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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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...
This article👇relates to AI in commerce but I think is also important for any civil society organisation (using AI or not).
How well does your institution understand the context it is operating within? What are your contextual knowledge gaps?
#WellbeingPolicy #AI
simple.ai/p/rise-of-th...
How well does your institution understand the context it is operating within? What are your contextual knowledge gaps?
#WellbeingPolicy #AI
simple.ai/p/rise-of-th...
Rise Of The Agentic Customer Platform
Unveiling the next CRM revolution: Why context trumps AI features and how HubSpot is pioneering a transformative approach to customer relationship management.
simple.ai
February 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This article👇relates to AI in commerce but I think is also important for any civil society organisation (using AI or not).
How well does your institution understand the context it is operating within? What are your contextual knowledge gaps?
#WellbeingPolicy #AI
simple.ai/p/rise-of-th...
How well does your institution understand the context it is operating within? What are your contextual knowledge gaps?
#WellbeingPolicy #AI
simple.ai/p/rise-of-th...
When some political leaders are promoting the inhuman concept that "Might makes Right", the UK government should be helping people to stand up to that and express their concerns without violence not crush them.
WTT @compinpolitics.bsky.social
#politics
www.compassioninpolitics.com/end_the_misu...
WTT @compinpolitics.bsky.social
#politics
www.compassioninpolitics.com/end_the_misu...
www.compassioninpolitics.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
When some political leaders are promoting the inhuman concept that "Might makes Right", the UK government should be helping people to stand up to that and express their concerns without violence not crush them.
WTT @compinpolitics.bsky.social
#politics
www.compassioninpolitics.com/end_the_misu...
WTT @compinpolitics.bsky.social
#politics
www.compassioninpolitics.com/end_the_misu...
Shouldn't we be very concerned about how easily and quickly people feel compelled to fix their personal identity to one of the sides in a conflict, whether it is political, commercial, legal or cultural, rather than retain a more independent and open minded identity?
#SelfIdentity #DeepQuestioning
#SelfIdentity #DeepQuestioning
February 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Shouldn't we be very concerned about how easily and quickly people feel compelled to fix their personal identity to one of the sides in a conflict, whether it is political, commercial, legal or cultural, rather than retain a more independent and open minded identity?
#SelfIdentity #DeepQuestioning
#SelfIdentity #DeepQuestioning
"People are NEVER the enemy. We can and must resist and combat harmful behavior and harmful systems..."
#Democracy #Politics
open.substack.com/pub/citizens...
#Democracy #Politics
open.substack.com/pub/citizens...
Fighting violence with nonviolence: a moment of reckoning
Now is the time for moral courage
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"People are NEVER the enemy. We can and must resist and combat harmful behavior and harmful systems..."
#Democracy #Politics
open.substack.com/pub/citizens...
#Democracy #Politics
open.substack.com/pub/citizens...
What History were you taught?
The History I was taught was 'Bad History', in the sense that it was nearly all about conflict & power,
PLUS
it has helped to maintain the continuing acceptance of a power-games culture in #politics.
#DeepQuestioning
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History
The History I was taught was 'Bad History', in the sense that it was nearly all about conflict & power,
PLUS
it has helped to maintain the continuing acceptance of a power-games culture in #politics.
#DeepQuestioning
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History
History - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
What History were you taught?
The History I was taught was 'Bad History', in the sense that it was nearly all about conflict & power,
PLUS
it has helped to maintain the continuing acceptance of a power-games culture in #politics.
#DeepQuestioning
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History
The History I was taught was 'Bad History', in the sense that it was nearly all about conflict & power,
PLUS
it has helped to maintain the continuing acceptance of a power-games culture in #politics.
#DeepQuestioning
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History
Do you consider Deep Questioning and Complex Understanding to be part of your skill set?
Why not?
Have you been told you are not clever enough? That is a lie, you just need to dare to start asking deeper questions...
With thanks to @kablooie.bsky.social for this post 👇
#DeepQuestioning
Why not?
Have you been told you are not clever enough? That is a lie, you just need to dare to start asking deeper questions...
With thanks to @kablooie.bsky.social for this post 👇
#DeepQuestioning
#paradigmshift
among the most crucial skills for the present moment and the future of humanity:
* metacognition
* pattern recognition
* selfinquiry
skills that need to raise human consciousness to a higher level of complexity which means: a big part of humans won´t make it.
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
among the most crucial skills for the present moment and the future of humanity:
* metacognition
* pattern recognition
* selfinquiry
skills that need to raise human consciousness to a higher level of complexity which means: a big part of humans won´t make it.
#GetRealNOW
#evolve
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Do you consider Deep Questioning and Complex Understanding to be part of your skill set?
Why not?
Have you been told you are not clever enough? That is a lie, you just need to dare to start asking deeper questions...
