What is the culture we need to meet this moment?

Some cultures are better at solving certain kinds of problems. The methodical, precise engineering culture of Mercedes is effective for building nice cars, but is unwieldy for building good software. The culture you're in shapes what you pay attention to and what solutions you can conceive of.

Humanity is facing problems with an unprecedented scope and scale, particularly with the development of powerful AI systems. What cultures will allow us to meet this moment, to widen the aperture of solutions we consider? What does it look like to make progress on this question?

Connecting Intelligence is a research practice exploring how to create sandboxes for new cultures. The work draws on facilitated games and group practices where participants design the constraints that allow them to feel safe and alive in the face of complex challenges.

Ultimately, we are innovating on what it could feel like to work on these problems together. What thoughts are thinkable from a coherent state that are unthinkable from a fragmented one?