virtualization, and deterritorialization, moving towards networked structures. * Individual experience is a key criterion for behavior, often leading to intensified freedom and norm transgression. * Technological advancements can be used to guide social mores and clarify identity. * The "dashboard society" (dashboardsamenleving) is a hypothetical future societal form synthesizing networked, information, global, and improvisational aspects. * The concept of "improvisational society" describes a complex, incoherent, and directionless contemporary society. * "Social continuity" refers to a robust societal bond that is both stable and flexible for future survival. * The "fitting theory" by Power suggests a continuous self-critical process of adaptation between theoretical prescriptions and empirical data. * "Concept engineering" involves inventing concepts to understand current problems by drawing insights from various disciplines. * System errors (weeffouten) can be institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social, or moral. * Moral errors are deeply rooted in the inherent conflict between rational and irrational human capacities. * The "evolution paradox of morality" highlights potential flaws in the evolutionary development of moral systems. * Cognitive biases, such as the omission bias, can significantly impact judgment and decision-making. * **Gemeinschaft, Gesellschaft, Netzschaft:** Three forms of social ordering: community, society, and network structures. * **Liquid modernity:** Bauman's concept of a world with fluid structures, identities, and relationships, contrasting with solid modern structures. * **Improvisational society:** Boutellier's term for a society characterized by thin, narrow, and relative morality, lacking strong regulative capacity. * **Dashboard society (DS):** A hypothetical future societal form based on "transhuman freedom" and a personal dashboard interface for citizens. * **Organized freedom:** A principle of social ordering where freedom is structured, often through technological means, to prevent chaos and foster order. * **Concept engineering:** A method for developing new concepts to interpret current problems, drawing from interdisciplinary insights. * **Emergence:** The process by which complex patterns and order arise from the interaction of simpler components within a system. * **Weeffouten (System errors):** Barriers within systems preventing optimal functioning, categorized into several types including moral errors. * **Moral weeffouten (Moral system errors):** Result from the split in the moral space, particularly the conflict between rational and irrational faculties, and "conflicting desires." --- - The dashboard society (DS) represents a hypothetical future society leveraging advanced technology for social ordering and moral guidance. - DS aims to synthesize existing societal typologies (network, information, unbounded, improvisation) into a new framework. - Key research questions for DS revolve around improving "organized freedom," the role of technology in institutional design, developing a transhuman conscience, and identifying ethical dilemmas. - The concept of "organized freedom" suggests social order is necessary and establishes itself, but its desirable forms need improvement. - Current societal complexity demands normative steering due to the limitations of human cognitive apparatus in making valid decisions. - Social ordering structures have evolved from Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft to Netzschaft (network structures). - Modern society is characterized by fluidity, fragmentation, and virtualisation, impacting individual identity and relationships. - Boutellier criticizes current morality as too thin, narrow, and relative to regulate complex social interactions effectively. - The "improvisation society" framework attempts to understand incoherence and institutional complexity, contrasting with Boomkens' "new disorder." - Social continuity, a robust social fabric that is both steadfast and flexible, is a motive for ordering but not a guiding concept. - The "dashboard society" serves as a conceptual tool for understanding and potentially improving social order through technology. - The core of DS is based on "transhuman freedom," building upon the "organized freedom" of the improvisation society. - "Concept engineering" is a method for inventing concepts to elucidate current problems, drawing from interdisciplinary insights. - **Improvisation society**: A meta-narrative for understanding the complexity and incoherence of contemporary society. - **Organized freedom**: A principle of social ordering that acknowledges necessity and self-establishment while seeking improvement. - **Fitting theory**: A process of continuous adaptation of arguments through self-critical writing and exchange between theory and empirical data. - **Concept engineering**: The invention of concepts to define and add value to current problems, integrating insights from diverse disciplines. - **Hermeneutic circle**: An upward spiral of understanding, implying a continuous process of interpretation and refinement. - **Functional extrapolation**: Projecting societal, historical trends into the future when reasonably justifiable. - **Psychological realism**: Aiming for research designs that closely mirror psychological processes in daily life when confronted with advanced technology. - **Dashboard citizenship**: A new type of citizenship where individuals possess personalized dashboards to monitor and guide their behavior. - **Transhuman conscience**: The development of a moral awareness that transcends current human limitations, potentially integrated with technology. - **Congealed morality**: The idea that morality is embedded in the material environment, influencing behavior through design (e.g., a speed bump). - The dashboard society suggests a future where technology acts as a personal assistant, deeply integrated into institutional frameworks. - This integration could lead to profound consequences for citizenship, including "unlife citizenship" and a personalized dashboard for individual needs. --- ## Common mistakes to avoid - Review all topics thoroughly before exams - Pay attention to formulas and key definitions - Practice with examples provided in each section - Don't memorize without understanding the underlying concepts

