Dear John
Please let me know offlist who these honored UK-based colleagues of yours
are and Gregg and I can check if we can invite them to the ToK and IDW
forums. OK?
Best intentions
Alexander
Den sön 31 mars 2019 kl 19:17 skrev JOHN TORDAY <[log in to unmask]>:
> Dear Alexander and ToK Soc, just to say that I am actively involved with
> two Professors at U Liverpool if that's any help in
> extending efforts to Europe, Brexit aside....John
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 10:06 AM Alexander Bard <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear John & Co
>>
>> Big History = Grand Narrative = Tree of Knowledge
>> We are all on the same page here, regardless of whether we are re-working
>> the very foundations of history production or doing a serious futurology of
>> ideas.
>> Grounding, grounding, grounding, to then aim as high as necessary for
>> humanity to regain its self-confidence as a species. Deep-human rather than
>> post-human or trans-human.
>> I would love to get involved with the ToK work, if nothing else as your
>> Ambassador to Europe for now.
>> As a matter of fact, I could not think of anything more important to do.
>>
>> Best intentions
>> Alexander
>>
>> Den lör 30 mars 2019 kl 19:20 skrev JOHN TORDAY <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>> Dear ToK Society, I applaud the effort of the ToK Executive Committee to
>>> try and devise a means of rectifying the immense confusion generated by the
>>> WWW, for lack of a better way to express the problem. Starting with the
>>> conflating of information and knowledge as if they are one and the same,
>>> and (perhaps) ending with the way that computer technology feeds into our
>>> already over the top narcissism, somehow there has to be a way to reassert
>>> relavent values into the processes of thought and action. I know that I am
>>> not a social scientist, but I am a member of society, so I have a deep
>>> concern for the direction that we as a species are (inadvertently)
>>> divesting ourselves of our past and tossing a Hail Mary pass. In my own
>>> small way I have joined forces with the Big History movement fostered by
>>> David Christian, a historian from Australia who teaches world history
>>> starting with the Big Bang. I have attached a paper to be publlshed in The
>>> Big History Journal (in press) merging of evolutionary biology and history
>>> as a way of 'appreciating' how we are connected through such big picture
>>> concepts as a continuum, not as silos of disconnected thoughts. As
>>> academicians we have a responsibility to do something about the chaotic way
>>> in which society has been disrupted by computerization. It's only a tool,
>>> not a life style dammit!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> John Torday
>>> Professor of Pediatrics
>>> Obstetrics and Gynecology
>>> Evolutionary Medicine
>>> UCLA
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 6:00 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear TOK Society Members,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I am pleased to share with you a blog the TOK Executive Committee
>>>> (i.e., Edward Kroger, Joe Michalski, Steve Quackenbush, Waldemar Schmidt
>>>> and myself) published this morning, titled *Toward an Age of Clarity*:
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201903_toward-2Dthe-2Dage-2Dclarity&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=5x3Zdr1lYufVWFgfBX4UEcXQLyEuw8djtF97FyP9kQg&s=2a85iAzTb_WT_IHSw5yEHEHfZu9MjUEpd0sNAJPmrhA&e=
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201903_toward-2Dthe-2Dage-2Dclarity&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tJMdUCNzZ3qT_wi5rStsBf4HfPOQz7hVmVOWgHu1hnU&s=0h4gqXGiB7xEXz8XB6fZqRhBweFtSxp-0mgTqAqDBkU&e=>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please check it out and share as broadly as possible. We think this is
>>>> an important message to disseminate and get people talking about. Here is
>>>> the “preface”:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *In an ideologically-fractured culture, it is all-too-easy to lose
>>>> sight of our common humanity. While there are many reasons for our
>>>> collective failure to achieve consensus in the spheres of ethics and
>>>> politics
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_basics_politics&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tJMdUCNzZ3qT_wi5rStsBf4HfPOQz7hVmVOWgHu1hnU&s=35d4M-8qHQrQbB51CiSv49yuDGNXaGT3CmufsupgldI&e=>,
>>>> we believe that our current spiritual
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_basics_spirituality&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tJMdUCNzZ3qT_wi5rStsBf4HfPOQz7hVmVOWgHu1hnU&s=_zllZfSHTFqI2uZAnurRnWyEH60zmw5ipdVUusvjyxM&e=>
>>>> malaise reflects, at least in part, a breakdown in our very capacity to
>>>> share wisdom
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_basics_wisdom&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tJMdUCNzZ3qT_wi5rStsBf4HfPOQz7hVmVOWgHu1hnU&s=etzD1YN0V1JWn4hNPBOiJelqHgzXtIKCJ4H6HJ8gnvc&e=>. As
>>>> such, we believe it is important to find ways to communicate that free us
>>>> from unnecessary confusions and allow bridges to be built between refined
>>>> knowledge systems and fundamental common-sense propositions. In short, if
>>>> our society is to move from confusion to clarity, wisdom must be
>>>> consolidated and shared in a way that fosters understanding and collective
>>>> well-being. *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would love to hear reactions or thoughts or hopes if people have them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Gregg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ___________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> Gregg Henriques, Ph.D.
>>>> Professor
>>>> Department of Graduate Psychology
>>>> 216 Johnston Hall
>>>> MSC 7401
>>>> James Madison University
>>>> Harrisonburg, VA 22807
>>>> (540) 568-7857 (phone)
>>>> (540) 568-4747 (fax)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity.*
>>>>
>>>> Check out my Theory of Knowledge blog at Psychology Today at:
>>>>
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_blog_theory-2Dknowledge&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=5x3Zdr1lYufVWFgfBX4UEcXQLyEuw8djtF97FyP9kQg&s=hVH6rgQ5C4cRWHWx-Ro98rzMkDOlynF3u1vgn8ED6d0&e=
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_blog_theory-2Dknowledge&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=tJMdUCNzZ3qT_wi5rStsBf4HfPOQz7hVmVOWgHu1hnU&s=Q00Amy4oB2mSWJTlBSPeNbgt9JPfaxjy_28B6Ow6Vas&e=>
>>>>
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