With thanks to @kablooie.bsky.social for this post 👇
#DeepQuestioning
Why not?
Have you been told you are not clever enough? That is a lie, you just need to dare to start asking deeper questions...
With thanks to @kablooie.bsky.social for this post 👇
#DeepQuestioning
3 Ways to Deepen Conversations
Why does someone want what they want?
What other options or alternatives can we think of?
Where does that information come from?
#DeepQuestioning in search of #MutualWellbeing
www.bluezones.com/2021/06/how-...
Why does someone want what they want?
What other options or alternatives can we think of?
Where does that information come from?
#DeepQuestioning in search of #MutualWellbeing
www.bluezones.com/2021/06/how-...
How to Design Great Conversations (and Why Diverse Groups Make Better Decisions)
By Daniel Stillman, independent design facilitator, author of The 30 Second Elephant and the Paper Airplane Experiment and Good Talk: How to Design
www.bluezones.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
3 Ways to Deepen Conversations
Why does someone want what they want?
What other options or alternatives can we think of?
Where does that information come from?
#DeepQuestioning in search of #MutualWellbeing
www.bluezones.com/2021/06/how-...
Why does someone want what they want?
What other options or alternatives can we think of?
Where does that information come from?
#DeepQuestioning in search of #MutualWellbeing
www.bluezones.com/2021/06/how-...
I recommend this paper by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, as a perspective worth reading & considerable thought for anyone concerned about what their life & human life in general could be like beyond five years time...
#AI #Politics #Economics #WellbeingPolicy
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
#AI #Politics #Economics #WellbeingPolicy
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
Dario Amodei — The Adolescence of Technology
Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI
www.darioamodei.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I recommend this paper by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, as a perspective worth reading & considerable thought for anyone concerned about what their life & human life in general could be like beyond five years time...
#AI #Politics #Economics #WellbeingPolicy
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
#AI #Politics #Economics #WellbeingPolicy
www.darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad...
Doughnut in local governments: a global overview
Research studying the practical application of Doughnut Economics in 50 local governments @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social
#Economics #Government #Politics #WellbeingPolicy
doughnuteconomics.org/stories/doug...
Research studying the practical application of Doughnut Economics in 50 local governments @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social
#Economics #Government #Politics #WellbeingPolicy
doughnuteconomics.org/stories/doug...
Doughnut in local governments: a global overview | DEAL
Research studying the practical application of Doughnut Economics in 50 local governments
doughnuteconomics.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Doughnut in local governments: a global overview
Research studying the practical application of Doughnut Economics in 50 local governments @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social
#Economics #Government #Politics #WellbeingPolicy
doughnuteconomics.org/stories/doug...
Research studying the practical application of Doughnut Economics in 50 local governments @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social
#Economics #Government #Politics #WellbeingPolicy
doughnuteconomics.org/stories/doug...
The Limits of Narratives & Histories
Narratives & Histories can bring out one or more perspectives (which may be sound or not) of lives or events, but I have never discovered a narrative or history that expresses fully the complex reality of lives or events.
#OpenKnowledge #DeepQuestioning
Narratives & Histories can bring out one or more perspectives (which may be sound or not) of lives or events, but I have never discovered a narrative or history that expresses fully the complex reality of lives or events.
#OpenKnowledge #DeepQuestioning
January 25, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Limits of Narratives & Histories
Narratives & Histories can bring out one or more perspectives (which may be sound or not) of lives or events, but I have never discovered a narrative or history that expresses fully the complex reality of lives or events.
#OpenKnowledge #DeepQuestioning
Narratives & Histories can bring out one or more perspectives (which may be sound or not) of lives or events, but I have never discovered a narrative or history that expresses fully the complex reality of lives or events.
#OpenKnowledge #DeepQuestioning
"We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society..."
#MLKDay #MLK #MutualWellbeing #Politics
#MLKDay #MLK #MutualWellbeing #Politics
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society..."
#MLKDay #MLK #MutualWellbeing #Politics
#MLKDay #MLK #MutualWellbeing #Politics
A Map of George Orwell’s 1984
Many fictional locations resist mapping.
www.openculture.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Not achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals doesn't just mean we miss out on a better future, it also means we have an increased risk of a downward spiralling future for every person in every nation
The alarms are ringing..
#SDGs #MutualWellbeing #SystemsThinking
globalgoals.org/goals/
The alarms are ringing..
#SDGs #MutualWellbeing #SystemsThinking
globalgoals.org/goals/
Goals Archive - The Global Goals
globalgoals.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Not achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals doesn't just mean we miss out on a better future, it also means we have an increased risk of a downward spiralling future for every person in every nation
The alarms are ringing..
#SDGs #MutualWellbeing #SystemsThinking
globalgoals.org/goals/
The alarms are ringing..
