Difference between revisions of "Holotopia"
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| − | <p>Yes, we've wasted a precious half-century pursuing the neoliberal dream ([https://youtu.be/0141gupAryM?t=95 hear Ronald Reagan set the tone for it, in a most charming tone, in the role of "the leader of the free world"). But we must forgive our political leaders for leading us into an abyss; they didn't <em>know</em> what they were doing. To be successful in politics, they had to genuinely believe what the <em>power structure</em> made them believe.</p> | + | <p>Yes, we've wasted a precious half-century pursuing the neoliberal dream ([https://youtu.be/0141gupAryM?t=95 hear Ronald Reagan] set the tone for it, in a most charming tone, in the role of "the leader of the free world"). But we must forgive our political leaders for leading us into an abyss; they didn't <em>know</em> what they were doing. To be successful in politics, they had to genuinely believe what the <em>power structure</em> made them believe.</p> |
<p>Just as we must forgive our <em>academic</em> leaders for <em>not</em> leading us to a transformation of our knowledge work. To be successful in <em>academia</em>, they had to either "publish, or perish". </p> | <p>Just as we must forgive our <em>academic</em> leaders for <em>not</em> leading us to a transformation of our knowledge work. To be successful in <em>academia</em>, they had to either "publish, or perish". </p> | ||
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<p>So that information will no longer be controlled by <em>power structure</em>, but be an instrument of our liberation; and our <em>cultural</em> re-evolution.</p> | <p>So that information will no longer be controlled by <em>power structure</em>, but be an instrument of our liberation; and our <em>cultural</em> re-evolution.</p> | ||
| − | <p>Don't be deceived by the apparent modesty of this mission, compared to the size of our vision. "In all humility", | + | <p>Don't be deceived by the apparent modesty of this mission, compared to the size of our vision. "In all humility", </p> |
<blockquote>the creative space this mission opens up to is unique is human history.</blockquote> | <blockquote>the creative space this mission opens up to is unique is human history.</blockquote> | ||
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<div class="page-header" ><h2>Tactical assets</h2></div> | <div class="page-header" ><h2>Tactical assets</h2></div> | ||
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| + | <div class="col-md-3"><h2><em>Epistemology</em></h2></div> | ||
| + | <div class="col-md-7"><p>Epistemology? <em>As tactical asset</em>? </p> | ||
| + | <p>Recall Galilei. Think about Socrates. A new understanding of information, and its relationship with "reality", has been the pivotal point of all historical changes.</p> | ||
| + | <p>For Holotopia as an academic initiative, the <em>epistemology</em> opens up to a most wonderful creative space—where we consider ourselves, our own minds and bodies, as (parts of those) 'candle headlights'; and we undertake to be creative in entirely <em>new</em> ways.</p> | ||
| + | <p>The transformation of our knowledge space, and our culture, becomes a co-creative strategy game, where only our creative imagination sets the limits.</p> | ||
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| + | <div class="col-md-3"><h2><em>Epistemology</em></h2></div> | ||
| + | <div class="col-md-7"><p>Epistemology? <em>As tactical asset</em>? </p> | ||
| + | <p>Recall Galilei. Think about Socrates. A new understanding of information, and its relationship with "reality", has been the pivotal point of all historical changes.</p> | ||
| + | <p>For Holotopia as an academic initiative, the <em>epistemology</em> opens up to a most wonderful creative space—where we consider ourselves, our own minds and bodies, as (parts of those) 'candle headlights'; and we undertake to be creative in entirely <em>new</em> ways.</p> | ||
| + | <p>The transformation of our knowledge space, and our culture, becomes a co-creative strategy game, where only our creative imagination sets the limits.</p> | ||
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| + | <div class="col-md-3"><h2>[[Holotopia:Five insights|Five insights]]</h2></div> | ||
| + | <div class="col-md-7"><p>They are 'sensational'</p> | ||
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Revision as of 03:35, 22 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
To be continued...