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    Civilization: 21st Century Life Patterns
    Matthew Phillips

    An "Interactive Recognition Service" is a process that simply integrates components from loose networks, establishing an entirely unique brand and form of interactivity. The ideal involves personal and small group recognition designed to form locally united communities. Initial interaction places emphasis on individuals and groups to input their unique information. Sharing unique information engages and establishes recognition, creating a foundation. Unity begins to establish value, need and passion.

    Communities that invite interaction function from primarily two design elements:

    • Organic Growth
    • Aliveness

    It is implied that an interactive community can not be established in isolation. Communities exist to the extent that members interact together and with other communities. It is this relationship of interconnectedness that supports the very rhythm of life, repairing the world around and within. However, I believe membership becomes more coherent, more whole when individuals are encouraged to ‘define’ their identity within the community. This can be accomplished through factual metadata (criteria); personal, professional, or listing desirable attributes. Missing the importance of defining identity is a common oversight that can suffocate the development of social communities. Once identity, such as a personal digital lifestyle, has been collected and organized, the ability to discover members, conversations or products based upon our own created “pivots??? establishes what most of us believe to be most true; our personal perception.

    Individuals communicate ideas based primarily upon internal perceptions. The ability for members to accurately articulate who they are establishes a sense of perceived commonality. Personal profiles accomplish two very important aspects in the development of community.
    1) Members initial interaction within the community starts first with a personal profile. Early adopters tend to talk about themselves.
    2) Members are able to draw aliveness from the community based upon their own perceptions as articulated within their personal profiles. Clay Shirky (I'm mentioned in this article) states there are two elements social software must have – Groups and Conversations--. Based upon my points above I think it is FIRST–Self, (then) Groups and Conversations--.

    Evolution involves adaptability to a changing environment and new competitive realities. Innovation, however, capitalizes change, defines success, and reshapes the environment.

    When loose networks are connected the potential of geographically driven information will coalesce and mature into empowered communities. This connectedness will transform the local utility of the Internet, publishing and broadcasting. My passion is to connect people through their relationships: Relationships to one another, relationships to their geography, and relationships to their interests. Discover Relationships.

    Relationships form the basic pattern of human need in every environment: People need people. Questions need solutions. Sellers need buyers. Writers need readers. Communities need relationships. Relationships need patterns. The character of what is built will be given to it by the language of patterns used to generate it.

    Basic Principles of Civilization
    ; a collection of unified life patterns!

    1) Discover: People – Trust; Love; Self Esteem; Jobs WHY Do People Unite?

    2) Discover: Nourishment – Food, Entertainment [DVDs, Restaurants…]

    3) Discover: Knowledge Exchange - Communication [Questions and Solutions]

    4) Discover: Barter, Bid, Trade
    [Classifieds]

    5) Discover: Events, Activities
    [Date and Location Specific]

    • People unite in order to FIND ways to develop
    • Not only is there strength in numbers, there is aliveness

    Survival – Success: Competition is a complex activity. It is characterized by external/unpredictable forces that are uncontrollable. The ability for one to rapidly and accurately change orientation/perspective is the most important compass of survival. The evolution of any system is not random; innovation creates new systems. SEEK FIRST