#SDGs #MutualWellbeing #SystemsThinking
globalgoals.org/goals/
Happiness? by Steve Cutts on #Vimeo vimeo.com/244405542?fe...
#ConsciousnessBeyondConsumerism
#BeyondGDPgrowth
#Happiness
#ConsciousnessBeyondConsumerism
#BeyondGDPgrowth
#Happiness
Happiness
The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment. Directed and animated by Steve Cutts. Update: I'm thrilled to share that…
vimeo.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Happiness? by Steve Cutts on #Vimeo vimeo.com/244405542?fe...
#ConsciousnessBeyondConsumerism
#BeyondGDPgrowth
#Happiness
#ConsciousnessBeyondConsumerism
#BeyondGDPgrowth
#Happiness
Another episode of 'The Flux' to help bring to one's attention diverse perspectives/observations/ideas/thinking models and, where one wishes to do so, gently solder them into one's own thinking...
#systemsthinking
open.substack.com/pub/galex/p/...
#systemsthinking
open.substack.com/pub/galex/p/...
🌀🗞 The FLUX Review, Ep. 218
January 15th, 2026
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Another episode of 'The Flux' to help bring to one's attention diverse perspectives/observations/ideas/thinking models and, where one wishes to do so, gently solder them into one's own thinking...
#systemsthinking
open.substack.com/pub/galex/p/...
#systemsthinking
open.substack.com/pub/galex/p/...
We may each be an individual but do any of us have a single personality?
Is a helpful model to understand a person as having a family of personalities, perhaps few or many, some close or disparate, probably with a mix of Guardian, Mature, and Immature characters?
#Personality #DeepQuestioning
Is a helpful model to understand a person as having a family of personalities, perhaps few or many, some close or disparate, probably with a mix of Guardian, Mature, and Immature characters?
#Personality #DeepQuestioning
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM
We may each be an individual but do any of us have a single personality?
Is a helpful model to understand a person as having a family of personalities, perhaps few or many, some close or disparate, probably with a mix of Guardian, Mature, and Immature characters?
#Personality #DeepQuestioning
Is a helpful model to understand a person as having a family of personalities, perhaps few or many, some close or disparate, probably with a mix of Guardian, Mature, and Immature characters?
#Personality #DeepQuestioning
We are often exhorted to "Win" in order to motivate ourselves, but an alternative motivation is "Succeed".
Does this matter?
Well yes if you wish to encourage progress in acts of #mutualwellbeing, since winning often implies others lose, while success can be for everyone.
#Motivation
Does this matter?
Well yes if you wish to encourage progress in acts of #mutualwellbeing, since winning often implies others lose, while success can be for everyone.
#Motivation
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
We are often exhorted to "Win" in order to motivate ourselves, but an alternative motivation is "Succeed".
Does this matter?
Well yes if you wish to encourage progress in acts of #mutualwellbeing, since winning often implies others lose, while success can be for everyone.
#Motivation
Does this matter?
Well yes if you wish to encourage progress in acts of #mutualwellbeing, since winning often implies others lose, while success can be for everyone.
#Motivation
What is your RINE?
When concerned with #Wellbeing, rather than just measuring Nominal income shouldn't we be focussing on the 'Ratio of Income to Necessary Expenditure [RINE]'?
[Perhaps with an adjustment to allow for borrowing in some years that can be affordably repaid later.]
#economics #RINE
When concerned with #Wellbeing, rather than just measuring Nominal income shouldn't we be focussing on the 'Ratio of Income to Necessary Expenditure [RINE]'?
[Perhaps with an adjustment to allow for borrowing in some years that can be affordably repaid later.]
#economics #RINE
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
What is your RINE?
When concerned with #Wellbeing, rather than just measuring Nominal income shouldn't we be focussing on the 'Ratio of Income to Necessary Expenditure [RINE]'?
[Perhaps with an adjustment to allow for borrowing in some years that can be affordably repaid later.]
#economics #RINE
When concerned with #Wellbeing, rather than just measuring Nominal income shouldn't we be focussing on the 'Ratio of Income to Necessary Expenditure [RINE]'?
[Perhaps with an adjustment to allow for borrowing in some years that can be affordably repaid later.]
#economics #RINE
One of the biggest threats to humanity is from shallow (us against them) & narrow (fixed ideology) thinking and their impacts on people's self-identity, so why do we still let such thinking infect our #economics, #politics, #education & #culture?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-mutu...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-mutu...
1) MUTUAL HIGHER-SELF THINKING
Mutual Higher-Self Thinking is one of five particular thinking techniques I have made use of in my exploration for a set of principles to enable everyone to achieve a good sustainable quality of life....
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January 15, 2026 at 11:10 AM
One of the biggest threats to humanity is from shallow (us against them) & narrow (fixed ideology) thinking and their impacts on people's self-identity, so why do we still let such thinking infect our #economics, #politics, #education & #culture?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-mutu...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-mutu...
