Cory,
On balance, religion, or I should say religiosity also acts as a safety
valve;
if all of the deferred and imagined conflicts had to be resolved
this time around, we'd be living in the Game of Thrones.





On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 5:51 AM Cory David Barker <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I'm with you on this.
>
> Also, I'd like to include the impact of religion in the western world.
> Christianity has a self-destruction motif in most sects of Christianity.
> They believe that this world is doomed to fail, that a rapture or
> armageddon will occur, and God will sort it all out. They believe they hold
> positions of power and wealth on God selecting them. Everything good that
> happens to them is God and everything against them is a devil trying to
> sway them from the correct path. This effectively ignores science, facts,
> and wagers the future survival on invisible forces. They believe they will
> go to a heaven or paradise, those who stand up to them will go to hell or
> get eternal punishment, and believe the destruction of the world is gods
> will. This underpins what we are dealing with: people tryong to put the
> entire world on a cross to kill it.
>
> Cory
>
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 10:29 AM James Lyons-Weiler <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Cory,
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> "Its has become corrupted".
>>
>> Yes, worth knowing by what.  In my view the corporatist influence must be
>> minimized.
>>
>> Here is a diagram I rendered last year showing The New Left and the New
>> Right which pulls aside the curtain to reveal that and how the D party and
>> the R party will exist into perpetuity regardless of "Democracy" (which we
>> do not have), State-Owned Corporatism, or Corporate-Owned Statism.
>>
>> [image: The New Right2.jpg]
>>
>> Due to de-regulation, partisan politics has become an agent of corporate
>> interests;
>> corporations have captured the regulatory agencies, and Soviet-style
>> committee bosses
>> outlast presidents.
>>
>> Bureaucrats and in-line accountants have more job stability and
>> accumulate more
>> influence and power than the 'doers'.  The survival of the cabal becomes
>> far more
>> relevant in terms of operations than any over-arching concern for
>> societal well-being.
>>
>> Corporations, being by necessity, and by law amoral, must operate to
>> foster their own
>> survival  Governments have a mandate to keep the nation but have not
>> mandate to
>> survive unto themselves.  Parliamentary dissolution and re-negotiation of
>> cabinets
>> and entire governments may be expected to be more resilient and
>> inoculated against corporatist
>> corruptive influences, but they are not.
>>
>> We live in corporatist fascist states in which overt fascism is masked by
>> puppets of corporations
>> that call themselves politicians who answer not to principles, but to
>> platform, dictated by
>> their sponsors.
>>
>> I owe these insights to the research done in preparation of and while
>> writing "Cures Vs. Profits",
>> confirmed by my conscription into overt activism for objective science on
>> the steps and in the halls
>> of state capitals around the country, with politicians in deed and in
>> word echoing the fraudulent
>> talking points of their corporatist masters.
>>
>> Events caught on camera changing votes due to whispered words coming down
>> from party bosses,
>> leaving the people's true liberties and freedoms in the dustbin... Pick
>> your poison, the right is paid for
>> policies and laws tolerant of toxins in the air, water, food, and soils,
>> the nouveau-rich left tolerates them
>> in medicine, shanghai'd by their penchant for lifting up the downtrodden,
>> for the greater good, which
>> masterfully being beaten into the minds of Americans right now with the
>> non-science-based universal
>> and outdoors masking nonsense.  Not the place for specific debate, but
>> the art of social programming
>> is so much clearer after a handful of blue pills.
>>
>> Thank you for suffering my diatribes in the search for a name that
>> captures the exigencies of our time.
>>
>> For me, it's corporatism.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 10:45 AM Cory David Barker <
>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Democracy is already a stage higher than meta systematic, its
>>> paradigmatic.  Metamodernism has become spinning wheels. Yes, more people
>>> are getting inetrested in understanding that we need to go beyond left and
>>> right, but metamodernism is not any more complex than democracy.
>>> Metamodernism is what democracy already was, going beyond left and right
>>> (or going beyond the multiplicity of parties such as in Austria) to have a
>>> rule of governance and a way of life that is as satisfiable as possible to
>>> the most people. Metamodernism is basically just rediscovering the
>>> democratic ideals. But democracy does not work because there are always
>>> people who corrupt it.  Similarly, just like what happened with democracy,
>>> so too is happening with metamodernity, it is fracturing.
>>>
>>> The United Nations was supposed to be cross paradigmatic, it was
>>> supposed to synthesize together across nations, it was supposed to uphold
>>> universal human rights. And what has happened? It has become corrupted. We
>>> need to go beyond the metacultural to find a solution. Metacultural
>>> solutions are building blocks towards but not the overall solution itself.
