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=nIYg4bQhsgwAay6w_VfxJrZuzZENHwbNH-_HUT81I9M&s=OVoqpJwakOjrVu7ElcCJzZOLdcJHkGoPiQ2T1LmGK3U&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=nIYg4bQhsgwAay6w_VfxJrZuzZENHwbNH-_HUT81I9M&s=ifJJ0vDoS8nvuB1kt33KWlAFlVV6igzN_0ZLJ2RxvMs&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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