Reading the comments in this post/thread depressed me more than anything I have read in months. I am forced to get this out of my head, NOW [ 4/29/2016 ], as I am about to write about a chapter of a book read a few days ago – that was the MOST encouraging thing I…

P4P = Platforms for Participation P&P = Peers & Platforms  (Peers INC) P2P = Peer to Peer A few days ago I was excited with renewed hope while reading the next-to-last chapter in Robin Chase‘s 2015 book: Peers INC. The whole book was interesting, but I was initially resistive to her subtitle: How People and…

reflections on conscious experiences during a conference on consciousness This morning, 4/28/2016, I set my alarm, which didn’t go off – but I woke anyway, to attend one session of a scientific conference on the nature of consciousness.  I stayed for only this one session. It was worth my time and effort,  for a variety…

This doc was catalyzed by my reading an essay on consciousness as a quantum phenomenon by Stuart Hameroff, followed by a few hours of meditation. I attended most of the CoC meetings cited and my friend, Albert Lundquist has been trying to inform me about the Hameroff and Penrose “Orch OR” hypothesis, without success of…

PROLOGUE:  I just finished drying after a nice hot shower, still in my robe, highly motivated to report on my insights gained while showering. I asked Eloise whether she could experience showering in her mental imagery. She replied in the affirmative and also confirmed she could experience change in showering temperature in her mental imagery…

Four relevant urls re Climate Change, new to me  (the last three accessed from the first) conversations that mind and matter   John Kellden apocalypse-neuro-why-our-brain-cant-process-the-planets-gravest-threats Dont-Even-Think-About-It most-americans-believe-in-climate-change-but-give-it-low-priority These are part of the evidence for asserting that humankind, today, doesn’t adequately comprehend itself. Millions of sems are reported about “human nature”, but there is no significant effort…

I just finished (03/25/2016) reading Oliver Sack’s Gratitude, which triggered many personal insights – nothing profound, but quite meaningful. I was lying on Eloise’s bed, in her bedroom with the door closed, reading Gratitude.  Xerces (cat) was under the bed and I didn’t want him to escape again. I had called Eloise earlier, as I…

While I depend on The Internet as my primary source for info, I occasionally hear on late night radio some very useful info. This episode of BBC TechNation really sparked my interest; and I found it online.     Extreme Weather and a Resilient Global Food Supply Moira speaks with ROBIN GRIMES, Chief Scientific Advisor to…

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…