In the following I avoid giving examples or branch to digressive detail. To do so would expand this essay/manifesto into a book.  I trust you can provide examples and details yourselves. My intent is not abstraction, but concrete action in face of catastrophe. —————– We are all more familiar with deviations from the normal human,…

I am motivated to return to exploring this important distinction, or so I believe – its importance. To most, what they initially comprehend of such distinctions is triviality and irrelevance. Their significance can only be comprehended by study with an open mind. This distinction has been percolating in nuet for many years. Actually, explorations of…

Tom Greco recently sent be a brief video by Peter Turchin on Predicting History.   This is an excellent, brief survey by a renowned expert on our fundamental human challenge: COMPREHENDING OURSELVES. I will use this sem to illustrate our blindspots and suggest a possible nu direction. Turchin and all other students of human systems incorrectly assume…

Helene, it will be a long time before an authoritative taxonomy of “patterns” is completed.  Last night, 4am & trying to sleep, I had an insight. The defining aspect of “pattern” is not forms (of which there are many), but how they are perceived. In short, patterns are sems (semiotic structures), which are comprised of…

Tony, I offer a reason for the symptoms of severe dysfunction within humans you masterfully present in your beyond-awesome new post to laetus in praesens. Using the G7 Dwarfs as the theme was insightful. Humans, as individual persons, won’t ever avoid the dysfunctions you outline. We all lack the “hardware” for the requisite cognitive competencies,…

Michel has agreed, in July and Glisten now has manager access to my blog. Here I will briefly describe the nature of my archives. Only the top of the primary archive is relevant for action at this time. Today, with my declining memory I often don’t recognize most of my older docs, and occasionally a…

FABIO’S  QUOTE Uplifting humanity faces inherent opposition. Inner opposition to change habits (the most difficult), to change values, change convictions. Outer opposition even in family, friends circles, workplace, neighbourhood, city, nation, world. But also in forms of a prevalent alternate “mind” using everything at disposal (manipulating public opinion and values, manipulating though emotions like fear,…