Quick note that *Midnight Gospel* on Adult Swim (Netflix) is a cute vision of what all this might look like in terms of thrive pods and such. On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 4:32 PM Jamie D <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for sharing this, as it's exactly what I've been studying. Any > other resources on big trends, global evolution, global brain, future of > the net, all would be greatly appreciated. > > Here's some related points that might be obvious: > > 1) peace is only possible when the dominant purpose is shared by the whole > group, and whenever part of a group adopts a purpose at odds with the rest, > peace is impossible. I suppose the dominant shared purpose keeping the > global peace is our foothold on material security, and self love. > > 2) So far no common vision. Elon Musk to Mars, Bill Gates to global > health, what else? Mine are: A) using data responsibally for societal and > self awareness. B) using devices for emotional transparency, hopefully to > facilitate honest signals and connection, and C) a scientific theory of > consciousness for practical spirituality and ethics. We can justify rituals > based on the placebo effect, for instance, and there's movement in that > direction. > > 2) intellectual humility compels some of us to restrain a great deal of > purpose, towards the purpose of finding common understanding. If some > aren't doing this, such an endeaver cannot win unless it has utility > towards power over those who don't care. > > 3) destruction and restructuring are always happening in degree, but, it > gets bigger and bigger, towards greater organization. Some massive > restructuring of civilization will happen soon, but with the web to support > things, it shouldn't be as "physically" violent as ever before. No way. > Still, weeds must always be pulled, but I don't claim to be the one to > decide who counts as weeds (those who "don't bear fruit") . Evolution > herself will, along with those evolution elects to bear that burden. > > > On Tue, May 26, 2020, 6:14 PM Brent Cooper <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing Gregg. That Singularity book should already be >> available for download for anyone with academic access. That's how I get a >> lot of that stuff. So far this hasn't generated any interest... but >> understanding the "convergence" (and not just various singularities) is key >> for this decade. We need to be converging now, not emerging, or else more >> bad shit is going to emerge. >> >> Chance, there is nothing easy about paying attention to it (convergence), >> even though its ubiquitous. If anything, that makes it harder to see! >> >> Regards, >> >> Brent >> >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:45 PM Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> I want to offer a second, less glib post and encourage eyes on these two >>> links as well. The art work is beautiful in the article >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> >>> >>> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 5:20 AM Chance McDermott <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Easy to pay attention to something that's always currently happening >>>> for eternity ;) >>>> >>>> -Chance >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 8:50 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx < >>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi TOK List, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You might be interested to know that there is a book coming out >>>>> later this year on the Big History Threshold #9, framed at “The >>>>> Singularity”. Here is the link: >>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.springer.com_gp_book_9783030337292&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=2J3Tu2r3_SbvMXOSwvoznIXzEY3zpeLRnOknrMiSyaY&s=0pNS1htdY25nAzYPJ0oB50Q0lGi8LFtLli6GQ2b2Arw&e= >>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.springer.com_gp_book_9783030337292&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=E4Fm3LF5C7y9wSy9-FVdOP9_mlqwVKcNyUOLsSE7XWI&s=nbZ4JEiMHd2jGSjJYJOJcDcaTR1qqDSjJb2MM68QLZ8&e=> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I found the link on TOK Society member Brent Cooper’s excellent >>>>> article, The Meta-Convergence Continuum >>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__medium.com_the-2Dabs-2Dtract-2Dorganization_the-2Dmeta-2Dconvergence-2Dcontinuum-2D6569e5553371&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=E4Fm3LF5C7y9wSy9-FVdOP9_mlqwVKcNyUOLsSE7XWI&s=ylOd5lEdfX17hGrVKJ5guFpv5o7si8zEIQtUUIEPH1E&e=>. >>>>> It describes an important book, Smart Cities and Artificial Intelligence, >>>>> that he contributed as an editor and researcher to, which he summarized as >>>>> follows: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I would describe it as semi-planned techno-*opportunism*, based on an >>>>> AI convergence methodology with the understanding that a substantive >>>>> paradigm shift is needed and is happening. The technological singularity is >>>>> not a paradigm shift in itself, but requires a new social contract and >>>>> worldview to match. This book takes a mostly positivistic view of >>>>> technology combined with humanism, not “a social anthropological or >>>>> political approach nor a technocratic one.” In this way, it attempts to >>>>> outline a neutral methodology that accounts for all variables in the >>>>> evolving context of smart cities to serve all actors and stakeholders >>>>> equitably. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is important to keep in mind that one of the unique features of the >>>>> ToK System is that it provides a very clear understanding of the Digital >>>>> Dimension as a new plane of complex adaptive behavior that will emerge in >>>>> the 21st Century and aligns with the Singularity and BH Threshold #9. >>>>> I should also mention here that Cory David Barkers work on the Architectonic >>>>> of Simulation >>>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Dx2dzPW-2DQmWM&d=DwMFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=E4Fm3LF5C7y9wSy9-FVdOP9_mlqwVKcNyUOLsSE7XWI&s=0F2_GrtzCc2CoFSW3gAaORFigmv6EY6M3n0s7SMCyLo&e=> >>>>> is also relevant because it provides a novel way to categorize human >>>>> knowing/knowledge schematics. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I know that these comments may come across as a bit cryptic, but I am >>>>> basically signaling the need to pay attention to the emergence of the >>>>> singularity in the decades to come. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Gregg >>>>> ############################ >>>>> >>>>> 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 > ############################ 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