>>> What happens in democracy is proof.
>>>
>>> I mostly agree with Gregg's 5th joint point, but I do not believe we
>>> should be calling it meta. It will not be democracy, but it will build on
>>> its (and other forms of governance) best traits. It will be something we've
>>> never seen before.
>>>
>>> C.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 7:35 AM James Lyons-Weiler <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cory,
>>>> Thank you for this.
>>>>
>>>> Complex systems such as you described can succinctly be represented and
>>>> modeled and explicitly simulated when the maths become intractable.
>>>>
>>>> Let's revisit that in a brief moment.
>>>>
>>>> I'll risk capturing the issue succinctly: we do not know if how are are
>>>> governed, and how we govern, are even close to optimal in their structure,
>>>> form and
>>>> processes.  We do know that we are not well-governed due to corruption
>>>> of an otherwise largely sufficient government process solution.
>>>>
>>>> Isn't it an obvious feature of human societies that when leadership
>>>> fails, they are replaced by those who seek  harmony through leadership?
>>>>
>>>> Yet in spite of that nature of mankind, we have persistent pathologies,
>>>> for reasons you describe.
>>>>
>>>> Here are my thoughts.  We need society-level metacognition processes
>>>> focused on optimizing process solutions; Gregg's ToK is attractive in that
>>>> it provides a framework for discussion of systems at different levels,
>>>> their commonalities and differences.  It illuminates possibilities
>>>> without imposing constraint to one temporally parochial "other-than"
>>>> process solution.
>>>>
>>>> In contrast, the Magna Carta, the US Declaration of Independence, the
>>>> Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf were all dangerous (to the
>>>> 'establishment'  at the time) because they begat awareness in individuals
>>>> that as a collective they have the power to empower others on their behalf
>>>> in a different way.  Individuals respond to pledges of loyalty, fealty, and
>>>> Unity in a common bond of "us-ness"; we emotionally surrender a past state
>>>> of relatedness to a new one,
>>>> and we pledge our wealth and send our sons and daughters on behalf of
>>>> that spoken and adopted unity.
>>>>
>>>> Let's presume that some of the obvious assumptions inherent in the
>>>> model you referenced we are discussing are correct:
>>>>
>>>> -That "the system" i.e., human societies are inherently, of necessity,
>>>> and optimally hierarchical
>>>> -That people acting at their own level of self-interest at every phase
>>>> can, in fact yield a sustainable governance
>>>> -That a minority can solve the issue on behalf of the majority
>>>>
>>>> Carrying in our present context, I've looked in Game B a bit, just
>>>> dabbling, and more into Unity2020, and I appreciate deeply the need to
>>>> optimize
>>>> quickly toward AI vs. human conflict and "move beyond" Game A
>>>> human:human conflict.    Tendrils of Game A  however are obvious even in
>>>> the truism that a motive for Game B is that  Game A has not served us
>>>> sufficiently well.  To me, Unity2020 will eventually fall under the plow
>>>> due to the corrupting influences of
>>>> corporate campaign funding.  So let's presume that Unity2020 is a
>>>> temporally parochial defined process reactionary, not proactively optimized
>>>> solution because
>>>> the broken pieces that eroded both parties in the US remain (this need
>>>> not be true if, as party, corporatist influences are *better contained*
>>>> ).
>>>>
>>>> An individual has human-recognized options, such as stoicism, or
>>>> religion, which attribute responsibility outside of their
>>>> locus of control; both are palliative and keep the ego intact via the
>>>> belief by the individual they are submitting to something
>>>> greater than themselves. At a societal level, to date, conformity to a
>>>> man-made power entity backed by the threat of force
>>>> has been the path to peaceful coexistence within societies.
>>>> Pathological overreach for control of one society over another
>>>> (even if mostly for resources) leads to the mutual application of force
>>>> (war).
>>>>
>>>> "Government" is a form of metacognition for societies. Our society
>>>> mentality has any number of pathologies.
>>>>
>>>> You wrote:  "..(A)lmost all of the participants in economic, political,
>>>> and corporate systems who can perform meta systematically, are stuck in the
>>>> negation or oscillation transition step, which is what metamodernism is an
>>>> attempt to help solve."
>>>>
>>>> I love this sentence.  Highly illuminating.  Spot-on.
>>>>
>>>> What we lack, and what  the forward-thinking simulations needed to
>>>> identify process solutions that can help us move from one place to the next.
>>>>
>>>> Safely.
>>>> With prosperity for all.
>>>> And (real) health for all.
>>>>
>>>> Should the new enlightenment include the high utility of prescient
>>>> modeling, millions of equally optimal process solutions may be identified.