| Term | Definition | |------|------------| | Dashboardsociety | A hypothetical societal form in the future that synthesizes various existing societal typologies, characterized by "transhuman freedom" as its underlying principle of organization. | | Network Society | A social structure distinguished by characteristics such as deterritorialization, horizontalization, fragmentation, and virtualization, which shapes how society is organized. | | Liquid Modernity | A concept describing a modern society characterized by fluid structures, fluid identity, and fluid relationships, contrasting with the solid structures of earlier modernity, leading to a constant state of flux and a search for stability. | | Improvisation Society | A societal framework proposed to better understand the incoherence and institutional complexity of contemporary times, emphasizing adaptability and continuous adjustment in response to societal challenges. | | Organized Freedom | A principle of social ordering that aims to improve the relationships between citizens and foster a sense of community, often involving a balance between structure and individual liberty. | | Social Continuity | Refers to a robust societal fabric that is both steadfast and flexible, ensuring its continued existence in the future, and serves as a motivation for social ordering. | | Concept Engineering | A methodology for inventing concepts to elucidate the meaning and value of current problems, drawing insights from other disciplines to stimulate speculation and understanding. | | Hermeneutic Circle | An upward spiral process of interpretation and understanding, involving a continuous exchange between theoretical prescriptions and empirical fragments to explain phenomena. | | Future Explorations | Thought constructs about a reality that does not yet exist, distinct from observable reality, aimed at analyzing complex systems of policy options and learning to manage uncertainties. | | Functional Extrapolation | The process of projecting societal, historical trends, developments, or evolutions into the future, provided such projections are reasonably justifiable based on available factual material. | | Social Improvisation | Local initiatives where citizens gather to devise solutions, often characterized by citizens retreating into anxious localism and losing connection with the government and each other. | | Systemic Errors (Weeffouten) | Barriers within a system that prevent it from functioning optimally, encompassing institutional, technological, economic, ecological, social, and moral dimensions. | | Social Ethics | The study of moral principles and values within a societal context, particularly concerning how individuals and groups ought to behave and how societal structures should be organized to promote well-being and justice. | | Normative Steering | The process of guiding societal development and individual behavior through established norms, values, and ethical frameworks, especially in response to increasing complexity and the limitations of cognitive abilities in decision-making. | | Cognitive Apparatus | The mental faculties and processes involved in thinking, reasoning, and decision-making, which can be insufficient to make valid and reliable choices in complex environments. | | Deterritorialization | The process by which social, cultural, and economic activities become detached from specific geographical locations, facilitated by global networks and communication technologies. | | Horizontalization | A societal trend characterized by the flattening of hierarchies and the increased importance of peer-to-peer relationships and decentralized structures, contrasting with traditional vertical organizational models. | | Fragmentation | The process by which society or social structures break down into smaller, often disconnected, parts, leading to a loss of overarching unity and shared identity. | | Virtualization | The increasing reliance on and integration of digital technologies and virtual environments in social, economic, and personal life, blurring the lines between the physical and digital realms. | | Moral Compass | An internal sense of right and wrong that guides an individual's behavior and decision-making, which becomes particularly important in complex societies seeking normative direction. | | Social Ordering | The processes and structures through which societies organize themselves, manage interactions between individuals and groups, and establish rules and norms for collective life. | | Gemeinschaft | A traditional form of social organization characterized by close-knit communities, strong social bonds, shared values, and a sense of collective identity, often based on kinship and tradition. | | Dashboard Society | A hypothetical societal form in the future that synthesizes previous societal typologies, based on the principle of "transhuman freedom," and poses research questions about organized freedom, the role of technology in institutional arrangement, the development of a transhuman conscience, and ethical dilemmas. | | Fluid Society | A societal model characterized by constant change, liquid structures, liquid identities, and liquid relationships, where traditional solid structures of modernity have dissolved, leading to a sense of uncertainty and a need for adaptability. | | Moral Weave Errors (Morele Weeffouten) | Systemic flaws or imperfections within the fabric of social and moral order, stemming from institutional, technological, economic, ecological, or social patterns that hinder optimal functioning and renewal, and can also manifest as "moral weave errors" related to the inherent duality of human nature. | | Gesellschaft | A form of social organization characterized by impersonal, contractual relationships, individualism, and a focus on rational self-interest, often associated with modern societies. | | Mosaic Presentation | A cognitive style of working that emerges when linear thinking can no longer be sustained. It involves processing information in a fragmented and interconnected manner, reflecting the complexity of modern information environments. | | Moral Cohesion | The sense of unity and shared values within a society that contributes to its overall stability and functioning. It involves the development of a morality that aligns with the societal structure and fosters a sense of belonging. | | Netzschaft (Network Structure) | A societal organization based on interconnected nodes and relationships between individuals and organizations, forming the infrastructure of a networked society. | | Transhuman Freedom | The underlying principle of the dashboardsociety, suggesting a form of freedom that transcends current human limitations, potentially enabled by advanced technology and digital intelligence. | | Future Exploration | A method of constructing hypothetical scenarios about future realities that differ significantly from observable reality, used for analyzing complex systems and policy options. | | Netzschaft (Network Structures) | A societal organization based on interconnected networks of individuals and organizations, forming a complex web of relationships and information exchange. This concept is a precursor to the more developed "Dashboardsociety." |