Thanks for sharing Gregg. That Singularity book should already be available
for download for anyone with academic access. That's how I get a lot of
that stuff. So far this hasn't generated any interest... but understanding
the "convergence" (and not just various singularities) is key for this
decade. We need to be converging now, not emerging, or else more bad shit
is going to emerge.

Chance, there is nothing easy about paying attention to it (convergence),
even though its ubiquitous. If anything, that makes it harder to see!

Regards,

Brent


On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:45 PM Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I want to offer a second, less glib post and encourage eyes on these two
> links as well.  The art work is beautiful in the article
>
> [image: image.png]
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:20 AM Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Easy to pay attention to something that's always currently happening for
>> eternity ;)
>>
>> -Chance
>>
>> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 8:50 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi TOK List,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   You might be interested to know that there is a book coming out later
>>> this year on the Big History Threshold #9, framed at “The Singularity”.
>>> Here is the link: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.springer.com_gp_book_9783030337292&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=etaGIxIycrASXtpOM7zDKJnJe82Env7o6y9VbEXUmCk&s=tNSDfl1W5E3j_vREVeIbay1vY3pduCvLgRp4pOho-2I&e= 
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.springer.com_gp_book_9783030337292&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=E4Fm3LF5C7y9wSy9-FVdOP9_mlqwVKcNyUOLsSE7XWI&s=nbZ4JEiMHd2jGSjJYJOJcDcaTR1qqDSjJb2MM68QLZ8&e=>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   I found the link on TOK Society member Brent Cooper’s excellent
>>> article, The Meta-Convergence Continuum
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__medium.com_the-2Dabs-2Dtract-2Dorganization_the-2Dmeta-2Dconvergence-2Dcontinuum-2D6569e5553371&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=E4Fm3LF5C7y9wSy9-FVdOP9_mlqwVKcNyUOLsSE7XWI&s=ylOd5lEdfX17hGrVKJ5guFpv5o7si8zEIQtUUIEPH1E&e=>.
>>> It describes an important book, Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence,
>>> that he contributed as an editor and researcher to, which he summarized as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would describe it as semi-planned techno-*opportunism*, based on an
>>> AI convergence methodology with the understanding that a substantive
>>> paradigm shift is needed and is happening. The technological singularity is
>>> not a paradigm shift in itself, but requires a new social contract and
>>> worldview to match. This book takes a mostly positivistic view of
>>> technology combined with humanism, not “a social anthropological or
>>> political approach nor a technocratic one.” In this way, it attempts to
>>> outline a neutral methodology that accounts for all variables in the
>>> evolving context of smart cities to serve all actors and stakeholders
>>> equitably.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is important to keep in mind that one of the unique features of the
>>> ToK System is that it provides a very clear understanding of the Digital
>>> Dimension as a new plane of complex adaptive behavior that will emerge in
>>> the 21st Century and aligns with the Singularity and BH Threshold #9. I
>>> should also mention here that Cory David Barkers work on the Architectonic
>>> of Simulation
>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Dx2dzPW-2DQmWM&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=E4Fm3LF5C7y9wSy9-FVdOP9_mlqwVKcNyUOLsSE7XWI&s=0F2_GrtzCc2CoFSW3gAaORFigmv6EY6M3n0s7SMCyLo&e=>
>>> is also relevant because it provides a novel way to categorize human
>>> knowing/knowledge schematics.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I know that these comments may come across as a bit cryptic, but I am
>>> basically signaling the need to pay attention to the emergence of the
>>> singularity in the decades to come.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Gregg
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