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<small>The Five Insights <em>ideogram</em></small>  
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The <em>holotopia</em> vision is made concrete in terms of five interrelated insights.</blockquote>  
 
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<div class="col-md-3"><h2>[[Holotopia:Power structure|Power structure]]</h2></div>
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Powered by ingenuity of innovation, the Industrial Revolution radically improved the efficiency of human work. Where could the next revolution of this kind be coming from?
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<div class="col-md-3"><h2>[[Holotopia:Collective mind|Collective mind]]</h2></div>
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The printing press revolutionized communication, and enabled the Enlightenment. But the Internet and the interactive digital media constitute a similar revolution. Hasn't the change we are proposing, from 'the candle' to 'the lightbulb', <em>already</em> been completed?
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The Enlightenment was before all a change of <em>epistemology</em>. An ancient praxis was revived, which developed <em>knowledge of knowledge</em>. On that as foundation, a completely <em>new</em> worldview emerged—which led to "a great cultural revival", and to <em>comprehensive</em> change. On what grounds could a similar chain of events begin today?
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<blockquote>Science gave us a completely new way to look at the world. It gave us powers that the people in Galilei's time couldn't dream of. What might be the theme of the <em>next</em> revolution of this kind?
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The Renaissance liberated our ancestors from preoccupations with the original sin and the afterlife, and empowered them to seek joy and fulfillment here and now. Their lifestyle changed, and the culture blossomed. Could a similar advent be in store for us today?
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The Renaissance liberated our ancestors from preoccupation with the afterlife, and empowered them to seek happiness here and now. The lifestyle changed, and the culture blossomed. How could the <em>next</em> such change begin?  
 
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<p>We look at the values that orient our pursuits. We look at the very <em>way</em> to joy and fulfillment: Are we pursuing it in the right direction? Does the way itself need to be illuminated with the right information?</p>
 
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<p>We look at the way in which our choices influence <em>ourselves</em>—our ability to <em>experience</em> joy and fulfillment. </p>  
 
  
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<p>We've been pursuing happiness 'in the light of the candle'.</p>
 
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<p>Not having any <em>real</em> information to rely on, we identified happiness with <em>convenience</em>—with what <em>appears</em> attractive. Needless to say, this naive way of choosing directions has been endlessly amplified by advertising.</p>
 
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<p>What remained in the shadow is a wealth of possibilities to pursue joy and fulfillment—through <em>human development</em>!</p>
 
  
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<p>What the tradition gave us was far from perfect; yet through a plethora of myths, customs, rituals, social taboos...—the <em>traditional</em> culture had a way to provide guidelines, and an <em>environment</em> for human development. This we now need to recreate, in completely new ways.</p>
 
  
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<p>The <em>holoscope</em>, and the <em>holotopia</em>, can now be seen as a concerted action to provide exactly that.</p>  
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<p>Already 25 centuries ago, Lao Tzu left us the message about the <em>convenience paradox</em>, which we are echoing here—that we must not "pursue happiness" by following the appearances, but by understanding the <em>way</em> that takes us there! We show how to illuminate this way by <em>federating</em> insights from a variety of ancient traditions, contemporary therapy schools, scientific disciplines... which have just recently become available to us. </p>
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<p>Suitable <em>prototypes</em> show how this re-creation of basic culture can be integrated in academic research, and education.</p>
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<h3>The black arrows point to a vicious cycle</h3>
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<p>Follow the black arrows in the Five Insights <em>ideogram</em>, to see that the anomalies they connect together cause or <em>create</em> one another:
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<li>It is the <em>power structure</em> that created dysfunctional communication</li>  
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<li>It is by founding knowledge in "reality" that we ended up with the <em>narrow frame</em></li>
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<li>It is by using the <em>narrow frame</em> that we mistook <em>convenience</em> for happiness</li>
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<li>It is our pursuit of convenience that makes us create <em>power structures</em></li>
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<p>Follow the red arrows to see that we cannot really change one of the insights they connect, without also changing the other.</p>
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<li>To stand up to the <em>power structures</em>, we must liberate ourselves from the <em>socialized reality</em></li>
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<li>Our <em>collective mind</em> cannot be structured to <em>federate</em> knowledge, unless we have a method for doing that</li>
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<li>To liberate ourselves from <em>socialized reality</em>, our values need to be different</li>
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<li>To broaden the <em>narrow frame</em>, we must see and unravel the <em>power structure</em> that keeps it in place</li>
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<li>To step beyond <em>convenience</em>, we need a <em>collective mind</em> that federates knowledge</li>
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<p>We can now see <em>why</em>
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At the turn of the 20th century it appeared that the technology would liberate us humans from the drudgery of labor, and empower us to develop our finer human qualities, by developing culture. Yet we seem to be as busy and as stressed as people ever were. What happened with all the time we've saved, since the outset of the Industrial Revolution, by developing the technology?
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a comprehensive change can be easy, even when smaller and obviously necessary changes may have proven impossible.
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The strategy that defines the <em>holotopia</em> naturally follows: Instead of struggling with the details, we focus on changing the whole <em>order of things</em> they compose together.</p>
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<p>We look at <em>the systems in which we live and work</em>. Imagine them as gigantic machines, comprising people and technology, whose function is to take our daily work as input, and turn it into socially useful effects. If now we seem to be <em>more</em> busy—should we not look at those 'machines', and see if <em>they</em> might be wasting our time? And if the result of our best efforts are problems rather than solutions—should we not see whether <em>they</em> might be causing those problems?</p>
 