>>>>
>>>> I had a discussion with someone close to me which "went well" for the
>>>> first time in years because I told him that in my mind, I was replacing
>>>> comparatively short-sight, subjective (experienced-based) culturally
>>>> parochial "principles", "norms", "mores" and "ethos" with a "search for
>>>> optimal
>>>> process solutions".
>>>>
>>>> Such a shift de-escalates the perceived threats over what otherwise
>>>> could be perceived as a threat to one's "identity" and what "one stands
>>>> for".
>>>>
>>>> It helps people remember that support "for Trump" or "for Biden" is an
>>>> adoption of a different constellation of process solutions, some of which
>>>> are "optimized" for
>>>> the benefit of particular subgroups in society.
>>>>
>>>> We have the ability and computational power to model (simulate) the
>>>> entire world with agent-based simulations; they are used to help route
>>>> traffic patterns, to optimize design of  large hospitals, etc. but they are
>>>> not used to optimize rules and regulations, or how societies are structured.
>>>>
>>>> I'd love to see an arm of the new enlightenment adopt the task of
>>>> modeling societies as multi-layered processes on well-defined humanist
>>>> optimization
>>>> functions if only to find answers to meta-questions on the landscape of
>>>> solutions such as "how many way are there to structure a government that
>>>> are equally optimal" (for the sake of knowing) with the residual answer to
>>>> the footnote: "where does our current system lie on that landscape of
>>>> optimized solutions"?
>>>>
>>>> I would begin with agrarian societies, and modeling societies and
>>>> nation-states from around the world every 100 years or so.  Where could
>>>> German have gone instead in 1933, for example?
>>>>
>>>> For the present day, once we know the landscape of optimal and
>>>> suboptimal process solutions, the question then becomes; what do we do
>>>> about them?  That becomes less academic and more political.  As a tool, of
>>>> course, interested parties could adopt this approach as a means to their
>>>> selfish ends, and thus the tail we thought we lost in evolution wraps
>>>> around the branch once more...
>>>>
>>>> JLW
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 12:25 AM Cory David Barker <
>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The model of hierarchical complexity is a mathematical behavior model
>>>>> that defines discreet orders (also called stages) of increasing behavioral
>>>>> complexity. Each order of complexity is produced by the coordination of two
>>>>> or more actions at the previous order. The orders are domain-general,
>>>>> universal forms of behavior.  There are 8 transition steps between each
>>>>> stage, and they are for fractally identical. And yes, it does apply at all
>>>>> building blocks of social organization, although the calculus to adequately
>>>>> represent it becomes profoundly complex.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is primarily quantitative, not qualitative and therefore not
>>>>> analogy based. However, analogies can be made in so far as an order of
>>>>> hierarchical complexity has been identified to be the same between two or
>>>>> more behaviors, so the characteristics that are shared between those
>>>>> behaviors can be related.
>>>>>
>>>>> The paper explicitly articulate the fundamental behavioral complexity
>>>>> required to resolve the current issues that are occurring right now. The
>>>>> problem is, most people hit a ceiling at formal or systematic stage, and in
>>>>> order for people to resolve the issues, they need to be no less then meta
>>>>> systematic stage, which consists of about 5% of the population. This is
>>>>> because the solution requires the coordination and synthesis of homomorphic
>>>>> principles that govern systems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Democracy was designed specifically for this purpose, for people to
>>>>> come together from different perspectives and design, append, and amend
>>>>> higher order principles (laws) to govern systems. Unfortunately, the
>>>>> systems have been corrupted. This is because almost all of the participants
>>>>> in economic, political, and corporate systems who can perform meta
>>>>> systematically, are stuck in the negation or oscillation transition steps,
>>>>> which is what metamodernism is an attempt to help solve.
>>>>>
>>>>> You cannot resolve the corruption directly. It does not work. Corrupt
>>>>> organizations consist of people who will understand your method for trying
>>>>> to prevent their corruption, and they will adapt to stop you.
>>>>> Anti-corruption only put Band-Aids on a larger problem. The paper I
>>>>> limetnked works, but only if you can get people to sit at the same table in
>>>>> good faith. And we don't see it happen very often. We need something more
>>>>> to solve these problems, but we don't have it yet.
