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Kashmir Shavism & WDM
// January 18th, 2011 // No Comments » // Opinion, Waking Down
Ahh, sorry, if you arrived at this site because you thought you were following a working link to the speaking notes for my chat for Bill Miller’s WDM and Evolutionary Spirituality teleconference series… my apologies. Seems the link doesn’t work. So, here’s a direct link to the speaking notes: WDM & Kashmir Shavism (142)
For those with no clue about the above, but still interested… well, Bill form the Waking Down in Mutuality community asked me to lead a discussion on Kashmir Shavism and WDM in the context of the concept of Evolutionary Spirituality. Got so nervous presenting on this topic for the first time I wrote a complete 6000 word paper…. just without the academic standards;)
Or you can download the call here or listen to it using this player
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Foresight Links for Jan 17, 6:00 am
// January 17th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight
- Sony Sues Over PS3 Encryption Hack, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
PlayStation 3 hackers have been hit with a lawsuit from Sony for publishing details of how to bypass the security features on its game console. Sony claims that disclosing this information has caused "irreparable injury and damage" to the com… - Time For Million Genomes Sequencing Project, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
Razib points to a debate about how fast and how far DNA sequencing costs will drop. John Hawks expects $50 for full genome sequencing in less than 5 years. The inevitability of the $1000 genome has already made it irrelevant. We should expect a $1000 g… - Humanity+ Board of Directors Elections, Thomas McCabe @ h+ Magazine: Editor’s Blog Feed:
Tom McCabe <!–break–> This January, Humanity+, the publisher of H+ Magazine, will hold its elections for the Board of Dir… - Breastfeeding Might Not be Best for Babies, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
In the British Medical Journal, the team said breastfed babies may benefit from being given solid food earlier. Current advice suggests weaning should occur at six months, but the UCL team say it could happen as early as four. They suggest later weanin… - Car Batteries Run on Relativity, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
Thank relativity every time your car starts. Lead-acid batteries get about 80 per cent of their voltage from special relativistic effects. The transfer of electrons between two forms of lead in the batteries yields a potential of more than 2 volts, hig…
Hindsight Links for Jan 14, 6:00 am
// January 14th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Hindsight
- Skip The Water, Fred Wilson @ A VC:
I told this story to an entrepreneur last weekend and she loved it. So I figured I should tell it to everyone here at AVC. I was a mechanical engineering major (course 2) at MIT. One of the best classes… - When Did the Invisible Hand Lose Its Grip?, Team @ HBR.org:
We aren’t the first to see that the world has changed and free market competition no longer produces benefits as… - Are You the Boss You Need To Be?, Team @ HBR.org:
How are you doing as a boss? As a leader and manager, someone responsible for the results obtained by others,… - How I Learned the Hard Way That Aging Technology Is Expensive, Team @ HBR.org:
Companies love to stretch out their investments in existing technology as long as possible, a policy whose faulty logic I… - MoMA Spring/Summer 2011 Preview, Part I, Ami Kealoha @ Cool Hunting:
While the MoMA store’s product preview always has us excited for the shopping year ahead, a few designs stood out for their “faux” ingenuity. Below are nine objects cleverly designed to resemble other objects, making for a new way to enjoy an old favorite. Check the MoMA store site this…
Insight Links for Jan 12, 6:00 am
// January 12th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Insight
- The LWOT: Obama grudgingly signs Gitmo ban; shooter attacks Congresswoman, others in Arizona – by Andrew Lebovich, ANDREW LEBOVICH @ Foreign Policy:
Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox — just sign up here. - We are all cyborgs now: Amber Case on TED.com, Jenny Zurawell @ TED Blog:
Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on “external brains” (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately connect or conquer us? Case offers surprising insight into … - Peak Travel?, Eric A. Morris @ Freakonomics:
Call me a skeptic about the “peak oil” story. Human ingenuity has always found ways to produce more of, find substitutes for, or discover ways to do without a scarce resource when price signals tell us to. But if peak oil is true, doesn’t one good peak… - An Air-Bag Wrinkle to Consider, Stephen J. Dubner @ Freakonomics:
In the SuperFreakonomics chapter on cheap and simple solutions, we wrote: And seat belts, at about $25 a pop, are one of the most cost-effective lifesaving devices ever invented. In a given year, it costs roughly $500 million to put them in every U.S. … - Remembering Zoe Anderson, 1986 — 2010, Team @ TED Blog:
