Open Source Mode is Metadesign*

Using the tenets of Open Source code enables a team to better collaborate after a process of coalescence. This is achieved through strategic inclusivity and empathy.

*Metadesign is an emerging conceptual framework aimed at defining and creating social, economic and technical infrastructures in which new forms of collaborative design can take place. It consists of a series of practical design-related tools for achieving this.

Open Source Mode (OSM) is a series of exercises and group activities that draw out each individual's niche expertise while coalescing the broader group. OSM is a cooperative directive that strives to accentuate certain human skillsets to better collaborate with an AI CoWorker before installation.


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