>>>>>
>>>>> C.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 1:19 AM James Lyons-Weiler <
>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you Cory, theirs (Sonnert & Commons') is a analogy-based
>>>>>> general theoretical framework but I'm afraid in my view it falls
>>>>>> short (as all analogies and models do to some extent) because it
>>>>>> attempts to apply and extend a model developed to understand
>>>>>> an aspect of the developing human brain, which society is not, and
>>>>>> thus is cannot succeed in providing much more
>>>>>> than a descriptive framework.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> RIght now, I'm more along the lines of "If we are asked to hang those
>>>>>> responsible, who are they, and what do we call them" (hanging being a
>>>>>> metaphor) and "once the king is dead, who shall be king (if anyone),
>>>>>> and how shall we live"?  And "do we want to be informed or participate?"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take Greenspan's awakening, for example.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theguardian.com_business_2008_oct_24_economics-2Dcreditcrunch-2Dfederal-2Dreserve-2Dgreenspan&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=MGphR359a7quy3SrHxyaw9QNOlkjTc1XD3iAxr8khiQ&s=cbEYRfqg9skyVTKuRICqdCw7wGrpD_yTDbek9vmUUDk&e= 
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.theguardian.com_business_2008_oct_24_economics-2Dcreditcrunch-2Dfederal-2Dreserve-2Dgreenspan&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=_d3QKD3iGMOSBKKVcI4PDm2FY7wggfASObJQ1wc65K8&e=>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How could a society structure its economy on a model of infinite
>>>>>> growth in the first place?
>>>>>> A presumption that based on interest in one's own resources, one
>>>>>> would take good care of them and shepherd them well - with no
>>>>>> built-in safe guard for someone to sound an alarm, and practiced
>>>>>> routine of changed behavior that would allow a gentle
>>>>>> slide into a recession.  We don't have any such safeguards, and this
>>>>>> is why in 2008 I called and wrote to Hank Paulson (Sec.
>>>>>> Treasury) from my office at the University of Pittsburgh the Friday
>>>>>> before Black Monday, pleading for him to use all
>>>>>> carrot and no stick, lest a lending freeze hold the bail-out money
>>>>>> for months.  My solution was a sliding scale incentive plan:
>>>>>> The lower the interest rate banks offered to consumers, the larger
>>>>>> the size of the bailout a bank could obtain, and the better
>>>>>> the terms of the payback (longer terms, lower interest) to the Fed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Equitably incentivized transactions at such times would appear to me
>>>>>> to dictate such terms - not further trust in
>>>>>> the survival instincts of drowning institutions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paulson ignored my pleas, instead he forced banks to accept bail-out
>>>>>> they did not need to "legitimize" the loans.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The banks froze for 3 three months, and millions lost their homes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The absence of creative thought in economic modeling - in spite of
>>>>>> trillions of dollars worth of computers and software in which
>>>>>> simulations could be run to find good outcomes - to me an example of
>>>>>> is symptomatic of a larger pathology; parameterizing a strategy (and its
>>>>>> models) to an end that serves as a means to  its own ends *because
>>>>>> doing so sanctifies the authority*.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As base as that may seem, Left and Right have no meaning if their
>>>>>> shuffling of platforms are based on
>>>>>> multivariate versions of "Split the country and take the bigger
>>>>>> half", which they are.  They are based on projections of surrogate outcomes
>>>>>> (elections) not long-term health of the country, economy, etc.  I'm
>>>>>> convinced the two parties would survive quite well side by
>>>>>> side regardless of the type of economy or (nearly) government that
>>>>>> ruled the US.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So who is culpable for not imagining and sharing such better ways?
>>>>>> Surely they have been imagined?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it the drama players themselves?
>>>>>> The witting and unwitting electorate?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are there meta-influences who ride the ebbing political waves like an
>>>>>> investor
>>>>>> who knows how to make money when the stock market both rises and
>>>>>> falls?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or do societies flail - and fail - from the emergent properties of
>>>>>> self-serving nature of humans, who see fit to limit
>>>>>> themselves to conformed mold?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Something else?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does for-profit medicine lead to medical injuries being the 3rd
>>>>>> leading cause of death by institutional negligence, or
>>>>>> personal callous disregard?  More importantly - what do we do NOW to
>>>>>> address it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Reflect for a moment on why we so thoroughly enmesh our identities
>>>>>> with our positions, and why are we not warned (and do not warn those
>>>>>> we mentor) that to do so means risk of suffering an unwarranted
>>>>>> crisis should your position change?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I imagine that there are many, many axes of morality - defined by
>>>>>> their ability to render useful and not harmful process solutions, which
>>>>>> sit right before us, but to which we are blinded by our socialization
>>>>>> and education:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *-Conformity to the majority*
>>>>>> *-Appeal to (or deference) to authority*
>>>>>> *-Vague, inexact or unestimated "greater good" cost/benefit
>>>>>> calculations *
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm sure everyone can extend this list of behaviors that become
>>>>>> "default mode" operations that may have worked
>>>>>> optimally in our tribal and small village past.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But now, we confuse "principles" with "process solutions".
