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 ==== Confabulation ====
-working notes fr FF.
+working notes of Future Fabulators
+{{future_fabulators:splash_crop.png}}
+==== external / rational ====
+  * [[:prediction_markets]]
+  * can we use predictions to help separate/isolate important, predictable events within a "A Nonpredictive View of the World"? (cf. fragility -> robustness -> antifragility)
+  * what is the question? can it be answered diceisively at a particualr point in the future? what is at stake? what are the consequences or impacts?
+==== internal / irrational ====
+  * divination / invocation
+==== scenario database ====
+While editing [[scenarios]] on the libarynth it became apparent how tricky it is to keep a consistency in information and layout of the scenarios. The scenario database we're planning to make should make this easier. Components that seem to be needed in all scenarios:
+  * what is the question?
+  * what are the scenario axes?
+  * sometimes we have a short answer to the question (usually created after making the scenarios)
+  * how far in the future does the scenario take place?
+  * scenario description
+  * genaral image(s)
+  * more specific/clarifying images
+  * links to the pages of related scenarios (and a 'parent' page that describes the workshop goals etc. - not sure if we should include this in the database?)
+should we try to contextualise the scenarios directly in the database?
+  * a section with links to projects/theories/examples of (the beginnings of) this scenario already taking place today
+  * section on how the scenario is turned into a prehearsal (could be in the form of a 'day in the life of..."?
+  * reflections on the prehearsal
+  * etc.
+or should we keep the database only as a 'short story collection'?
+==== software & protocols ====
+  * open formats > closed formats
+  * utf-8 > ascii/latin-1/etc+
+  * documents
+    * utf-8 text or ODF (libreoffice, openoffice) for editable docs
+    * pdf for reference & archiving
+    * [[:graph_drawing#vue_visual_understanding_environment|VUE]] for diagrams
+  * semi syncronous; email, twitter, irc (freenode -> #ff ?)
+  * asyncronous; dokuwiki, django, gitlab
+  * algorithmic sketching; racket, common lisp, python, git
+  * online
+    * **libarynth** for text, tangents and collation -> http://libarynth.org
+    * **flickr** for image matter -> https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/
+    * **vimeo** for video matter -> http://vimeo.com/fo4m
+    * **zotero** for library and references -> https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library
+  * potentially
+    * tumblr, cargo, diasp, other?
+    * prediction book
+    * wikipedia
 ==== reading/notes ====
-  * various [[scifi]]
+  * various [[:scifi]] threads re. possible future cultures, shifting relation between humans & their environment, exploration of 'biosphere dividend'. near and far futures
     * bloom, ventus, mars trilogy, incrementalists, etc+
+    * "A History of the Future in 100 Objects " >> [[https://readmill.com/zzkt/reads/a-history-of-the-future-in-100-objects|notes and quotes]]
+    * 'the culture' ([[:iain_m_banks]])
+      * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture
+      * [[:notes_on_the_culture]]
+    * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_ideas_in_science_fiction
+    * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_ideas_in_science_fiction
+  * The Hermetic Library reading room >> http://hermetic.com/reading-room/
+  * Erwin Wagenhofer's movie about the crisis of creativity in education: http://www.alphabet-film.com/
+  * Christine Wilks talking about text as a way for developing character depth; [[http://www.riders-project.net/research/videos/christine-wilks-taking-text-out-of-the-box.html]] (This probably belongs elsewhere, but...)
+     * performing text on screen
+     * Varytale  http://varytale.com
+     * "Text becomes the equivalent of subtitles" - is this a good thing?
+     * Very based around computer games.
+     * "Character is a black box" - in PNs, we can only be based on interpretation based on behaviour and its artefacts, not on explicit exposure, unless we have things like "Dear Diary..."
+     * Note: Prehearsals are first person narratives, PNs are third person. Thus a Prehearsal can have "more" introspection in some sense.