1. Choose a field or profession you know well (e.g. education, finance, healthcare, journalism, science, technology, ...). 2. What are the societal roles and goals of that field? Where do you find it falling short? 3. What changes can you suggest thet would allow that field to be more successful IN YOUR EYES at acheiving its goals and/or benefitting humanity in general (the many, not just the few)? 4. What steps can you suggest that might promote or lead to these changes? Consider steps of a personal, social, institutional, governmental or technical nature. (See Dino's Debategraph for examples) 5. How does this field interact with or depend upon other systems and infrastructures? What changes in these other systems & infrastructures would help promote the changes you seek? 6. What signals could indicate whether the field as a whole was becoming more adapted to achieving the goals mentioned above? What signals could indicate whether the specific changes you introduce are moving the field in the right direction? 7. How could you introduce the changes you propose to your field or related systems in such a way that they will spread, evolve over time based on feedback and ultimately transform the field?
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