>>>>>> Principles are subjective and experience-based, and
>>>>>> often outmoded by a rapidly changing world.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Principles are held onto dearly, and in staying with them are left
>>>>>> unscathed by later-life experience.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Process solutions are continuously optimized via intelligence and
>>>>>> tested by objective empirical evidence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Principles" can collide and cause societal conflict.  "Process
>>>>>> solutions" cannot collide, they can only enmesh and adjust to each
>>>>>> other toward some optimal solution.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are many possible outcomes for tomorrow given where we stand
>>>>>> today.  Are we forbidden or
>>>>>> constrained from using the full suite of tools we have mastered to
>>>>>> envision a peaceful, creative, caring, even loving future?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know if you've noticed but there is a rising tide of
>>>>>> anti-scientism in the US - and it is not anti-science by any means.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In part that is because those who call for objective science remain
>>>>>> heralded (for better or worse).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My overt concern (not yet a fear) is a restructuring based on partial
>>>>>> comprehension of science, sociology, psychology,
>>>>>> education, economics, and that we may fall short of a society that
>>>>>> preserves liberties and freedom that permit
>>>>>> evolution or even free expression in these areas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My fear is that the collective academe in the US will wake up too
>>>>>> slowly to the reality that at 16.8% of our GDP, 3,600
>>>>>> billion dollars are spent on (largely) for-profit healthcare; that
>>>>>> means that 1/6 dollars are being spent on for-profit medicine, and
>>>>>> the cost of healthcare is expected to rise dramatically. How will we
>>>>>> pay for the rest of what is needed to have a functioning
>>>>>> society?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Most importantly I think is what process solutions can be envisioned
>>>>>> to reform an unsustainable model based on infinite growth?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And what other sectors are pathological at this time, and what
>>>>>> process solutions might exist to help them improve as well?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think we can expect all of the answers here, but surely some
>>>>>> answers must exist.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JLW
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 12:13 AM Cory David Barker <
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Read Sonnert and Commons
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fsa-3Dt-26source-3Dweb-26rct-3Dj-26url-3Dhttps-3A__files.eric.ed.gov_fulltext_ED348600.pdf-26ved-3D2ahUKEwiPzMLk-2DtrqAhXELH0KHS5ZAs4QFjABegQIBBAB-26usg-3DAOvVaw1LOvMInu3N1o9iEJvVY8YB&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=MGphR359a7quy3SrHxyaw9QNOlkjTc1XD3iAxr8khiQ&s=KC2RnYSuDNfs2hWuDYSl3JCmlMbH_5t74OoRPnWXrEM&e= 
>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fsa-3Dt-26source-3Dweb-26rct-3Dj-26url-3Dhttps-3A__files.eric.ed.gov_fulltext_ED348600.pdf-26ved-3D2ahUKEwiPzMLk-2DtrqAhXELH0KHS5ZAs4QFjABegQIBBAB-26usg-3DAOvVaw1LOvMInu3N1o9iEJvVY8YB&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=dV8LmVFnbOlj5VxkDUn5xSaqWHr5MCLS6uIA6M5o_K4&s=vlgU37ZZpN-_qz8Vk57BXX2HdUErNlYpohaDAUae824&e=>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cory
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 7:38 PM James Lyons-Weiler <
>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With your permission, may I inquire on opinions and discussion of
>>>>>>>> root causes of the sociological developments in societies of the current
>>>>>>>> suite of what are easily - and not so easily recognized as societal
>>>>>>>> dysfunctions.  My intended scope is US-centric, but need not be. I'll
>>>>>>>> initiate by listing a few issues.  Which ones are causal? Which one are
>>>>>>>> symptomatic?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Profit interesting bending Science (esp. medicine and psychiatry)
>>>>>>>> *Financial perverse incentives distorting Science
>>>>>>>> *Lack of meaningful ROI of research translating to effective
>>>>>>>> solutions
>>>>>>>> *"Left vs. Right focus" masking top-down control (cf. middle-out or
>>>>>>>> bottom-up) solutions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please add to/extend as you like.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We need not agree, of course, but I am keen to see perspectives and
>>>>>>>> learn of voices willing to try to *name the issue* and offer a
>>>>>>>> definition.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It need not be an "ism", but I suspect it is on the scale of "*Imperialism,
>>>>>>>> Nazism, Communism*".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lately I've been enamored with the phrase "Process Solution"; ie.,