The TED community is grieving the loss of Zoe Anderson, the 24-year-old daughter of TED Curator Chris Anderson. She died tragically of carbon monoxide poisoning on December 28, 2010. Chris has posted this beautiful tribute to Zoe’s life (including wonderful photos) and her many, many friends have created this Facebook …
Foresight Links for Jan 10, 6:00 am
// January 10th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Foresight
- Honda Flies A Fuel-Efficient Jet Prototype, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
Honda has moved closer to bringing its first jet to market-one that uses 20 percent less fuel than similar-sized planes while also flying faster. A prototype of Honda’s light jet, which will seat five to six passengers and is scheduled to go on sale ne… - Energy Production And Usage Graphs, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
The Oil Drum has a great set of many graphs showing energy production and usage from a variety of perspectives. That page has over 100 charts and graphs and it takes quite a while to load them from a number of sites. The most sobering graph: World net … - Comprehensive Nanorobotic Control of Human Morbidity and Aging, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
Robert Freitas’ book chapter for The Future of Aging compilation is now online. It looks very interesting. Freitas always produces fantastic work, that’s one of the reasons Kurzweil constantly cites him. Here’s the abstract: Nanotechnology involves the engineering of molecularly precise structures and molecular machines, and nanomedicine is the application … - Good Description of Ringworld/Orbital, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
From here. This space blog seems pretty good, and has nice images. The author is a student from Singapore. - Transhumanism is Still Winning, Michael Anissimov @ Accelerating Future:
One of the most popular memes I generated in 2010 was the “transhumanism has already won” meme. Surprisingly, the phrase returns 1,570 results on Google.
Hindsight Links for Jan 7, 6:00 am
// January 7th, 2011 // No Comments » // Digests, Hindsight
- Threadless and Baggu, Julie Wolfson @ Cool Hunting:
Today Threadless launches ten selected designs printed on Baggu Duck bags. With adjustable straps, snap closures and interior pockets, these canvas bags are large enough to carry groceries and strong enough to safely transport books or a a laptop computer. Designs by Ross Zietz include a rainbow umbrella, a… - 41 First-Year Lessons from Asia, Scott Anthony @ HBR.org:
My return flight from Newark to Singapore on last week pushed me over 300,000 miles in the air in 2010…. - The G-20 is 2011′s Biggest Political Risk, Team @ HBR.org:
Among the acute political risks facing the world this year, the nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea are serious,… - How to Fix Capitalism, Sylvia Ann Hewlett @ HBR.org:
Featured Guest: Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and coauthor of the HBR article Creating Shared Value. Download… - Master-Piece Spring/Summer 2011, Ami Kealoha @ Cool Hunting:
For an impromptu weekend trip or to get your Spring bag game tight early, Japanese label Master-piece’s latest collection includes a handful of backpacks that add under-the-radar styling and surprising details. The Over V4 Tyrol (starting at £180) keeps it classic with blue canvas, tan suede and a subtle…
Applying Integral Foresight
// January 5th, 2011 // No Comments » // Foresight, Opinion
Late last year I remembered that I was a member of the Shaping Tomorrow Ning group – the largest collection of futures orientated thinkers and actors in the world – and was responsible for the Integral Foresight group… very little activity I’m afraid to report. So, in a very unsuccessful effort to prompt some discussion I wrote the following post. Thought that since most of my posts on this site are automated, a little original content wouldn’t go astray;)
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I was prompted by Richard Slaughter to remember that I have some responsibility for this group, being the one to start it… I’m sure many of you would have if I hadn’t;) That said, I note the lack of discussion and thought I’d throw a hat in the ring and see if anyone bites…
Reporting from the front lines…. Any recent stories about Integral Futures?
* Explicit
* Implicit
* Sore lack of
* Natural emergence of
* Personal journeys…
For myself, I was visiting with Saniel Bonder, founder of Waking Down in Mutuality (and teacher at the Integral Spiritual Experience series), last month when he read out a great quote that emergently clarified where I am at with ‘Integral Futures,’ or more precisely Ken Wilber’s brand of integral theory. It is by Robert Godwin PhD, in his book “One Cosmos Under God:”
His [Ken Wilber's] work is a tremendous influence on my earlier intellectual development, and to a large extent one leaves his imposing corpus asking the question, “What’s left to say?” In order to have any thoughts of my own, I had to make him sort of an “unfluence,” even though no human who deserves the name should be unfamiliar with his work. [emphasis added]
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