Difference between revisions of "Holotopia"
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| + | <p>In the <em>holoscope</em>, the deliberate choice of what we look at and how, or <em>scope</em>, is of a paramount importance.</p> | ||
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| + | <blockquote>Where shall we look, and in what way, to "find a way to change course"?</blockquote> | ||
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| − | <p>What | + | <p>What new insight or discovery might have the force commensurate with the momentum with which our civilization is rushing onward—and have a <em>realistic</em> chance to reverse its course?</p> |
<p>We offer these [[Holotopia:Five insights|<em>five insights</em>]] as a <em>prototype</em> answer. </p> | <p>We offer these [[Holotopia:Five insights|<em>five insights</em>]] as a <em>prototype</em> answer. </p> | ||
<p>They result when we apply the <em>holoscope</em> to illuminate five pivotal themes: | <p>They result when we apply the <em>holoscope</em> to illuminate five pivotal themes: | ||
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<li>Values (how we "pursue happiness")</li> | <li>Values (how we "pursue happiness")</li> | ||
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| − | <p>For each of these five themes, we show that our conventional way of looking made us ignore | + | <p>For each of these five themes, we show that our conventional way of looking made us ignore its crucially important side. And that when we 'connect the dots'—when we <em>combine</em> published insights— a certain principle or a rule of thumb, which readily emerges, which compels us to change course.</p> |
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| + | <p>We see that by ignoring those principles, we have created deep <em>structural</em> problems ('crack in the cup')—which are <em>causing</em> the perceived problems, or making us incapable of resolving them.</p> | ||
| + | <p>The effect of treating the problems as mere symptoms of deeper structural issues, and treating <em>those</em> instead, is expectedly well beyond the mere solutions to problems—which reinforces the <em>holotopia</em> vision.</p> | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 16 August 2020
HOLOTOPIA
An Actionable Strategy
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