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=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=DwIFaQ&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=DwIFaQ&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 >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the >> following link: >> http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 >> > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1
