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-==== Bioluddite Charter ====+==== The Bioluddite Charter ====
  
-Notes towards the first draft+ 
 +====Breaking the Frame 2014==== 
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 +{{>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JAWWhPzCsQ}} 
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 +Where are the Luddites: An Open Call for Bioluddites 
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 +==== Notes towards the first draft ====
  
 === Preamble === === Preamble ===
  
 bioluddites are for: bioluddites are for:
-  * biotechnology on the human scale +  * social critique of biotechnology (what is "social" aspect of critique? shouldn't it be "ethical"?) 
-  * social critique of biotechnology +  * keeping track of the big picture  
-  * biotechnology that increases quality of food and life +  * accept that there is no 'revolutionary' cures, so nurture and prevention over quick fixes (this nurture and prevention does not sound like a method luddites would prioritize at least not as only...how about direct action? subversion?) 
-  * small changes and tweaks in daily life +  * knowledge that can increase our control over pervasive biotechnology  
-  * keeping track of the big picture +  * biotechnology on the human scale (hm... what would this mean? human as in "individual"?)
-  * nurturing and prevention over quick fixes and questionable cures +
-  * knowledge that can increase our control influence over everyday biotechnology+
  
-bioluddites are for more clarity about: + 
-  * the benefits and difficulties of urban farming +bioluddites are for more clarity about: (why "more" and not "explicit clarity and transparency")
-  * the scope and edges of the biotech sphere+
   * long term social implications of biotechnology   * long term social implications of biotechnology
 +  * the scope and edges of the biotech sphere
  
  
-bioluddites want to empower people to make informed choices about useing biotechnology in their everyday life and beging critical about: +bioluddites want to empower people to make informed choices about using the biotechnology in their everyday life and being critical about: 
-    * antibiotic resistance and the collapse of the meat and dairy production +    * antibiotic resistance 
-    * the industrialisation of the organic+    * cliches synthetic 'nature' mirage of rural environments 
 +    * the industrialisation of the organic ethos
     * overspecialisation and monoculture (in farming and society)     * overspecialisation and monoculture (in farming and society)
     * footprint of meat and other foodstuffs     * footprint of meat and other foodstuffs
-    * (drinkable) water availability+
  
 bioluddites are against: bioluddites are against:
   * control of biotechnology beyond human scale   * control of biotechnology beyond human scale
-  * mystification of biotechnology that unrealistically gets people's hopes up 
-  * wasteful eating of endangered species 
   * solutionism   * solutionism
 +  * mystification of biotechnology that unrealistically gets people's hopes up
 +  * mindless exploitation of the environment
 +  * patented names for food that have perfectly usable folk names
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 === Principles === === Principles ===
  
-be aware of the (impact of) biotechnology in daily life +be aware & in control of biotechnologies in your daily life
-  * **be in control of biotechnologies in your daily life** +
-  * be critical of the power structures biotechnology is used within+
   * **society and the environment come first, biotechnology is secondary**   * **society and the environment come first, biotechnology is secondary**
-  * seek out authenticity of lifestyles and supply chains +  * be critical of the power structures biotechnology is used within 
-  * demand transparency of supply chains (weather for field or lab grown food), including food labelling +  * demand transparency of supply chains (cherish openness of sources and willingness to research them) 
-  * cherish openness of sources (and willingness to research them)+  * seek out authenticity of lifestyles, information and image
   * biotechnology should be developed and used on a human scale   * biotechnology should be developed and used on a human scale
   * fuel production should not be in conflict with food production   * fuel production should not be in conflict with food production
-  * beware of short-termism and reductionism in production and distribution of GMOs +  * beware of short-termism and reductionism 
-  * refuse to use patented names for food that have perfectly usable folk names +
-  * bioluddite is a pragmatist, an 'atheist fundamentalist' when it comes to biotechnologies that grow bigger than the human scale and begin transcending into the mythical+
  