  
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<p>The reason why we don't see that, why we don't adapt them to the functions they need to serve in a larger whole, is that they serve for us a <em>different</em> function—of providing us a stable structure for various forms of power strife. Within <em>and</em> without!</p>
 
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<p>By referring to them as <em>power structure</em>, we emphasize both that they are <em>results</em> of power strife; and that they now have a decisive power over us, deciding what the effects of our work are to be, and what our lives will be like.</p>
 
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<p>It remains to re-create the <em>power structure</em>, or <em>the systems in which we live and work</em>, as the Modernity <em>ideogram</em> suggests. The very way in which we use our creative powers needs to change. This upward scaling of our attention (from small gadgets to large and comprehensive systems), and the corresponding creative action, is what we are calling <em>systemic innovation</em>. </p>
 
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<p>The key to this change is a change of values. No, we definitely cannot rely on "the invisible hand" to turn our narrowly conceived self-serving acts into a largest common good. We must see ourselves as parts in a larger <em>whole</em>—and act, and <em>be</em>, as it may best serve its <em>wholeness</em>. </p>
 
  
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<p>Having given the opening keynote to The Club of Rome's inauguration meeting in 1968 in Rome, Erich Jantsch saw what needed to be done. We follow him through a sequence of steps—which are now to be continued. Jantsch was, of course, building on other vast bodies of knowledge, notably on the legacy of Norbert Wiener and the systems scientists.</p>  
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<p>On the non-technical side, we combine insights by Sygmunt Bauman with those of Bernard Shaw, to highlight just how much our professions or <em>systems</em> have become our 'evil masters'; and what can be gained by emancipating ourselves from this bondage.</p>  
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One of our <em>prototypes</em> is a book manuscript titled "What's Going On?", and subtitle "A Cultural Revival". The book redefines what constitutes the news—by pointing to a breathtakingly spectacular event taking place in our own time. Slowly!</p>
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<p>By knowing what's going on in this way, we know what needs to be done. The "problems" we are experiencing are like cracks in the walls of a house whose foundations are failing. Our situation calls for <em>rebuilding</em>, not fixing.</p>  
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<p>This more informed and more effective strategy has "leverage points" through which it is most easily pursued—exactly as the bus with candle headlights might suggest.</p>  
 
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Let us conclude by pointing to a possibility that is inherent in the proposed transdisciplinary approach to knowledge, as modeled by the <em>holoscope</em>—to restore knowledge to power.
 
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<p>And here too, all we need to do is <em>continue</em> the evolution of knowledge a step further, by <em>federating</em> knowledge: Post-structuralism permitted us to interpret cultural artifacts freely, by showing false the supposition that they have a definitive meaning, which can be discovered. But if such interpretations may take us further <em>away</em> from giving such artifacts an agency—here we have a way to turn the resulting chaos into a whole <em>new</em> order!</p>
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<p>As the Elephant <em>ideogram</em> suggests—we can put those pieces back <em>together</em>; we can 'connect the dots', and see the 'elephant' (a whole new <em>order of things</em> that is ready to emerge.</p>
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<p>Earlier we may have heard our most visionary thinkers talk about "a tree-trunk", "a fan", or "a water hose"; but they didn't make sense, and we ignored them. Now we can give their visions a whole <em>new</em> meaning—by interpreting them as the legs, the ears and the trunk of the <em>elephant</em>. </p>
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H O L O T O P I A    P R O T O T Y P E



Five Insights

FiveInsights.JPG
The Five Insights ideogram

The holotopia vision is made concrete in terms of five interrelated insights.

Power structure

Powered by ingenuity of innovation, the Industrial Revolution radically improved the efficiency of human work. Where could the next revolution of this kind be coming from?


Collective mind

The printing press revolutionized communication, and enabled the Enlightenment. But the Internet and the interactive digital media constitute a similar revolution. Hasn't the change we are proposing, from 'the candle' to 'the lightbulb', already been completed?

Socialized reality

The Enlightenment was before all a change of epistemology. An ancient praxis was revived, which developed knowledge of knowledge. On that as foundation, a completely new worldview emerged—which led to "a great cultural revival", and to comprehensive change. On what grounds could a similar chain of events begin today?

Narrow frame

Science gave us a completely new way to look at the world. It gave us powers that the people in Galilei's time couldn't dream of. What might be the theme of the next revolution of this kind?


Convenience paradox

The Renaissance liberated our ancestors from preoccupation with the afterlife, and empowered them to seek happiness here and now. The lifestyle changed, and the culture blossomed. How could the next such change begin?


Sixth insight

The five insights form a whole

The black arrows point to a vicious cycle

Follow the black arrows in the Five Insights ideogram, to see that the anomalies they connect together cause or create one another:

  • It is the power structure that created dysfunctional communication
  • It is the lack of communication that keeps us in socialized reality
  • It is by founding knowledge in "reality" that we ended up with the narrow frame
  • It is by using the narrow frame that we mistook convenience for happiness
  • It is our pursuit of convenience that makes us create power structures

The red arrows point to a benign cycle

Follow the red arrows to see that we cannot really change one of the insights they connect, without also changing the other.

  • To stand up to the power structures, we must liberate ourselves from the socialized reality
  • Our collective mind cannot be structured to federate knowledge, unless we have a method for doing that
  • To liberate ourselves from socialized reality, our values need to be different
  • To broaden the narrow frame, we must see and unravel the power structure that keeps it in place
  • To step beyond convenience, we need a collective mind that federates knowledge


The holotopia strategy follows

We can now see why

a comprehensive change can be easy, even when smaller and obviously necessary changes may have proven impossible.

The strategy that defines the holotopia naturally follows: Instead of struggling with the details, we focus on changing the whole order of things they compose together.


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