>>>>>>>> the identification of an ever-improving process that makes the
>>>>>>>> identification and adoption of a viable and helpful (valuable) solution
>>>>>>>> more likely - so if you have process solutions in mind and if they help
>>>>>>>> w/finding a name due to the present absence of that solution, I'd be eager
>>>>>>>> to learn of them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> James Lyons-Weiler, PhD
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 5:56 PM Chance McDermott <
>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I support Gregg in this!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> =Chance
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 10:39 AM Cole Butler <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well said, Gregg.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I’ve not been following this Pinker controversy (nor am I
>>>>>>>>>> acquainted with his work), but your points regarding contextualization of
>>>>>>>>>> the broader socio-political landscape of the US (and West, more broadly)
>>>>>>>>>> and the idealogical protection of egos so as to avoid offense both speak to
>>>>>>>>>> me. Within the smaller circles of my work, I’ve lately seen the science and
>>>>>>>>>> greater mission of our work threatened to be crumbled under the fear of
>>>>>>>>>> offending some big personalities. This is quite worrisome from my position,
>>>>>>>>>> as others seem to be apt to deferring these feelings toward me. I hope
>>>>>>>>>> that, within the academy and more broadly, we can work to be able to speak
>>>>>>>>>> freely [even when it threatens offending others (I’m not speaking here in
>>>>>>>>>> the context of race)] in the name of the ultimate ideal of helping others
>>>>>>>>>> through high-quality work.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cole
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 8:28 AM Michael Mascolo <
>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Good, courageous work, Gregg.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> M.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D.*
>>>>>>>>>>> Academic Director, Compass Program
>>>>>>>>>>> Professor, Department of Psychology
>>>>>>>>>>> Merrimack College, North Andover, MA 01845
>>>>>>>>>>> 978.837.3503 (office)
>>>>>>>>>>> 978.979.8745 (cell)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Political Conversations Study: *www.CreatingCommonGround.org
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.creatingcommonground.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=aHGv2k0oV6dpAydV2ONDDuK5xZ5sLdP71WDfMW0XbNI&s=K2PXF679Gi2-qOfSEWxrsP_JOpf0k8E6dg80DGz9IqM&e=>*
>>>>>>>>>>> Blog: Values Matter
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_values-2Dmatter&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=aHGv2k0oV6dpAydV2ONDDuK5xZ5sLdP71WDfMW0XbNI&s=yoB292j9_vxRNqpQUYPBaOqDuedD76JIVrr_rGIdgpg&e=>
>>>>>>>>>>> Journal: Pedagogy and the Human Sciences
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>>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__merrimack.academia.edu_MichaelMascolo&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=aHGv2k0oV6dpAydV2ONDDuK5xZ5sLdP71WDfMW0XbNI&s=LaEf5oyTeHm6B6f1Rf8Xx3f5cHf3mX6F0vvBXpOXARY&e=>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "*Things move, persons act.*" -- Kenneth Burke
>>>>>>>>>>> "*If it's not worth doing, it's not worth doing well*." --
>>>>>>>>>>> Donald Hebb
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 19, 2020, at 8:18 AM, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <
>>>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi TOK Folks,
>>>>>>>>>>> I thought I would share this post I made this morning on the
>>>>>>>>>>> metamodern forum I am on:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>> I think when discussing these issues, such as the petition
>>>>>>>>>>> against Pinker, the Harper letter, and so forth, it is crucial to
>>>>>>>>>>> distinguish the setting/community/cultural context folks have in mind. For
>>>>>>>>>>> example, there is the United States as a whole. That might be one
>>>>>>>>>>> contextual setting. When folks look at the US as a whole, then you see
>>>>>>>>>>> Donald Trump as the President and you see the history of slavery and Jim
>>>>>>>>>>> Crow and the remarkable inequities, and much like *@handrews*
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forum.metamoderna.org_u_handrews&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=wjF8cZoiFchamTuxBdDEmw&m=_lla770peQlgRBFfwJwSfFiONQdygXo-fy8wGS3q6Ak&s=oF_YzrY5UCQAolXMPE6cNw9JH0qdAlyWGQslIJHNo3Q&e=>
>>>>>>>>>>>  argues, the general complaints about word usage or political
>>>>>>>>>>> positions seem small potatoes.
>>>>>>>>>>> However, when we flip the context to inside the academia or
>>>>>>>>>>> leftist media centers or other left-leaning ideological contexts, the issue
>>>>>>>>>>> is VERY different. I can tell you, I live in the academy, in the social
>>>>>>>>>>> sciences (professional psychology) and the climate here is very different.
>>>>>>>>>>> We are MUCH closer to thought/language police than people seem to realize.
