Futures Thinking for Posterity
PURPOSE & INTRO For decades I have noticed the virtual absence of quality Big Pictures presented by the best minds, and the seeming absence-of-existence of such in the wrlds of most persons. “Pictures” has long been an inappropriate metaphor for concepts we seek. I believe this absence of Big THINKING to be very dangerous for…
Continue Reading“FAKE” is but a popular term frequently used about the “NEWS” (becoming more frequent beginning with the Era of Trump) ***** NEWS labels information new, with respect to a specific date and time duration, usually a day. But there is also “breaking news”, reports of activities underway concurrent to the reporting. If you returned from…
Continue ReadingINTRO – DEFINITIONS Do we error, dangerously, by modeling social/societal reality as interacting component Institutions/Organizations, such a Governments, Corporations, Agencies, Departments, Businesses, Universities, Armies, etc.? For this essay, I will label them Formal Societal Systems (FSS). These can be defined in terms of their respective semfields – the various texts & documents that define, describe,…
Continue ReadingI just skimmed/read a most excellent “review” of Gregory Bateson’s key “PRESCIENT WARNING” as to the paradox of “CONSCIOUS PURPOSE” in relationship to the survival/thrival of humankind. CONSCIOUS PURPOSE IN 2010: BATESON’S PRESCIENT WARNING Phillip Guddemi Bateson Idea Group, Sacramento, California This is a 2010 review/analysis of Bateson’s 1968 invitational conference. In this conference he…
Continue ReadingThe demographics of human habitats have changed over its emergent history: from nomadic groups, to tribes, nations of similar tribes, villages, urban & rural systems, massive metropolis, favilas & slums, colonization, globalization, cities devastated by warfare, refuge movements and settlements. Yet, remnants of all types of habitats can be found in a few, small populations….
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