Quick note that *Midnight Gospel* on Adult Swim (Netflix) is a cute vision
of what all this might look like in terms of thrive pods and such.

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:32 PM Jamie D <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this, as it's exactly what I've been studying. Any
> other resources on big trends, global evolution, global brain, future of
> the net, all would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Here's some related points that might be obvious:
>
> 1) peace is only possible when the dominant purpose is shared by the whole
> group, and whenever part of a group adopts a purpose at odds with the rest,
> peace is impossible. I suppose the dominant shared purpose keeping the
> global peace is our foothold on material security, and self love.
>
> 2) So far no common vision. Elon Musk to Mars, Bill Gates to global
> health, what else? Mine are: A) using data responsibally for societal and
> self awareness. B) using devices for emotional transparency, hopefully to
> facilitate honest signals and connection, and C) a scientific theory of
> consciousness for practical spirituality and ethics. We can justify rituals
> based on the placebo effect, for instance, and there's movement in that
> direction.
>
> 2) intellectual humility compels some of us to restrain a great deal of
> purpose, towards the purpose of finding common understanding. If some
> aren't doing this, such an endeaver cannot win unless it has utility
> towards power over those who don't care.
>
> 3) destruction and restructuring are always happening in degree, but, it
> gets bigger and bigger, towards greater organization. Some massive
> restructuring of civilization will happen soon, but with the web to support
> things, it shouldn't be as "physically" violent as ever before. No way.
> Still, weeds must always be pulled, but I don't claim to be the one to
> decide who counts as weeds (those who "don't bear fruit") . Evolution
> herself will, along with those evolution elects to bear that burden.
>
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2020, 6:14 PM Brent Cooper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for sharing Gregg. That Singularity book should already be
>> available for download for anyone with academic access. That's how I get a
>> lot of that stuff. So far this hasn't generated any interest... but
>> understanding the "convergence" (and not just various singularities) is key
>> for this decade. We need to be converging now, not emerging, or else more
>> bad shit is going to emerge.
>>
>> Chance, there is nothing easy about paying attention to it (convergence),
>> even though its ubiquitous. If anything, that makes it harder to see!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Brent
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:45 PM Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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=2J3Tu2r3_SbvMXOSwvoznIXzEY3zpeLRnOknrMiSyaY&s=0pNS1htdY25nAzYPJ0oB50Q0lGi8LFtLli6GQ2b2Arw&e= 
>>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.springer.com_gp_book_9783030337292&d=DwMFaQ&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=DwMFaQ&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=DwMFaQ&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
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