Waldemar: Sure. Let's go with *your* definition (after Thomas Kuhn) as "a pattern of thought, a system of beliefs, a conceptual framework." So, what were those thoughts/beliefs/concepts and what are they now becoming (and please feel free to add some of your own) . . . ?? Past Paradigm - Globalism (or "one world") - Decentralization (or "bottom-up") - Orality (or the "archaic revival" and "post-literacy") - Whatever? (or the disappearance of "causes" and "authority") - Imagination (or the promotion of "make-believe") - Memes (or the adoption of "advertising" everywhere) Current Paradigm - Many worlds (or what we call "spheres") - Re-centralization (or the re-evaluation of "democracy") - Literacy (or the revival of asking "deep" questions) - WTF? (or the concern over how we got into this mess) - Memory (or trying to think seriously about history) - Judgement (or the rejection of slogans and jingles) In late 2015, I was asked to present this contrast at a "Future of Text" conference in Silicon Valley honoring the work of Doug Englebart (who is a cultural *hero* thereabouts). Here is what I said then about the "Technological Grammar of Our Lives" -- TELEVISION (past paradigm) Post-industrial 60%/60% (of eligible men/women in the workforce) Post-modern Memes Mythic DIGITAL (current paradigm) Robot-industrial (i.e. the new paradigm is based on A.I.) 30%/30% (i.e. the majority of the population has no "job") Spheres Lyric (i.e. the reassertion of "poetry" over "philosophy") Memory Needless to say, the goal here is *not* to "pick favorites" or to personally "identify" with one or another of these *paradigms* but rather to try to understand how they came about (causes) and what they are already doing to us (effects) . . . !! Mark > Mark: > > Gregg is back. > I am wondering if you might provide a definition of “the new > paraditgm,” the one just past, and a comparison of the two? > > Best regards, > > Waldemar. > > Waldemar A Schmidt, PhD, MD > (Perseveret et Percipiunt) > 503.631.8044 > > Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. (A Einstein) ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1