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| − | <p>The <em>holoscope</em> distinguishes itself by allowing for a deliberate creation and choice of <em>multiple</em> ways of looking or <em>scopes</em>. They are not offered as "reality pictures" contending for the "reality" status with one another and with our conventional ones—but as simplifications or 'projections' | + | <p>The <em>holoscope</em> distinguishes itself by allowing for a deliberate creation and choice of <em>multiple</em> ways of looking or <em>scopes</em>. They are not offered as "reality pictures" contending for the "reality" status with one another and with our conventional ones—but as simplifications or 'projections'. They are accompanied by an invitation to genuinely try to look at the larger theme or issue at hand in a certain specific way; and to also do that collaboratively, in a [[dialog|<em>dialog</em>]].</p> |
<p>To liberate our thinking from the inherited concepts and methods, and allow for deliberate choice of <em>scopes</em>, we used the scientific method as venture point—and modified it by taking recourse to insights reached in 20th century science and philosophy. </p> | <p>To liberate our thinking from the inherited concepts and methods, and allow for deliberate choice of <em>scopes</em>, we used the scientific method as venture point—and modified it by taking recourse to insights reached in 20th century science and philosophy. </p> | ||
Revision as of 12:59, 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