Gregg:

Excellent!  So how does the ToK/Garden model help us to deal with a  
world in which most people do *not* have jobs (i.e. robots "take over"  
work) and *nothing* can be "forgotten" (i.e. that's what computers do,  
remember everything) -- which is to say, a world utterly unlike the  
one in which we now live . . . ??

Mark

Quoting "Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx" <[log in to unmask]>:

> Thanks for sharing this, Mark.
>
> I think he makes a lot of good points.
>
> I agree that we need a new approach to education, knowledge and  
> fostering psychological health.
>
> The whole point of the ToK/Garden model is how to cultivate  
> ourselves for the future that we are facing.
>
> Best,
> Gregg
>
> From: tree of knowledge system discussion  
> <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Mark Stahlman
> Sent: Monday, September 3, 2018 9:45 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Yuval Harari: It's All Going to Be Psychological!! (via CBS News)
>
>
> DLers:
>
> This AM, Yuval Harari appeared on CBS News, continuing his book-tour  
> for "21 Lessons for the 21st Century."
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Lessons-2D21st-2DCentury-2DYuval-2DHarari-2Debook_dp_B079WM7KLS&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=OzXoql1ojOeeyovieW2WdZiuJ56hH8vmRcI3_W_0d84&s=J5TnwwCsApph78P5G3qV1CTGnE2SrM5Si-Gx6sj4tJ0&e=
>
> The clip is well worth reviewing --
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.msn.com_en-2Die_news_video_why-2Dthe-2Drise-2Dof-2Dai-2Dmakes-2Dmental-2Dresilience-2Dso-2Dimportant_vp-2DBBMOGlE&d=DwIBaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=OzXoql1ojOeeyovieW2WdZiuJ56hH8vmRcI3_W_0d84&s=morwTIeHuR_dKrCbJH2tRgURHkjq9y1VCNFE30B2WqE&e=
>
> His comments are what has now become standard-fare. Not surprising,  
> since he's a "historian" and not a "futurist," he mistakenly said,  
> "No one knows the future."  That, is, of course a silly thing to  
> say.  "Knowing" isn't the point.  Anticipating, however, is the  
> point and, as it turns out, some people are pretty good at doing  
> that.  He's apparently not one of them.
>
> He compounds his errors by, once again repeating what others are  
> saying, "Technology isn't deterministic . . . Radio created both  
> Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia . . . it's all a matter of what we do  
> with the technology."  This also silly.  "Determinism" refers to  
> *efficient* (or what we'd rather call *kinetic* cause) and it has  
> nothing to do with the action of technology on society.  And, of  
> course, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were, in structural terms,  
> actually quite alike.
>
> In this, Harari is repeating what his audience wants to hear: It's  
> all a matter of choice.  No, not really.  Technology, as McLuhan  
> told us in 1964, "shapes our behaviors and attitudes."  That is  
> because "behaviors and attitudes" are *forms* which come about as a  
> result of Culture -- which, in turn, is "structured" by the  
> technologies it uses.  Harari has committed the typical mistake of  
> "social constructionists," who mistakenly think that Culture can be  
> whatever we want it to be.  That has never been the case.  We, at  
> the Center, on the other hand, are "technological constructivists."
>
> He is, however, clear that what we are facing is a massive  
> psychological problem.  He is also correct that today's schools  
> aren't doing anything to address this.  He is, however, wrong that  
> the answer is "resilience" and had to admit that he must meditate 2  
> hour every day to keep his own balance.  That approach, like much of  
> what he says, is just the same-old TELEVISION answer -- or, what  
> McLuhan called the "Inner Trip" into which TV "flips" (as described  
> in the 1988 "Laws of Media.")
>
> There is no hint in what I've read by Harari that he understands any  
> of this.  The shift from TELEVISION Fantasy to DIGITAL Memory  
> doesn't seem to have occured to him.  Perhaps someone will help him  
> with a clue along the way . . . <g>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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