Dear Jason and Gregg
Correct! Which is what both Marx and Nietzsche set out to do. Change the
world. Becoming philosophers and activists.
Personally I'm sick and tired of Anglo-Saxon public intellectuals obsessed
with tonality and etiquette as if some kind of art of conversation could
solve deep existential problems.
No, we do not need even more rhetoric. We need more substance. Addressing
issues like synthetic biology and machine learning to tame these new
technologies to the betterment of mankind.
And certainly not avoiding social injustices. The ones that are warranted
and not just self-inflicted. They must be dealt with.
And they are probably not at all "the social injustices" that media deal
with. That stuff is rarely anything but local power games.
Best intentions
Alexander Bard
Den lör 20 juli 2019 kl 03:31 skrev nysa71 <
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> Hi Gregg,
>
> You wrote, "...I am ultimately thinking about this in therapeutic terms
> and stage of change and moving from maladaptive to more adaptive ways of
> being in the world."
>
> Perhaps the world, in its current state, isn't worthy of being adapted to.
> Insofar that that is the case, perhaps being maladaptive to such a world is
> a healthy response to an unhealthy world, and we should embrace that
> maladaptiveness, and use it as a catalyst to change the world so that it is
> a world worthy of being adapted to.
>
> As Marx once wrote, "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the
> world in various ways; the point is to change it."
>
> ~ Jason
>
> On Friday, July 19, 2019, 10:50:00 AM EDT, Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> HI List,
> Thought I would share some essays I am working on. I just sent them to
> Alexander's Intellectual Deep Web list in response to a post noting that
> John Vervaeke is doing a great job highlighting the current meaning crisis https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3D54l8-5FewcOlY&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=lkTdzmQFeuQie6Pv3BJIFdaoLEkBm9TvZduYHVXlHVE&s=uNaKQIPHSnX3nEH-6dw32yOMIoNs5EiNFuYgczEn-VE&e=,
>
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3D54l8-5FewcOlY-2C&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=OYi7COKdK6uIjTtWnMsM13qtmBknXJ2GOVg8LGPxSrY&s=v4RK16a--cyBQJfSpD9eWwlKJwk-JTCdDLsxTKdOi8A&e=>but
> also that he does not offer much in the way of novel solutions.
>
> Per usual, I welcome thoughts, critiques and suggestions.
>
> Best,
> G
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 10:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: John Vervaeke - our next You Tube superstar?
>
> Dear Alexander and other IDW Folks,
>
> I completely agree that Vervaeke is both a brilliant teacher and
> highlighting a central issue for our time. And I agree with the critique
> that he is not offering a solution. I believe that the Tree of Knowledge
> System offers some key avenues for solving the global meta-crises we face.
> After I finish my Psychology Today Blog Series on Depression (
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201905_what-2Ddo-2Dif-2Dyou-2Dare-2Ddepressed&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=lkTdzmQFeuQie6Pv3BJIFdaoLEkBm9TvZduYHVXlHVE&s=Uyw2Bm56uHziBc5aOz5RZeOEEPPi7031iwFiIRCRnHo&e=
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201905_what-2Ddo-2Dif-2Dyou-2Dare-2Ddepressed&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=OYi7COKdK6uIjTtWnMsM13qtmBknXJ2GOVg8LGPxSrY&s=OYfTpg6pT1oPRwOEmEWEjgeyY-sGqR0_MuJ33NVDsTs&e=>),
> I am likely going to start the process of using my blog to document the
> Blue Church/Red Pill problem (to use Jordan Hall's language), highlighting
> the argument that the West is on a trajectory akin to the Titanic and there
> are icebergs on the horizon and we better adjust our trajectory or profound
> trouble will emerge.
>
> Attached are two drafts of essays that, if folks are interested in, I
> would welcome feedback. The first characterizes our meta-crises in terms of
> four deep problems, which include the meaning and mental health crises, the
> techno-environmental crisis and the digital globalization crisis. I
> collapse them all into the "Digital Identity Problem", and I should note
> here a nod of debt to Bard's Digital Libido.
>
> Let me comment that the focus of our last Theory Of Knowledge Society
> Conference (held here at JMU in April) was on how we needed new
> "Enlightenment 2.0" knowledge/wisdom systems that could enable us to move
> from a postmodern fragmented pluralism to a much more integrated pluralism.
> Structured with this in mind, the second essay offers up the beginning of
> an argument as to why the dimensions/planes of existence provided by the
> ToK System (i.e., Matter, Life, Mind and Culture) provides a just such a
> map for the 21st Century. The short of it is that it is a new synthetic
> philosophy that affords us new ways to intersect science, human
> phenomenology and morality.
>
> I am trained as a clinical psychologist, so I am ultimately thinking
> about this in therapeutic terms and stage of change and moving from
> maladaptive to more adaptive ways of being in the world. This orients me to
> argue we have to help humanity become aware of the problem it faces. Right
> now, we can see the Age of Confusion (
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201512_welcome-2Dthe-2Dage-2Dconfusion&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=lkTdzmQFeuQie6Pv3BJIFdaoLEkBm9TvZduYHVXlHVE&s=8pKK5U-XVQc8URExep2QfMNIjB4r8aWQghVyiB3CGb8&e=
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201512_welcome-2Dthe-2Dage-2Dconfusion&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=OYi7COKdK6uIjTtWnMsM13qtmBknXJ2GOVg8LGPxSrY&s=WfdclQQOPAEjCJ5q39ZqN-WkeF3RfIptO-xSv_eaPts&e=>)
> as the symptom of the problem. People who are just living it out, think the
> answer is to remove their enemies. However, the actual task is to develop a
> stance of meta-cognitive awareness of the etiology of the symptoms and then
> move from that insight into a dialectic of acceptance of what is and
> commitment to achieving valued states of being going forward. The 2020s
> needs to see a great awakening of the meta-crises we face. Vervaeke is
> definitely doing his part. And the next phase is the deeper diagnosis that
> allows not only a pattern recognition of symptoms, but a structure of
> understanding that sets the stage for a "treatment plan" toward more
> optimal and sustainable functioning.
>
> Best,
> Gregg
> .
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