Mark:

Thank you very much.
I find that helpful and thought provoking.
Thank you for taking the time to provide that.

Best regards,

Waldemar

Waldemar A Schmidt, PhD, MD
(Perseveret et Percipiunt)
503.631.8044

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. (A Einstein)






> On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Mark Stahlman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Waldemar:
> 
> Sure.  Let's go with *your* definition (after Thomas Kuhn) as "a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework."  So, what were those thoughts/beliefs/concepts and what are they now becoming (and please feel free to add some of your own) . . . ??
> 
> Past Paradigm
> 
> - Globalism (or "one world")
> - Decentralization (or "bottom-up")
> - Orality (or the "archaic revival" and "post-literacy")
> - Whatever? (or the disappearance of "causes" and "authority")
> - Imagination (or the promotion of "make-believe")
> - Memes (or the adoption of "advertising" everywhere)
> 
> Current Paradigm
> 
> - Many worlds (or what we call "spheres")
> - Re-centralization (or the re-evaluation of "democracy")
> - Literacy (or the revival of asking "deep" questions)
> - WTF? (or the concern over how we got into this mess)
> - Memory (or trying to think seriously about history)
> - Judgement (or the rejection of slogans and jingles)
> 
> In late 2015, I was asked to present this contrast at a "Future of Text" conference in Silicon Valley honoring the work of Doug Englebart (who is a cultural *hero* thereabouts).
> 
> Here is what I said then about the "Technological Grammar of Our Lives" --
> 
> TELEVISION (past paradigm)
> 
> Post-industrial
> 60%/60% (of eligible men/women in the workforce)
> Post-modern
> Memes
> Mythic
> 
> DIGITAL (current paradigm)
> 
> Robot-industrial (i.e. the new paradigm is based on A.I.)
> 30%/30% (i.e. the majority of the population has no "job")
> Spheres
> Lyric (i.e. the reassertion of "poetry" over "philosophy")
> Memory
> 
> Needless to say, the goal here is *not* to "pick favorites" or to personally "identify" with one or another of these *paradigms* but rather to try to understand how they came about (causes) and what they are already doing to us (effects) . . . !!
> 
> Mark
> 
>> Mark:
>> 
>> Gregg is back.
>> I am wondering if you might provide a definition of “the new paraditgm,” the one just past, and a comparison of the two?
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Waldemar.
>> 
>> Waldemar A Schmidt, PhD, MD
>> (Perseveret et Percipiunt)
>> 503.631.8044
>> 
>> Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. (A Einstein)
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