>>>>>>>>>>> Virtue signaling is everywhere, as is an almost Orwellian use of language
>>>>>>>>>>> regarding justice and morality (i.e., more often than not in such contexts,
>>>>>>>>>>> IMO, those who are doing the moralizing and shaming are not operating from
>>>>>>>>>>> a “higher ground”). Not only that, I believe much of it is ideologically
>>>>>>>>>>> misguided. Academics bending over backwards to eliminate anything that
>>>>>>>>>>> could be subjectively perceived by a person educated in postmodern critical
>>>>>>>>>>> race theory as being offensive is not where real change is to be had, IMO.
>>>>>>>>>>> Rather, as I saw firsthand in working on the inner city streets of
>>>>>>>>>>> Philadelphia from 1999-2003, there are deep class/race/structural issues
>>>>>>>>>>> that need to be tackled head on.
>>>>>>>>>>> If one is situated in the academy, one should object strongly to
>>>>>>>>>>> the letter against Pinker. It justifies language police, which is a problem
>>>>>>>>>>> inside hyper-progressive systems and much of the academy has been (is are
>>>>>>>>>>> being) captured by this troubling ideology (*see the footnote
>>>>>>>>>>> on pg 122 of this article I wrote*
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gregghenriques.com_uploads_2_4_3_6_24368778_toward-5Fa-5Fuseful-5Fmass-5Fmovement.pdf&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=wjF8cZoiFchamTuxBdDEmw&m=_lla770peQlgRBFfwJwSfFiONQdygXo-fy8wGS3q6Ak&s=MQ4zFryRZc6-i4sQiqrZFYHGgOzw33TjzpSB-H2qAOQ&e=>
>>>>>>>>>>>  back in 2005). The bottom line is that we are living in
>>>>>>>>>>> massively polarized socio-ideological
>>>>>>>>>>> ecologies and because context is everything there are rarely
>>>>>>>>>>> general positions (i.e., Pinker letter was “bad” versus “an important
>>>>>>>>>>> signal”) that are defensible without specifying the context to apply to
>>>>>>>>>>> argument. Inside the context of academy, the Pinker letter is horrendous
>>>>>>>>>>> and the signatories should be embarrassed for their actions. In the larger
>>>>>>>>>>> context of a society that has elected Trump, it can be seen as a small
>>>>>>>>>>> issue that maybe oversteps but makes an important point on principle.
>>>>>>>>>>> My hope is that those who operate from a metamodern sensibility
>>>>>>>>>>> would have the general capacity to see that the extreme polarization in the
>>>>>>>>>>> US (which is probably infecting the West) is a function of inadequate
>>>>>>>>>>> cultural codes being defined against one another in problematic ways. We
>>>>>>>>>>> need to disentangle those conflicts, eliminate weak positions, and work to
>>>>>>>>>>> seek and create common ground based on a clear, rich sophisticated
>>>>>>>>>>> sense-making and deep value codes that can stretch across the
>>>>>>>>>>> socio-ecological levels of (in)dividual, dyadic, family, small group,
>>>>>>>>>>> community, state, nation, transnational and global.
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> Gregg
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> james lyons-weiler, phd
>>>>>>>> Author, CEO, President, Scientist
>>>>>>>> Editor-in-Chief, Science, Public Health Policy, and the Law
>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publichealthpolicyjournal.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sllb8P2BxAbyIjAbR2j6asv_0446rYYjNCAo-GoLygw&s=UmdT1B8T3JWYV6QmNWxfmkXAzkd6HRGopAuQ-dQL1bc&e=>
>>>>>>>> Guest Contributor, Children's Health Defense
>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__childrenshealthdefense.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sllb8P2BxAbyIjAbR2j6asv_0446rYYjNCAo-GoLygw&s=WfmYRqWO-7n-52na5e7qD3Hm7imFJlOhFwl5fjJw6FA&e=>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism
>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__amzn.to_1KNSxPp&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sllb8P2BxAbyIjAbR2j6asv_0446rYYjNCAo-GoLygw&s=4tRilo4je86mvXuFSL_WPoWNo6gUc9LWUC1TUM2D9hU&e=>
>>>>>>>> (Skyhorse Publishing)
>>>>>>>> Cures vs. Profits: Successes in Translational Research
>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.amazon.com_gp_product_9814730149_ref-3Das-5Fli-5Fqf-5Fsp-5Fasin-5Fil-5Ftl-3Fie-3DUTF8-26camp-3D1789-26creative-3D9325-26creativeASIN-3D9814730149-26linkCode-3Das2-26tag-3Dlivgrelivwel-2D20&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sllb8P2BxAbyIjAbR2j6asv_0446rYYjNCAo-GoLygw&s=I9zcWOtsnINHx8aKDXrOPVJ_8FuSnocuWd5slkXtcko&e=> (World
