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=Gc19nbQkcUxVLGGWdNAv376waKiksuEE7ZLjuVQ2aAY&s=yiQdlBTYvHWWv78W08NHXJ-LAgl5DYjd_RBUpxici3w&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=Gc19nbQkcUxVLGGWdNAv376waKiksuEE7ZLjuVQ2aAY&s=LQ1RKFJJJyD1xRnEViQXv1sPK-ERGp_xP4cG4aUvJ6w&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=Gc19nbQkcUxVLGGWdNAv376waKiksuEE7ZLjuVQ2aAY&s=MaGWTpO-zKsfQXmNq7wjVj9ilM9Rwvp7rVGDGTmLuz8&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
