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=> >>> >>> >>> ############################ >>> >>> 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 >> > ############################ > > 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