Mark: Thank you very much. I find that helpful and thought provoking. Thank you for taking the time to provide that. 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) > On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:03 AM, Mark Stahlman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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 > ############################ 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