This looks interesting 👇
Non-zero-sum games & thinking....
An exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. Exploring game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and artificial intelligence.
#mutualwellbeing
nonzerosum.games
Non-zero-sum games & thinking....
An exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. Exploring game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and artificial intelligence.
#mutualwellbeing
nonzerosum.games
NON-ZERO-SUM GAMES
~ a world-help site ~
nonzerosum.games
January 14, 2026 at 5:17 PM
This looks interesting 👇
Non-zero-sum games & thinking....
An exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. Exploring game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and artificial intelligence.
#mutualwellbeing
nonzerosum.games
Non-zero-sum games & thinking....
An exploration of win-win games and how they are essential for a better future. Exploring game theory, moral philosophy, ethical economics and artificial intelligence.
#mutualwellbeing
nonzerosum.games
If Science is the sound & valid evidence-based Testing, Measuring, Checking, Comparing & Challenging (TMC3) of an understanding of elements, processes, systems & frameworks, then its strength is in continuing open & rigorous TMC3. Yet which societies really take that approach in social sciences? So👇
...that you cannot separate science from society. That the decisions we make in the cultural milieu in which we exist, in 100 years time, someone will look back on and think: My goodness, why did they do that?
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
If Science is the sound & valid evidence-based Testing, Measuring, Checking, Comparing & Challenging (TMC3) of an understanding of elements, processes, systems & frameworks, then its strength is in continuing open & rigorous TMC3. Yet which societies really take that approach in social sciences? So👇
What if we built #Transcendent Relationship Behaviours into our daily lives more so than transactional ones?
@globalcompassionco.bsky.social
#TranscendentRelationships
#BeyondTransactionalRelationships
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
@globalcompassionco.bsky.social
#TranscendentRelationships
#BeyondTransactionalRelationships
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
Why Loving Moments With Strangers Carry Lasting Benefits
New research finds that connecting with strangers not only boosts your mood—it helps build a kinder, more cooperative society.
greatergood.berkeley.edu
January 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
What if we built #Transcendent Relationship Behaviours into our daily lives more so than transactional ones?
@globalcompassionco.bsky.social
#TranscendentRelationships
#BeyondTransactionalRelationships
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
@globalcompassionco.bsky.social
#TranscendentRelationships
#BeyondTransactionalRelationships
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
An interesting consideration of 'Transactional Politics' specifically relating to Iraq but I sadly suspect is relevant to many other nations..
#democracy? #fauxdemocracy #Politics
System Maintenance in Iraq - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
#democracy? #fauxdemocracy #Politics
System Maintenance in Iraq - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
System Maintenance in Iraq
In an interview, Shahla al-Kli discusses the country’s parliamentary elections and what they reveal.
carnegieendowment.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:53 PM
An interesting consideration of 'Transactional Politics' specifically relating to Iraq but I sadly suspect is relevant to many other nations..
#democracy? #fauxdemocracy #Politics
System Maintenance in Iraq - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
#democracy? #fauxdemocracy #Politics
System Maintenance in Iraq - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
On the importance of encouraging and funding forward thinking social policy to enable #MutualWellbeing...
#WellbeingPolitics
#WellbeingEconomics
#MutalWellbeing #Politics
"The case for exploratory social science"
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
#WellbeingPolitics
#WellbeingEconomics
#MutalWellbeing #Politics
"The case for exploratory social science"
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
An ARIA for social issues?
The case for exploratory social science
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On the importance of encouraging and funding forward thinking social policy to enable #MutualWellbeing...
#WellbeingPolitics
#WellbeingEconomics
#MutalWellbeing #Politics
"The case for exploratory social science"
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
#WellbeingPolitics
#WellbeingEconomics
#MutalWellbeing #Politics
"The case for exploratory social science"
open.substack.com/pub/geoffmul...
Thinking about frameworks with which to evaluate political policies, might one crude rule of thumb be to consider them using a ‘2 EPICs’ model:
EPIC 1:
E – Expected Effects?
P – People Involved & Affected
I – Indirect Impacts?
C- Costs
1 of 2 #politics #DeepQuestioning
EPIC 1:
E – Expected Effects?
P – People Involved & Affected
I – Indirect Impacts?
C- Costs
1 of 2 #politics #DeepQuestioning
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thinking about frameworks with which to evaluate political policies, might one crude rule of thumb be to consider them using a ‘2 EPICs’ model:
EPIC 1:
E – Expected Effects?
P – People Involved & Affected
I – Indirect Impacts?
C- Costs
1 of 2 #politics #DeepQuestioning
EPIC 1:
E – Expected Effects?
P – People Involved & Affected
I – Indirect Impacts?
C- Costs
1 of 2 #politics #DeepQuestioning