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\u201cI could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger,
\nthe solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the
\nsolution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at danger,
\nrather you learned how to handle it safely.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Asimov<\/p>\n

Hello<\/p>\n

Thread #2 went\u00a0out to 234 people yesterday\u00a0(double Thread #1<\/a>). I\u2019m going to try and keep this as open and personal as if I was writing to you individually. You’ll be pleased to know that this edition is 30% shorter than the previous one & will only take about 16 minutes\u00a0to read :).<\/p>\n

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  1. What I’ve been up to over the last 6 months<\/a>\u00a0[1m30s]<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Dgen constellation<\/a>\u00a0[4m20s]<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Adventures in the Soniverse<\/a>\u00a0[1m45s]<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. From the edge of the quanta<\/a>\u00a0[1m]<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Links you’ll want to click<\/a> [2m30s + the rest of the week if you follow the links]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To begin, thank you to all the lovely responses to the first\u00a0Thread<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 which have included hand-written replies, paintings, books and dozens of emails (e.g. from Fiddian<\/a> and Ulya<\/a>\u00a0[3m3s]).<\/p>\n

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    If you didn\u2019t add your address when you\u00a0signed up<\/a>\u00a0to Thread #1, you\u2019ll have missed the print version. I thought maybe 20 people would sign up not 60+, so it took a little longer than I was expecting. It was printed on beautiful thirty-year-old, hand-made (printer-jamming) paper, courtesy of\u00a0Lorraine Finch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    My friend Claire Zakiewicz<\/a> produced a wonderful response: a painting for every page of the letter (reminded me of Griffin & Sabine<\/a>) and exhibited at her show during the Venice Biennale. You can watch a short video interview with her here<\/a> (start at 1m15s). Claire wrote that she draws \u201cinteresting parallels between the macro-languages of music and painting over the centuries … each line drawn with attention to the body and to the drawing itself…our interactions outside of ourselves whether verbal or experiential, from nothing, moment to moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

    It seems like the idea of changing the pace of communication has resonated with many people.<\/p>\n

    We had a fantastic event on board the good ship MS Hans<\/a> with 45 people making new connections and talking about making things. Feedback ranged from “wonderful evening of discussion” to “oh my god\u00a0my head”.<\/p>\n

    In this edition I\u2019ll map out the shape of the things I\u2019m building\u2014and how you can get involved directly.<\/p>\n

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    What I\u2019ve been up to over the last 6 months<\/h1>\n

    [1m30s]<\/p>\n

    I spoke at OpenTech<\/a>; presented at the Royal Astronomical Society<\/a> National Astronomy Meeting; spoke at the Direct Marketing Association’s GDPR<\/a> event; \u2018A Concise Taxonomy for Describing Data as an Art Material<\/a>\u2019 is now in MIT\u2019s Leonardo; helped launch a new environmental modelling portal (OasisHub); was commissioned by Nesta, TechCity and the City of Barcelona to help them understand the future of data; contributed to the development of an open internet of things standard<\/a>; initiated discussion with the IMF and World Bank about creating an open standard for global anti-money laundering; proposed the creation of a data-driven Commonwealth to a team looking at the CHOGM<\/a> event next year.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019ve also joined the boards of<\/p>\n