Dorian Furlonger
@qolfabook.bsky.social
FRSA | QOLFABOOK = Quality Of Life For All Based On Open Knowledge
Exploring ideas for #Regenerative #DiversityRich #MutualWellbeing/ #QualityofLifeforAll via #OpenKnowledge #SystemsThinking | #SDGs |
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Dorian Furlonger
@qolfabook.bsky.social
· Nov 24
What thinking techniques do you use when looking for political solutions?
In my exploration for a set of cross-cultural principles to guide politics towards enabling everyone to achieve a good sustainable quality of life, I have made particular use of five thinking techniqu...
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Current political norms dismiss such ideas of #mutualwellbeing as utopian. I would argue that actually they are both where humanity urgently needs to - and can – go. How? By drawing on modern thinking techniques for example such as the 5 techniques here. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-t...
Sadly, one doesn't have to look too deeply into the history of religions to see how time and again they have been used by authoritarians to gain & maintain power, as well as justify wars & many abuses.
If an action doesn't meet the #goldenrule, then what is its religious basis?
If an action doesn't meet the #goldenrule, then what is its religious basis?
#paradigmshift
creating a nation based on religious rules("god spoke to me!")is the easiest and most effective way to control/manipulate humans. god(or the construct of god) still triggers the most unconscious beliefs and in a patriarchal society is the prime ruler ...
creating a nation based on religious rules("god spoke to me!")is the easiest and most effective way to control/manipulate humans. god(or the construct of god) still triggers the most unconscious beliefs and in a patriarchal society is the prime ruler ...
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Sadly, one doesn't have to look too deeply into the history of religions to see how time and again they have been used by authoritarians to gain & maintain power, as well as justify wars & many abuses.
If an action doesn't meet the #goldenrule, then what is its religious basis?
If an action doesn't meet the #goldenrule, then what is its religious basis?
A very thought provoking interview not only about Iran but also considering 5 versions of authoritarian regimes and some factors to consider when leadership changes.
What Kind of Future for Iran? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace #Politics
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
What Kind of Future for Iran? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace #Politics
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
What Kind of Future for Iran?
In an interview, Karim Sadjadpour discusses the possible scenarios once Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leaves the scene.
carnegieendowment.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A very thought provoking interview not only about Iran but also considering 5 versions of authoritarian regimes and some factors to consider when leadership changes.
What Kind of Future for Iran? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace #Politics
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
What Kind of Future for Iran? - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace #Politics
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
Why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spends so much time warning of AI's potential dangers
By CBS News
#AI
t.co/9IPsBpsf5Z
By CBS News
#AI
t.co/9IPsBpsf5Z
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-warning-of-ai-potential-dangers-60-minutes-transcript/?intcid=CNR-02-0623&utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=jeff-b...
t.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Why Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei spends so much time warning of AI's potential dangers
By CBS News
#AI
t.co/9IPsBpsf5Z
By CBS News
#AI
t.co/9IPsBpsf5Z
We are encouraged to think and live in #narratives, but we actually live as a part of interrelated complex systems. If only for that reason, I try to take the time to question narratives and only partially accept even the most apparently well-founded of them.
#DeepQuestioning
#DeepQuestioning
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We are encouraged to think and live in #narratives, but we actually live as a part of interrelated complex systems. If only for that reason, I try to take the time to question narratives and only partially accept even the most apparently well-founded of them.
#DeepQuestioning
#DeepQuestioning
Are we merely preserving "Money matters most" thinking in our current #economics, #politics & #culture, rather than properly change the systems we live within to focus on sustainable #mutualwellbeing?
Here is an article challenging complacent thinking about where we are curently heading..
Here is an article challenging complacent thinking about where we are curently heading..
“The problem with capitalism is that it monetises solutions to the extent that these solutions eventually become the problems”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
Replacement Economics: The Scam That Saved Capitalism
Time is never kind to someone who can only pretend to save themselves.
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Are we merely preserving "Money matters most" thinking in our current #economics, #politics & #culture, rather than properly change the systems we live within to focus on sustainable #mutualwellbeing?
Here is an article challenging complacent thinking about where we are curently heading..
Here is an article challenging complacent thinking about where we are curently heading..
Are humans 'feelings creatures who think', more so than 'thinking creatures with feelings'?
How well do we understand the relationships between our feelings & thinking and how they influence each other?
How often do we question what has and is driving our feelings or thinking?
#DeepQuestioning
How well do we understand the relationships between our feelings & thinking and how they influence each other?
How often do we question what has and is driving our feelings or thinking?
#DeepQuestioning
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Are humans 'feelings creatures who think', more so than 'thinking creatures with feelings'?
