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As an extension to the development of Convivial Tools, I wanted to explore the ways in which [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=20 idea systems] and [http://conviviality.ouvaton.org/article.php3?id_article=21 social systems] can be considered "tools," and how they could be made more "convivial" in Illich's sense.

==Lifehacking==
The spirit of this project is close to that of the more recent term [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hack lifehacking], which I have borrowed for the title of this project. The term "life hack" originally referred to productivity tricks that programmers devise to organize their data. It is now used for anything that solves an everyday problem in a clever way (see for example [http://lifehacker.com Lifehacker.com], the Gawker Media blog dedicated to life hacks.)

==Convivial mental toolkit==
However, the approach was meant to be more systematic than a "hack." One could imagine a collaborative effort par specialists in relevant fields (psychology, sociology, management, economics) to develop a "toolkit" of scientifically-founded concepts which could help individuals to take better control of their own lives. The toolkit could be deployed as a [[Convivial Help Sites]], for example a "Real Life User Guide" (similar to the [http://iuserguide.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Internet User Guide] which I've begun to build.)

==Convivial social toolkit==
One could also imagine an similar systematic approach to the development of convivial social systems (for example, economic cooperatives such as the [[Cooperative Social Network]]). A closely similar approach is the recently-defined the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_2.0 Government 2.0] movement.

==A theoretical framework==
One can thus imagine a collaborative effort par specialists in relevant fields, working together to develop a "mental toolkit" and "social toolkit" to assist individuals and groups to become more autonomous and take better control over their own lives. In parallel with this practical approach, the specialists could try to develop a theoretical framework for these activities. This would involve notably surveying the history of similar projects and theories.

==See also==
*[[Michael's Projects]]

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