What will we change?

Part 1 of 4

Voluntary support, with a real right to leave

Shared rhythms, consent, protected solitude and participatory safeguards jointly support the proposed route to co-regulation and repair. Settling may help some people; pressure and loss of safety remain possible. No one owes the room their calm.

Draws on Margeret Heath (documents).

Predicted effectShared settling may help some participants feel more able to be with others.From Margeret Heath
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  - ChangeOffer shared rhythms of rest and meeting that participants can adapt or leave.From Margeret Heath
  - ChangeAgree how people can decline participation, raise harm and seek repair before trying a shared practice.From Margeret Heath
Possible harmA shared practice may create pressure to appear calm or make some participants feel less safe.From Margeret Heath
Desired effectThe community may develop stronger relational support and capacity for repair.From Margeret Heath
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  - Predicted effectPeople may gain safer opportunities for voluntary co-regulation.From Margeret Heath
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Beyond this part · 11 links

Relational support and capacity for repair may become stronger. contributes to Being-with may become a lived practice that people evaluate and revise. in “Bring support, choice and adaptability together”
Offer shared rhythms of rest and meeting that participants can adapt or leave. is meant to address Individuals carry a regulation burden shaped by relationships and surroundings. In the way
Offer shared rhythms of rest and meeting that participants can adapt or leave. is meant to address Strains and ruptures in relationships can remain unrepaired. In the way
Offer shared rhythms of rest and meeting that participants can adapt or leave. put into practice by Time, space and repair roles are available. First steps
Offer shared rhythms of rest and meeting that participants can adapt or leave. put into practice by Offer an optional pause or check-in that people can change or leave. Actions
Agree how people can decline, raise harm and seek repair before a shared practice. put into practice by Consent, withdrawal and harm response are usable. First steps
Protect solitude and declining participation without penalty. put into practice by Consent, withdrawal and harm response are usable. First steps
Combine reliable safeguards with shared control, alternatives and withdrawal. is meant to address Regulation and wellbeing are treated as individual optimisation problems. In the way
Combine reliable safeguards with shared control, alternatives and withdrawal. was developed from Impose standardised individual regulation without shared control. Pulling apart
Combine reliable safeguards with shared control, alternatives and withdrawal. was developed from Affected people shape and revise how regulation is organised. Pulling apart
Combine reliable safeguards with shared control, alternatives and withdrawal. put into practice by Participants agree observable criteria for benefit and harm. First steps

Part 2 of 4

Tools that people can inspect, change and stop

Visibility and privacy safeguards must be backed by actual authority to change the tool. More meaningful choice is a prediction; surveillance is a possible harmful branch and privacy protection is an untested remedy.

Draws on Margeret Heath (documents).

Beyond this part · 6 links

People retain meaningful choices and agency over tool regulation. contributes to Being-with may become a lived practice that people evaluate and revise. in “Bring support, choice and adaptability together”
Make a tool visible, contestable and reversible, with consent and override. is meant to address Adaptive technologies anticipate needs without meaningful shared control. In the way
Make a tool visible, contestable and reversible, with consent and override. is meant to address External systems increasingly shape people's attention and choices. In the way
Make a tool visible, contestable and reversible, with consent and override. is meant to address People's capacity to choose and learn can be narrowed. In the way
Make a tool visible, contestable and reversible, with consent and override. put into practice by The selected tool is visible, contestable and reversible. First steps
Limit data collection and provide privacy, override and accountability. put into practice by The selected tool is visible, contestable and reversible. First steps

Part 3 of 4

How interaction can change capacities and purposes

Reciprocal adjustments may generate coordination that changes capacities, expectations and subsequent participation. Some surprise may open new meanings or purposes. Novelty can also overwhelm or harm; this is not a recommendation to increase uncertainty. The loop is an AI inference to examine in a concrete activity; timing and power remain open.

Draws on Margeret Heath (documents).

Desired effectPeople may become more able to adapt together under uncertainty.From Margeret Heath
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  - Predicted effectParticipants may revise what they notice, value and try as their interactions develop.From Margeret Heath
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      - Predicted effectAttending to some surprises may reveal new possibilities for relating and acting, including reasons to reconsider shared purposes.From Margeret Heath
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        ChangeEngage in a shared activity by noticing how bodies, other people, tools and environments respond, and adjusting together.From Margeret Heath
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      - Predicted effectEmerging coordination may reshape participants’ capacities, expectations and ways of relating to their surroundings.From Margeret Heath
        ↺ feeds back to Engage in a shared activity by noticing how bodies, other people, tools and environments respond, and adjusting together.
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        Predicted effectReciprocal adjustments may produce patterns of coordination that no participant specified alone.From Margeret Heath
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        ChangeEngage in a shared activity by noticing how bodies, other people, tools and environments respond, and adjusting together.From Margeret Heath shown above

Beyond this part · 6 links

People may adapt together more readily under uncertainty. contributes to Being-with may become a lived practice that people evaluate and revise. in “Bring support, choice and adaptability together”
Notice how bodies, others, tools and environments respond, and adjust together. is meant to address Institutions favour predictability and targets over responses from the wider system. In the way
Notice how bodies, others, tools and environments respond, and adjust together. is meant to address Surprise and variation are suppressed rather than explored. In the way
Notice how bodies, others, tools and environments respond, and adjust together. is meant to address Responses can become brittle when conditions change. In the way
Notice how bodies, others, tools and environments respond, and adjust together. is meant to address An intervention can meet its target while causing unintended harm elsewhere. In the way
Notice how bodies, others, tools and environments respond, and adjust together. put into practice by Participants assess the pilot together and revise next steps. First steps

Part 4 of 4

Bring support, choice and adaptability together

The three routes meet jointly in a revisable practice of being-with. The muted statements show the other parts’ outcomes; none is presented as sufficient on its own, and the joint route remains incomplete and untested.

Draws on Margeret Heath (documents).

Muted boxes belong to other parts and are drawn so that statements acting together stay together; select one to go to its part.

Desired effectBeing-with may become a lived practice that people can evaluate and revise.From Margeret Heath
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Voluntary support, with a real right to leave

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Tools that people can inspect, change and stop

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How interaction can change capacities and purposes

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Bring support, choice and adaptability together

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