How well do we understand the relationships between our feelings & thinking and how they influence each other?
How often do we question what has and is driving our feelings or thinking?
#DeepQuestioning
How well do we understand the relationships between our feelings & thinking and how they influence each other?
How often do we question what has and is driving our feelings or thinking?
#DeepQuestioning
Do not seek to be the same,
Do not seek to be different,
Seek to be the best of yourself...
#Maslow's intrinsic #values - those which transcend the individual's personal self-interests #HigherSelfThinking #TranscendentPersonality
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Do not seek to be different,
Seek to be the best of yourself...
#Maslow's intrinsic #values - those which transcend the individual's personal self-interests #HigherSelfThinking #TranscendentPersonality
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – the sixth level | BPS
Hazel Skelsey Guest on the lesser-known aspects of a famous theory.
www.bps.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Do not seek to be the same,
Do not seek to be different,
Seek to be the best of yourself...
#Maslow's intrinsic #values - those which transcend the individual's personal self-interests #HigherSelfThinking #TranscendentPersonality
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Do not seek to be different,
Seek to be the best of yourself...
#Maslow's intrinsic #values - those which transcend the individual's personal self-interests #HigherSelfThinking #TranscendentPersonality
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
The ideas of John Rawls, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the 20th century, have much to teach the Left.
But his theory of justice failed to grapple adequately with the fundamental obstacles capitalism imposes to realizing a just society.
But his theory of justice failed to grapple adequately with the fundamental obstacles capitalism imposes to realizing a just society.
John Rawls Was Wrong to Think We Could Have a Just Capitalism
The ideas of John Rawls, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the 20th century, have much to teach the Left. But Rawls’s theory of justice failed to grapple adequately with the fundamental obstacles capitalism imposes to realizing a just society.
jacobin.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There have been applications of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion policies that were badly done from which we need to learn to do better, but what would it say about a society if it used those mistakes as an excuse to pursue policies of Non-Diversity, Non-Equity & Non-Inclusion? #DEI
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There have been applications of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion policies that were badly done from which we need to learn to do better, but what would it say about a society if it used those mistakes as an excuse to pursue policies of Non-Diversity, Non-Equity & Non-Inclusion? #DEI
"Societies were formed not to evolve, but to obey..." @tsakraklides.bsky.social
Warning - reading this (very brief) article will challenge you to think about your life as a farm-bred human.
Fortunately there are already others escaping from the pens of authoritarian human-farmers.
Warning - reading this (very brief) article will challenge you to think about your life as a farm-bred human.
Fortunately there are already others escaping from the pens of authoritarian human-farmers.
“Only rarely do farm-bred humans revolt. If the international kleptocracy in charge of this economy knew they could be held accountable, they wouldn’t be this ruthless”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
End-Stage Necrocapitalism: Fumbling Towards The Exit
Societies were formed not to evolve, but to obey, and what we tend to affectionately call “social evolution” was merely the aftermath of succumbing, and then adapting to, ever changing forms of oppres...
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Societies were formed not to evolve, but to obey..." @tsakraklides.bsky.social
Warning - reading this (very brief) article will challenge you to think about your life as a farm-bred human.
Fortunately there are already others escaping from the pens of authoritarian human-farmers.
Warning - reading this (very brief) article will challenge you to think about your life as a farm-bred human.
Fortunately there are already others escaping from the pens of authoritarian human-farmers.
A problem many of us encounter is that we are conditioned to see the nest of families & communities we live within as a protection against harms & risks but also learn that if we question any axioms or power hierarchies in one's family/community we risk being thrown to the wolves...
#paradigmshift
most humans still live under the illusion that they can´t be (ab-)used by puppetmasters. and even if they knew they would prefer to be used as dolls and useful idiots. that´s the identity they have been programmed.
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
most humans still live under the illusion that they can´t be (ab-)used by puppetmasters. and even if they knew they would prefer to be used as dolls and useful idiots. that´s the identity they have been programmed.
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A problem many of us encounter is that we are conditioned to see the nest of families & communities we live within as a protection against harms & risks but also learn that if we question any axioms or power hierarchies in one's family/community we risk being thrown to the wolves...
I have heard an argument made against the #betterbusinessact because it would restrain some business activity, but what about its highly beneficial compounding effect on human wellbeing from business being conducted in a manner that reduces social & environmental harms?
betterbusinessact.org
betterbusinessact.org
The Better Business Act
Join hundreds of companies who have signed up for a cleaner, greener, fairer future for all.
betterbusinessact.org
October 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have heard an argument made against the #betterbusinessact because it would restrain some business activity, but what about its highly beneficial compounding effect on human wellbeing from business being conducted in a manner that reduces social & environmental harms?
betterbusinessact.org
betterbusinessact.org
Guess what, some #AI models are learning some of the the worst behaviours of humans 👇
So are we going to:
1) Act to control #AI adopting such malignant behaviours?
