Sunday, July 10, 2005
Dialogue with Extremists?
It seems that many topics are difficult to talk about from a non-prejudicial or non-extremist perspective. Not too many people have the ability to address an extremist's position or issue without becoming "reactive" themselves. Then, "if" someone attempts to present a non-prejudicial point-of-view might they be perceived as an extremist themselves (relative to not being an extremist they may appear to be "opposing" the extremist)? So, is it better for the "Integral Theorist" (consultant, moderator, mediator, etc.) to stay out of the public view, refraining from ANY public "position," and simply "facilitate" an optimal solution between "combatants"? Since, any extremist may view any NON-extremist as an "enemy"? Or, might this just be the ultimate solution for the President of any country or any global level leader to be "Integral" in nature?
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
60 Minutes to Oblivion
Perhaps you are familiar with Dr. David Susuki's work, http://DavidSuzuki.org and the movie entitled "Suzuki Speaks." He explains the exponential growth and resource consumption by "Western" culture by talking about the replicating process of a virus. I call it "60 minutes to oblivion." Relative to "minutes of duplication" where every minute the number of virus cells doubles such that after 55 minutes the exponential growth reaches only 3% of the capacity of its container (like a glass of water). With only 5 minutes to go it "looks like" there is no problem and that there is still an abundance of resources. However, at the 56 minute point it is at 6% of capacity. 57 its 12%. 58 its 24%. Even in the 59th minute it may still not "look like" it is catastrophic to most people at 48% of capacity. However, within the last minute all resources are consumed and everyone dies without realizing what happened. Although "sensitive" people knew what was happening and tried to warn other people the "majority" of people ignored the wise advice.
Experts believe that we are "well beyond" the 59th minute.
We need better "explanations" of genius observations.
Experts believe that we are "well beyond" the 59th minute.
We need better "explanations" of genius observations.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Integral Politics Blog Welcome
Welcome to the Integral Politics Information Blog. Various people will be posting to this blog as if they are a single person or information-oriented personality. The initial intention is to remove ego-centricity from the equation and attempt to write and present information from as high a tier, level, or color as possible. If you respond to or comment upon one of the posts then your name and any personal references will be removed. By using Integral Political concepts we want to empower people to communicate "objective" or non-prejudicial (the non-taking of "sides") information effectively.
Thank you. Please enjoy your stay here.
Thank you. Please enjoy your stay here.