-cultivate yourself+take good care of yourself
   * **choose quality over quantity - in your lifespan, food and healthcare**   * **choose quality over quantity - in your lifespan, food and healthcare**
-  * augment and extend your animal senses +  * augment and extend your senses and communicate with appearance 
-  * embrace principles of anti-fragility +  * keep yourself 'relatable'to others
-  * take good care of yourself; pay attention to the sensual experience of self and others +
-  * keep yourself 'relateable'+
  
  
 you are what you eat you are what you eat
-  * be mindful of food +  * **be mindful of food** 
-  * expand the edible spectrum (what can be edible but isn't considered food in mainstream food culture - insects, waste, parasites...)+  * support biodiversity by expanding the food spectrum to non-mainstream food culture - insects, waste, parasites...
   * how food looks matters   * how food looks matters
-  * meat is a luxury product 
   * food should be as cheap as possible, but no cheaper   * food should be as cheap as possible, but no cheaper
-  * food is medicine +  * meat is a luxury product 
-  * selectively approach nutriceuticals+  * proper food is medicine but be selective about nutriceuticals 
  
 bioluddites are social animals bioluddites are social animals
-  * all biotechnology has a potential to be social+  * **all biotechnology has a potential to be social**
   * bioluddites are sympathetic to the needs of modern day life   * bioluddites are sympathetic to the needs of modern day life
-  * try to eat with others +  * decypher convoluted biotech information & instruction for those in need  
-  * decypher convoluted biotech information & instruction for those in need (such as nutritional labels) +
-  * bioluddites' actions slot seamlessly into everyday life, rather than distrupting it+
  
 bioluddites live with their environment bioluddites live with their environment
-  * be at the frontier of embracing climate weirding +  * **be adaptable and flexible to change** 
-  * develop empathy, sensing and communication with non-human species +  * be at the frontier of embracing climate weirding instead of fearing it 
-  * be adaptable and flexible to adapt to changing conditions +  * embrace the contrast of man-made and nature grown, as this is reality 
-  * value the contrast of man-made and nature grown, use the contrast to verify that you live in reality and not the myth+
  
 === Concept === === Concept ===
  
 bioluddites' embodiment of purpose: bioluddites' embodiment of purpose:
-  * lifestyle moral police in regards to biotechnology +  * **the lifestyle moral police of biotechnology**
-  * maintaining principles of nomadism in a modern (globalised) world +
-  * demystification of biotechnology+
   * quantified self as a part of the food and health supply chains (you are not separate from your food and waste)   * quantified self as a part of the food and health supply chains (you are not separate from your food and waste)
   * Bioluddites are role models: living examples and embodiments of their principles   * Bioluddites are role models: living examples and embodiments of their principles
-  * promote slowness by making use of people's 'wasted' time 
  
 what do bioluddites do: what do bioluddites do:
-  * practice and/or promoting holistic personalised medicine/wellbeing (originating in traditions like TCM and TAM, rather than a computer) +  * ** practice non-symbolic actions in bioluddite coaching**
-  * create immersive experiences (and experience prototypes), rather than preaching +
-  * teach hunting and foraging skills +
-  * infiltrate mental pollution devices +
-  * tweak popular imagination +
-  * organise social gatherings +
-  * hold regular open houses +
-  * frame and point to biotech glitches, using popular media +
-  * practice the art of conversation +
-  * create mobile kits and tools of bioluddism to recruit and share skills on the go +
-  * non-symbolic action and ambient critique of biotechnology+
   * curate biotechnology for a range of lifestyles   * curate biotechnology for a range of lifestyles
 +  * practice and/or promoting holistic personalised medicine/wellbeing 
 +  * contribute to social network of peer-to-peer healthcare networks 
 +  * be understood by creating experiences
 +  * reappropriate the media's mental pollution into conundrums for thought 
 +  * organise social gatherings
 +  * hold regular open house events
 +  * point to biotech glitches
   * hold pop-up bioluddite clinics   * hold pop-up bioluddite clinics
   * hold retreats from biotechnology   * hold retreats from biotechnology
-  * practice bioluddite coaching +  * promote patience by making use of people's 'wasted' time 
-  * create parodies of real life in the state/military-industrial complex +  * teach hunting and foraging skills 
-  * bioluddites can be holistic guides to help you ensure ethical continuity along the whole supply chain+  * any tools of bioluddism should be used on the go 
  
  
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