>>>>>>>> Scientific, 2016)
>>>>>>>> Ebola: An Evolving Story
>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__amzn.to_1TGYY9r&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sllb8P2BxAbyIjAbR2j6asv_0446rYYjNCAo-GoLygw&s=UvppKf9AhBK5ctxVpUg56l6N-EzmRTYspxbV_NnCtkA&e=>
>>>>>>>> (World Scientific, 2015)
>>>>>>>> cell 412-728-8743
>>>>>>>> email [log in to unmask]
>>>>>>>> www.*linkedin*.com/in/*jameslyonsweiler*
>>>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_jameslyonsweiler&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=sllb8P2BxAbyIjAbR2j6asv_0446rYYjNCAo-GoLygw&s=Y9BAGnW8J_6EdObtrXQfepIsSRzMB-qmftO3dmW9NUQ&e=>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> james lyons-weiler, phd
>>>>>> Author, CEO, President, Scientist
>>>>>> Editor-in-Chief, Science, Public Health Policy, and the Law
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publichealthpolicyjournal.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=vgW6t5Qj9bodrQ1dQ54_Tu0ftOnyF27SXP6-Zir_WAs&e=>
>>>>>> Guest Contributor, Children's Health Defense
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__childrenshealthdefense.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=IG-W0HWgt-TH7DS8foKhSn7RgjUiMGvVnLMXwo9ICt0&e=>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__amzn.to_1KNSxPp&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=FPwYmAIjJjQ6jrCets2iWj1thjMF_IZANqxawbclvZA&e=>
>>>>>> (Skyhorse Publishing)
>>>>>> Cures vs. Profits: Successes in Translational Research
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.amazon.com_gp_product_9814730149_ref-3Das-5Fli-5Fqf-5Fsp-5Fasin-5Fil-5Ftl-3Fie-3DUTF8-26camp-3D1789-26creative-3D9325-26creativeASIN-3D9814730149-26linkCode-3Das2-26tag-3Dlivgrelivwel-2D20&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=b-7PQy6ZLJye-X2taQPeYAUqg7juprYpqS_WP4zdKQI&e=> (World
>>>>>> Scientific, 2016)
>>>>>> Ebola: An Evolving Story
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__amzn.to_1TGYY9r&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=Qgfw9O83wc85sSjgDLobUjdJ57BxzN4JU9d3HbXuKoY&e=>
>>>>>> (World Scientific, 2015)
>>>>>> cell 412-728-8743
>>>>>> email [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> www.*linkedin*.com/in/*jameslyonsweiler*
>>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_jameslyonsweiler&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=D-9ZbkJ3UKJEqsE3Xl0MZ4WVjgIoHLzqIgKsT1Zylng&s=McqD2Ks8Ic764R77bLnuWL3-isaaYTVPIW-nDY43UAw&e=>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ---
>>>> james lyons-weiler, phd
>>>> Author, CEO, President, Scientist
>>>> Editor-in-Chief, Science, Public Health Policy, and the Law
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.publichealthpolicyjournal.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=UxyEqsGIFaHCnM0ZtQjUuKFutQYE5MUomtACQH8hOWw&s=kHVVabqhZepKj6V9WiKZJiS-akS-DhR2S9sz5E2cKb4&e=>
>>>> Guest Contributor, Children's Health Defense
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__childrenshealthdefense.org&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=UxyEqsGIFaHCnM0ZtQjUuKFutQYE5MUomtACQH8hOWw&s=JGqFMNxW7MRPzg_voCkLyldH_339AvFGg4YNXrheovk&e=>
>>>>
>>>> The Environmental and Genetic Causes of Autism
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__amzn.to_1KNSxPp&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=UxyEqsGIFaHCnM0ZtQjUuKFutQYE5MUomtACQH8hOWw&s=YASNrlDcI_gVEvsLQoEYBkXdxCXxd7x0aKC-Tem-3CU&e=>
>>>> (Skyhorse Publishing)
>>>> Cures vs. Profits: Successes in Translational Research
>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.amazon.com_gp_product_9814730149_ref-3Das-5Fli-5Fqf-5Fsp-5Fasin-5Fil-5Ftl-3Fie-3DUTF8-26camp-3D1789-26creative-3D9325-26creativeASIN-3D9814730149-26linkCode-3Das2-26tag-3Dlivgrelivwel-2D20&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=UxyEqsGIFaHCnM0ZtQjUuKFutQYE5MUomtACQH8hOWw&s=e7DmrbWEAcOz6irZMZ_k-N3iXZE9vuVYl2W0JOlkL8o&e=> (World
>>>> Scientific, 2016)
>>>> Ebola: An Evolving Story
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