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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:
-  * social critique of biotechnology +  * social critique of biotechnology (what is "social" aspect of critique? shouldn't it be "ethical"?) 
-  * biotechnology that increases quality of food and life +  * keeping track of the big picture  
-  * keeping track of the big picture +  * 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?
-  * nurturing and prevention in small changed over quick fixes and questionable cures (small & everyday over large revolutionary+  * knowledge that can increase our control over pervasive biotechnology  
-  * knowledge that can increase our control influence over everyday biotechnology +  * biotechnology on the human scale (hm... what would this mean? human as in "individual"?)
-  * biotechnology on the human scale+
  
  
- +bioluddites are for more clarity about: (why "more" and not "explicit clarity and transparency")
-bioluddites are for more clarity about: +
-  * 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 using biotechnology in their everyday life and being 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     * antibiotic resistance
-    * cliches of nostalgic 'nature' mirage+    * cliches synthetic 'nature' mirage of rural environments
     * the industrialisation of the organic ethos     * 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 
   * solutionism   * solutionism
 +  * mystification of biotechnology that unrealistically gets people's hopes up
   * mindless exploitation of the environment   * mindless exploitation of the environment
   * patented names for food that have perfectly usable folk names   * patented names for food that have perfectly usable folk names
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 be aware & in control of biotechnologies in your daily life be aware & in control of biotechnologies in your daily life
   * **society and the environment come first, biotechnology is secondary**   * **society and the environment come first, biotechnology is secondary**
-  *   * be critical of the power structures biotechnology is used within +  * be critical of the power structures biotechnology is used within 
-* demand transparency of supply chains (weather * cherish openness of sources (and willingness to research them) +  * demand transparency of supply chains (cherish openness of sources and willingness to research them) 
-  * seek out authenticity of lifestyles and supply chains for field or lab grown food), including food labelling+  * 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   * beware of short-termism and reductionism
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 take good care of 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 senses and communicate with appearance   * augment and extend your senses and communicate with appearance
-  * keep yourself 'relateable'+  * keep yourself 'relatable'to others 
  
 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
-  * proper food is medicinebe selective about nutriceuticals+  * meat is a luxury product 
 +  * 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
   * decypher convoluted biotech information & instruction for those in need    * decypher convoluted biotech information & instruction for those in need 
 +
  
 bioluddites live with their environment bioluddites live with their environment
-  * be at the frontier of embracing climate weirding +  * **be adaptable and flexible to change** 
-  * be adaptable and flexible to change+  * be at the frontier of embracing climate weirding instead of fearing it
   * embrace the contrast of man-made and nature grown, as this is reality   * embrace the contrast of man-made and nature grown, as this is reality
  
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 bioluddites' embodiment of purpose: bioluddites' embodiment of purpose:
-  * lifestyle moral police in regards to biotechnology+  * **the lifestyle moral police 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
  
 what do bioluddites do: what do bioluddites do:
 +  * ** practice non-symbolic actions in bioluddite coaching**
 +  * curate biotechnology for a range of lifestyles
   * practice and/or promoting holistic personalised medicine/wellbeing    * practice and/or promoting holistic personalised medicine/wellbeing 
-  * promote social network of peer-to-peer healthcare networks  +  * contribute to social network of peer-to-peer healthcare networks  
-  * create experiences rather than preaching +  * be understood by creating experiences 
-  * teach hunting and foraging skills +  * reappropriate the media'mental pollution into conundrums for thought 
-  * reappropriate media mental pollution devices +
-  * tweak popular imagination+
   * organise social gatherings   * organise social gatherings
   * hold regular open house events   * hold regular open house events
   * point to biotech glitches   * point to biotech glitches
-  * any tools of bioluddism should be used on the go 
-  * non-symbolic action 
-  * curate biotechnology for a range of lifestyles 
   * 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   * promote patience by making use of people's 'wasted' time
 +  * teach hunting and foraging skills
 +  * any tools of bioluddism should be used on the go
 +
  
  
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