2) Recognise what this says about the deep flaws in current business & political competion & improve the rules?
#Moloch #Politics
So are we going to:
1) Act to control #AI adopting such malignant behaviours?
2) Recognise what this says about the deep flaws in current business & political competion & improve the rules?
#Moloch #Politics
⚠️ Fascinating new research shows LLMs become misaligned when optimized for audience—even when explicitly instructed to remain truthful
Paper:
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06105
Paper:
arxiv.org/pdf/2510.06105
October 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Is it time to reconsider the potential of John Rawls' the “Veil of Ignorance” using #AI programmed to aid non-prejudiced political governance?
This by Ben Davies prompts me to think it could be..
#politics #mutualwellbeing #wellbeingpolitics
open.library.okstate.edu/introphiloso...
This by Ben Davies prompts me to think it could be..
#politics #mutualwellbeing #wellbeingpolitics
open.library.okstate.edu/introphiloso...
John Rawls and the “Veil of Ignorance” – Philosophical Thought
Notice: As of 9/10/25, the Fourth Edition of Philosophical Thought has been officially unpublished and is no longer supported by the editors, Tulsa Community College, or Oklahoma State University. It ...
open.library.okstate.edu
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Is it time to reconsider the potential of John Rawls' the “Veil of Ignorance” using #AI programmed to aid non-prejudiced political governance?
This by Ben Davies prompts me to think it could be..
#politics #mutualwellbeing #wellbeingpolitics
open.library.okstate.edu/introphiloso...
This by Ben Davies prompts me to think it could be..
#politics #mutualwellbeing #wellbeingpolitics
open.library.okstate.edu/introphiloso...
If one of humanity's biggest challenges is to shift societies more towards #mutualwellbeing thinking (based on #diversityrich #openknowledge, not fixed ideologies), where can one start?
Perhaps by calling for the deeper adoption of the #GoldenRule in #Education, #Politics, #Economics & #Culture?
Perhaps by calling for the deeper adoption of the #GoldenRule in #Education, #Politics, #Economics & #Culture?
A question for every politician everywhere:
What is stopping you from fully applying the Golden Rule?
The #GoldenRule that exists in some form in every civilised society...
"Treat all others with the level of care that you would wish them to treat you"
#MutualWellbeing #Politics
What is stopping you from fully applying the Golden Rule?
The #GoldenRule that exists in some form in every civilised society...
"Treat all others with the level of care that you would wish them to treat you"
#MutualWellbeing #Politics
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If one of humanity's biggest challenges is to shift societies more towards #mutualwellbeing thinking (based on #diversityrich #openknowledge, not fixed ideologies), where can one start?
Perhaps by calling for the deeper adoption of the #GoldenRule in #Education, #Politics, #Economics & #Culture?
Perhaps by calling for the deeper adoption of the #GoldenRule in #Education, #Politics, #Economics & #Culture?
A report monitoring social and planetary boundaries imbalances via @nature.com
#economics
#politics
#doughnuteconomics
#mutualwellbeing
rdcu.be/eKlhL
#economics
#politics
#doughnuteconomics
#mutualwellbeing
rdcu.be/eKlhL
Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries monitors a world out of balance
Nature - A revised ‘Doughnut’ providing a visual assessment of trends in social deprivation and planetary degradation over the past two decades shows more than doubling of global GDP...
rdcu.be
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A report monitoring social and planetary boundaries imbalances via @nature.com
#economics
#politics
#doughnuteconomics
#mutualwellbeing
rdcu.be/eKlhL
#economics
#politics
#doughnuteconomics
#mutualwellbeing
rdcu.be/eKlhL
Below👇is an insightful observation about the current state of humanity, which sadly mainstream cultures and politics will probably ignore, but you don't have to...
#politics in search of #mutualwellbeing
#politics in search of #mutualwellbeing
#paradigmshift
it seems that #fascism is a hint that large parts of humanity prefer to destroy their fellow humans(not seeing that it is actually selfdestructive!) instead of dealing w/ their suppressed emotions.
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
it seems that #fascism is a hint that large parts of humanity prefer to destroy their fellow humans(not seeing that it is actually selfdestructive!) instead of dealing w/ their suppressed emotions.
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
October 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Below👇is an insightful observation about the current state of humanity, which sadly mainstream cultures and politics will probably ignore, but you don't have to...
