<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"></head><body><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>Human Purpose, Collective Intelligence, Leadership | Site-Wide Activity</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/activity/<link href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/activity/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"><description>Activity feed for the entire site.</description><lastbuilddate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:01:27 +0000</lastbuilddate><generator>https://buddypress.org/?v=</generator><language>en-US</language><ttl>30</ttl><updateperiod>hourly</updateperiod><updatefrequency>2</updatefrequency><item><guid ispermalink="false">663178ec1eb7072b55867975fc2b80c0</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=725<pubdate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:49:18 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=725" rel="nofollow ugc">Agents for Data Warehousing: Architecture, Compliance, and Ethical Mission</a></strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=725" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="AD 4nXdat8HIt2PEPTGOF6i0zH8MR93hkh7saS8GOoCGW4HQkykxNI6qT2i5fRS MeKkTSTVNevS9jxk8EOfrWXGl0PtbFtGnDAaSZ6PLVmr4pu2vsKexe8khgTE5vpxstoZjs4Y1XwUbQ?key= Myg40HKjoy5uRIpNglAog" data-src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdat8HIt2PEPTGOF6i0zH8MR93hkh7saS8GOoCGW4HQkykxNI6qT2i5fRS-meKkTSTVNevS9jxk8EOfrWXGl0PtbFtGnDAaSZ6PLVmr4pu2vsKexe8khgTE5vpxstoZjs4Y1XwUbQ?key=-Myg40HKjoy5uRIpNglAog" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="cwvlazyload"></a> July 23 2025 – London. Last night (the 22nd of July), inside Microsoft’s Reactor, the LangChain London crowd re-assembled—fellow developers and busin <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=725" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">70cf48d6e3355dd8244971838d2ad505</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=691<pubdate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:10:34 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=691" rel="nofollow ugc">Enlightenment Spirits at the Pub: Reflections on Agentic AI in London</a></strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=691" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="DSC01246 1" data-src="https://towardspeople.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2025/06/DSC01246-1-1024x683.jpeg.webp" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-srcset="" class="cwvlazyload"></a> Ale is a time-honoured catalyst for dialectical sparring and the promulgation of novel conceptions. The public house, after all, was often the <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=691" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">5098942f23de4d58596acb7ee67a0617</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=661<pubdate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:47:43 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=661" rel="nofollow ugc">Building baby-NICER: A Memory-Driven Multi-Agent Journey</a></strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=661" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="@baby NICER In Slack Image" data-src="https://towardspeople.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2025/04/@baby-NICER-in-Slack-Image-1024x635.png.webp" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-srcset="" class="cwvlazyload"></a> Introduction – Why baby‑NICER? We are building baby‑NICER because the hardest problems of this century—climate resilience, equitable prosper <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=661" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">d7cbc31a3c3c3982b4a997e4a17b5114</guid><title>Manthan Shetty became a registered member</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/activity/p/23/<pubdate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:15:37 +0000</pubdate><comments>0</comments></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">6d17753308262e5edcd83cc62926b26c</guid><title>handball 13 became a registered member</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/activity/p/20/<pubdate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:07:01 +0000</pubdate><comments>0</comments></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">4fc3117fbf6b57e07fa6c3fe9affdc8a</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=644<pubdate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:05:53 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=644" rel="nofollow ugc">The Behavioral Science Path to Political Nihilism</a></strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=644" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="Picture1" data-src="https://towardspeople.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2025/03/Picture1-1024x683.jpg.webp" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-srcset="" class="cwvlazyload"></a> “We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge—and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves.” — Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=644" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">79ed78bf194ed9321bd1093324868e4c</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=623<pubdate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:00:53 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=623" rel="nofollow ugc">Is It Really Human Nature—or Are We Programmed to Conform?