COMPLEMENTARITY in long response to two urls

COMPLEMENTARITY, in my analysis, is the most significant insight emergent in humankind in the 20th century. It has become one of my basic practices, and from which I will apply in replying to the following two online sems (semiotic structures). John Kellden  Conversation Public Group  Facebook  Our Future Societies: Evolution Edgar Morin, The Manifesto for…

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OUR LONG EMERGENCY

INTRODUCTION I have been aware/concerned, for decades, about the potential catastrophes accompanying human created climate change. I believed, and still believe, there is a route for humankind to take for survival/thrival. A report in The Washington Post today (March 21, 2016 ) cemented in my mind  the URGENCY of our EMERGENCY.    This report cites a…

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IS HUMANKIND A UNIQUE COSMIC PHENOMENON ?

PROPOSITION: With its visual language, humankind has liberated “information” from its prior embedment in matter/energy systems. We know of this phenomenon only among humans on Earth and not in any known physical system in our universe, from quark to quasar. This phenomenon may exist in other biospheres in the universe. If correct, the significance of…

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INFINITE POTENTIAL BLOCKED

The existing potential of humankind, to begin actualizing in this year 2016, is virtually “infinite” when we attempt to comprehend it. It is not infinite in the mathematical sense, but very, very, very large.  It has awesome MSC: Magnitude/Scope/Complexity. This potential continues to galdee (grow, adapt, learn, develop, evolve, emerge); however, its actualization is blocked….

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