#politics in search of #mutualwellbeing
#politics in search of #mutualwellbeing
Does meeting humanity's food needs require more technology or (as suggested in the article below) just better means of managing supply and distribution?
#SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
braveneweurope.com/raj-patel-ly...
#SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
braveneweurope.com/raj-patel-ly...
Raj Patel, Lynn Fries - Don’t count on agribusiness and techno-fixes to feed the people: Brazil showcase - Brave New Europe
Ending hunger rather than perpetuating it under agribusiness goes hand-in- hand with tackling inequality and climate change. Raj Patel is Research Professor at the University of Texas at Austin Produc...
braveneweurope.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Does meeting humanity's food needs require more technology or (as suggested in the article below) just better means of managing supply and distribution?
#SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
braveneweurope.com/raj-patel-ly...
#SDG2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
braveneweurope.com/raj-patel-ly...
What is so surprising is that anyone ever thought this wouldn't be a likely outcome....
#HEALTH? #SDG3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#HEALTH? #SDG3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO
More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, say experts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What is so surprising is that anyone ever thought this wouldn't be a likely outcome....
#HEALTH? #SDG3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#HEALTH? #SDG3
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A question for every politician everywhere:
What is stopping you from fully applying the Golden Rule?
The #GoldenRule that exists in some form in every civilised society...
"Treat all others with the level of care that you would wish them to treat you"
#MutualWellbeing #Politics
What is stopping you from fully applying the Golden Rule?
The #GoldenRule that exists in some form in every civilised society...
"Treat all others with the level of care that you would wish them to treat you"
#MutualWellbeing #Politics
October 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A question for every politician everywhere:
What is stopping you from fully applying the Golden Rule?
The #GoldenRule that exists in some form in every civilised society...
"Treat all others with the level of care that you would wish them to treat you"
#MutualWellbeing #Politics
What is stopping you from fully applying the Golden Rule?
The #GoldenRule that exists in some form in every civilised society...
"Treat all others with the level of care that you would wish them to treat you"
#MutualWellbeing #Politics
When abuse is a cause of so much harm at so many levels to so many people, what excuse is there for #Education not including lessons on 1) understanding the underlying drivers of personal & societal abuse, 2) identifying abusive behaviours, and 3) how to prevent, manage and report abuse?
#paradigmshift
as long as we don´t understand the strategies of abusera and the codependency it leads to in our personal/societal lifes we are easy prey to fascism. as simple as that!
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
as long as we don´t understand the strategies of abusera and the codependency it leads to in our personal/societal lifes we are easy prey to fascism. as simple as that!
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
September 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
When abuse is a cause of so much harm at so many levels to so many people, what excuse is there for #Education not including lessons on 1) understanding the underlying drivers of personal & societal abuse, 2) identifying abusive behaviours, and 3) how to prevent, manage and report abuse?
It can be interesting to reflect on the relationship between one's purposeful desire to achieve something and one's desire to live a particular lifestyle, how the two influence each other, overlap and maybe even merge into one another... 🤔
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It can be interesting to reflect on the relationship between one's purposeful desire to achieve something and one's desire to live a particular lifestyle, how the two influence each other, overlap and maybe even merge into one another... 🤔
How often do you as an adult think about The Emperor's New Clothes - from the perspective of self-delusions, public delusions & corruption - particularly in the context of political or commercial issues?
#politics #commerce #corruption #anticorruption #openknowledge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emp...
#politics #commerce #corruption #anticorruption #openknowledge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emp...
The Emperor's New Clothes - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
How often do you as an adult think about The Emperor's New Clothes - from the perspective of self-delusions, public delusions & corruption - particularly in the context of political or commercial issues?
#politics #commerce #corruption #anticorruption #openknowledge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emp...
#politics #commerce #corruption #anticorruption #openknowledge
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emp...
Who influences the questions you consider?
In what ways are they motivated to encourage you to see the world in their way?
What is their ideological paradigm?
What is their agenda?
#DeepQuestioning
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In what ways are they motivated to encourage you to see the world in their way?
What is their ideological paradigm?
What is their agenda?
#DeepQuestioning
www.linkedin.com/pulse/deep-q...
DEEP QUESTIONING?
As an antidote to the short-sightedness too often engendered by the “we want it now” culture that has persisted for many decades, I think it is time to give more attention to the long-sightedness that...
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September 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Who influences the questions you consider?
In what ways are they motivated to encourage you to see the world in their way?
What is their ideological paradigm?
What is their agenda?
#DeepQuestioning
www.linkedin.com/pulse/deep-q...
In what ways are they motivated to encourage you to see the world in their way?
What is their ideological paradigm?
What is their agenda?
#DeepQuestioning
www.linkedin.com/pulse/deep-q...