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<blockquote>The substance of our proposal is the Knowledge Federation <em>prototype</em>—by which the new approach to knowledge is made concrete, and ready to be implemented in practice. </blockquote> | <blockquote>The substance of our proposal is the Knowledge Federation <em>prototype</em>—by which the new approach to knowledge is made concrete, and ready to be implemented in practice. </blockquote> | ||
| − | <p>What consequences will <em>knowledge federation</em> have? How will information be different? How will it be used? By what methods, what social processes, and by whom will it be created? What new information formats will emerge, and supplement or replace the traditional books and articles? How will information technology be adapted? What will public informing be like? And <em>academic communication, and education</em>? | + | <p>What consequences will <em>knowledge federation</em> have? How will information be different? How will it be used? By what methods, what social processes, and by whom will it be created? What new information formats will emerge, and supplement or replace the traditional books and articles? How will information technology be adapted? What will public informing be like? And <em>academic communication, and education</em>? The proposed <em>prototype</em> includes concrete answers to those and other related questions.</p> |
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The academic cause is presently obstructed ('Galilei is held in house arrest') by a most interesting challenge, which we have called the Wiener's paradox: Our <em>collective mind</em> is <em>structured</em> in a way that leaves the <em>academia</em> disconnected, from the public opinion and from the policy. As we have seen, the core mission of our <em>knowledge federation</em> initiative is to remedy that split.</p> | The academic cause is presently obstructed ('Galilei is held in house arrest') by a most interesting challenge, which we have called the Wiener's paradox: Our <em>collective mind</em> is <em>structured</em> in a way that leaves the <em>academia</em> disconnected, from the public opinion and from the policy. As we have seen, the core mission of our <em>knowledge federation</em> initiative is to remedy that split.</p> | ||
<p>This paradox, however, means that <em>whatever we may say</em> in an academic publication—<em>is likely to remain without effect</em>! But what else can we do? The Holotopia project is our <em>prototype</em> answer. Its purpose within the Knowledge Federation <em>prototype</em> is to complete the <em>prototype</em> by <em>federating</em> knowledge federation!</p> | <p>This paradox, however, means that <em>whatever we may say</em> in an academic publication—<em>is likely to remain without effect</em>! But what else can we do? The Holotopia project is our <em>prototype</em> answer. Its purpose within the Knowledge Federation <em>prototype</em> is to complete the <em>prototype</em> by <em>federating</em> knowledge federation!</p> | ||
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| + | <p><em>Knowledge federation</em> may be understood as the principle of operation of an entirely different pair of 'headlights'—by which this core purpose of our proposal is achieved.</p> | ||
| + | <p> As our logo suggests—<em>knowledge federation</em> means 'connecting the dots'. Political federation combines smaller political units together, to give them visibility and impact. <em>Knowledge federation</em> does that to information. </p> | ||
| + | <p>We 'connect the dots' to reach a new insight; to see an issue or situation in a new way—which reveals how it may need to be handled. When we do that, the academic results and other cultural artifacts that are combined together under such an insight acquire a completely new meaning, and practical impact.</p> | ||
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| + | <blockquote>The purpose of <em>knowledge federation</em> is to restore agency to information; and power to knowledge.</blockquote> | ||
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| + | <h3>The details of our proposal have been <em>federated</em></h3> | ||
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| + | <p>We have not invented <em>knowledge federation</em>. We have only given it this name—to call a long existing and long overdue course of action into existence. </p> | ||
| + | <p>The researchers who either pointed to its necessity, or contributed technical solutions, include an impressive part of the 20th century's hall of fame. But also others, whose contributions are yet to be understood, and acknowledged.</p> | ||
| + | <p><em>Our</em> contribution to this timely course of action has been to 'connect the dots', and combine the existing ideas into a coherent and comprehensive system—the Knowledge Federation <em>prototype</em>. </p> | ||
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| + | <h3>Our call to action</h3> | ||
| + | <p>We completed our proposal by the following call to action.</p> | ||
| + | <blockquote>We are proposing to establish and develop <em>knowledge federation</em> as an academic field; and as a real-life <em>praxis</em> (informed practice).</blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 10:04, 15 July 2020
Holotopia
Imagine...
You are about to board a bus for a long night ride, when you notice the flickering streaks of light emanating from two wax candles, placed where the headlights of the bus are expected to be. Candles? As headlights?
Of course, the idea of candles as headlights is absurd. So why propose it? Because on a much larger scale this absurdity has become reality.
The Modernity ideogram renders the essence of our contemporary situation by depicting our society as an accelerating bus without a steering wheel, and the way we look at the world, try to comprehend and handle it as guided by a pair of candle headlights.
Modernity ideogram
Our proposal
In a nutshell
The core of our knowledge federation proposal is to change the relationship we have with information.
What is our relationship with information presently like?
Here is how Neil Postman described it:
"The tie between information and action has been severed. Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one's status. It comes indiscriminately, directed at no one in particular, disconnected from usefulness; we are glutted with information, drowning in information, have no control over it, don't know what to do with it."
Neil Postman
In detail
What would our information be like if we treated it as we treat other human-made things—by adapting it to the purposes that need to be served?
The substance of our proposal is the Knowledge Federation prototype—by which the new approach to knowledge is made concrete, and ready to be implemented in practice.
What consequences will knowledge federation have? How will information be different? How will it be used? By what methods, what social processes, and by whom will it be created? What new information formats will emerge, and supplement or replace the traditional books and articles? How will information technology be adapted? What will public informing be like? And academic communication, and education? The proposed prototype includes concrete answers to those and other related questions.