</a></strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=623" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="AD 4nXdGWJB1FISyMsReKcANhJhhnrE AwLIm8DJqL2TxiK98LmpFrcRv79CBCjjeAjjSOaKdHiwbFQa UpTrR8HdT7kzXpX 91EEhbESKCz6BsHm2FoGwPoTsF3MkFeF X9tTRHr YMA?key=HBAd9EFjCVE SgZMmMCCHxAq" data-src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXdGWJB1FISyMsReKcANhJhhnrE_awLIm8DJqL2TxiK98LmpFrcRv79CBCjjeAjjSOaKdHiwbFQa_UpTrR8HdT7kzXpX-91EEhbESKCz6BsHm2FoGwPoTsF3MkFeF_x9tTRHr__yMA?key=HBAd9EFjCVE-SgZMmMCCHxAq" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="cwvlazyload"></a> Introduction Is our attraction to echo chambers simply “human nature,” or can technology channel more expansive instincts? Pundits often treat hom <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=623" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">51ed1b037d96781b41cf0fb6b2627be7</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=541<pubdate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:13:29 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=541" rel="nofollow ugc">Breaking the Echo Chamber: A Blueprint for Authentic Online Deliberation</a></strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=541" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="Tinywow WhatsApp Image 2025 02 20 At 22.57.34 75913619" data-src="https://towardspeople.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2025/02/tinywow_WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-20-at-22.57.34_75913619-300x169.jpg.webp" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-srcset="" class="cwvlazyload"></a> Join us on ManyFold now! Introduction: The Digital Speech Crisis A few weeks ago, I found myself catching up with an old college <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=541" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">31432fb50d28aae2bd827e60e24b5c74</guid><title>Phoebe changed their profile picture</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/activity/p/15/<pubdate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:50:17 +0000</pubdate><comments>0</comments></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">128e0f74f8b9805732e2893a63245354</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=522<pubdate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:38:30 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=522" rel="nofollow ugc">The UK Government’s AI Playbook: Progress, Power, and Purpose</a></strong>The UK Government’s AI Playbook for 2025 (UK Government, 2025) aspires to make Britain a global leader in artificial intelligence. Although it c <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=522" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">8b86d74dbe50b877e9cb94e52d328aa1</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=517<pubdate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 13:17:01 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=517" rel="nofollow ugc">From Carbon Footprints to Sensitive Data—How Diversity in Large Language Models Elevates Ethics and Performance through Collective Intelligence</a></strong>Humanity has long grappled with the question of how best to combine many minds into one coherent whole—whether through bustling marketplaces or grand a <a href="https://towardspeople.co.uk/?p=517" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">489ea00aa733258eb1d48d874745a876</guid><title>Johannes Castner changed their profile picture</title><link>https://towardspeople.co.uk/activity/p/8/<pubdate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:33:40 +0000</pubdate><comments>0</comments></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">d7ba478128f39b3f72b65ccb3a9e070b</guid><title>Johannes Castner wrote a new post</title><link>https://35.189.237.42/?p=238<pubdate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:44:05 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="https://35.189.237.42/?p=238" rel="nofollow ugc">Toward a Habermas Machine: Philosophical Grounding and Technical Architecture</a></strong><a href="https://35.189.237.42/?p=238" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="Figure 1" data-src="https://towardspeople.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2025/01/Figure_1.png.webp" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-srcset="" class="cwvlazyload"></a> Philosophers from Socrates to Bertrand Russell have underscored that genuine agreement arises not from superficial accord but from reasoned dialogue that <a href="https://35.189.237.42/?p=238" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item><item><guid ispermalink="false">f7890b0716749235c6c829da06c66bfc</guid><title>David Cuff wrote a new post</title><link>https://35.189.237.42/?p=1<pubdate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:13:19 +0000</pubdate><encoded><strong><a href="http://35.189.237.42/?p=1" rel="nofollow ugc">TP’s NICER Habermas Machine</a></strong><a href="http://35.189.237.42/?p=1" rel="nofollow ugc"><img loading="lazy" alt="2013 02 08 18.30.18 1" data-src="https://towardspeople.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2025/01/2013-02-08-18.30.18-1.jpg.webp" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP//////zCH5BAEHAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-srcset="" class="cwvlazyload"></a> We are developing the NICER Habermas machine ….SO COOL I guess I am somewhat of a negotiation professional and proud to be an Alumnus of the Harvard <a href="http://35.189.237.42/?p=1" rel="nofollow ugc"><span>[…]</span></a>]]&gt;</encoded></item></channel></rss></body></html>