Re: [Futurework] RE: But where's the mind?

2003-06-04 Thread Selma Singer
If one argues that mind has an existence of its own, why does it then follow thatmin is unfettered by physical laws? Selma - Original Message - From: Keith Hudson To: Darryl and Natalia Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003

RE: [Futurework] Gaia Hypothesis...

2003-06-04 Thread Cordell . Arthur
Robert, Don't know about Gaia being 'new-agey.' I was thinking more in terms of James Lovelock's notion that 'earth, in all its interactions and transformations, added up to a single giant living system.' arthur I would make one change. An additional word. Random. Don't know about Gaia

Re: [Futurework] Re: I like (some) pop music :: There are 2 Gaia's!

2003-06-04 Thread Darryl and Natalia
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. - Original Message - From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert E. Bowd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Ray Evans Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 3:58 PM

RE: [Futurework] Re: I like (some) pop music :: There are 2 Gaia's!

2003-06-04 Thread Cordell . Arthur
D and N We are here, on this planet, as Robert has suggested, to be stewards. arthur Maybe yes, maybe no.We are here. Maybe that is all we can know. -Original Message-From: Darryl and Natalia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2003 12:19 PMTo:

RE: [Futurework] Gaia Hypothesis...

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Hudson
At 14:17 03/06/2003 -0400, Arthur wrote: Robert, Don't know about Gaia being 'new-agey.' I was thinking more in terms of James Lovelock's notion that 'earth, in all its interactions and transformations, added up to a single giant living system.' arthur I would make one change. An additional

Re: [Futurework] Gaia Hypothesis...

2003-06-04 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Keith Hudson wrote: At 14:17 03/06/2003 -0400, Arthur wrote: Robert, Don't know about Gaia being 'new-agey.' I was thinking more in terms of James Lovelock's notion that 'earth, in all its interactions and transformations, added up to a single giant living system.' arthur I would make one

Re: [Futurework] Re: I like (some) pop music :: There are 2 Gaia's!

2003-06-04 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D and N We are here, on this planet, as Robert has suggested, to be stewards. The trustee of an estate does, however, earn a professional fee for his (or her) stewardship and oversight. Those who take good care of hte earth should at least be able to live in Cesar

Re: [Futurework] summit conclusions: And the winner is -- Bill Gates!

2003-06-04 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Summary conclusions of the Evian summit for those who are interested. chair.summary.english.rtf As should be obvious just from the URL, one of the winners is Bill rtf Gates! The medium is the cash cow! (No matter what the news is, the newspaper company wins. No

[Futurework] Speaking of Cesar Pelli's MoMA Museum Tower (condominiums)....

2003-06-04 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
A web search turned up an evocative photograph -- the kind of thing that could keep a bunch of Art History 101 students hassled for a long time, etc. http://www.vega.net/rosarc4.jpg In the foreground is The Church of the Cardinal Rule: Balance the Books (I forget what his name is, but when he

Re: [Futurework] RE: But where's the mind?

2003-06-04 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Selma Singer wrote: If one argues that mind has an existence of its own, why does it then follow that min is unfettered by physical laws? [snip] The way I look at it, we don't understand too much of what's going on. You know: every scientific discovery increases the range of the things we know

Re: [Futurework] Gaia Hypothesis...

2003-06-04 Thread Ed Weick
I agree with Arthur. I read the Gaia stuff years ago and felt that the notion that the Earth and all it's living systems were somehow directional or purposeful is nonsense. The beauty of Gaia is that it is essentially chaotic and you never know where it is going next. Picture a very clever and

[Futurework] Infinite Pains

2003-06-04 Thread Ray Evans Harrell
From the Gold Eagle site: I think I'll practice writing about the arts like this guy does. What do you think? It was the New York Philharmonic that opened the door into the communists detente with Russia after Bernstein suggested symphonies instead of bombs. If Reagan had taken him to

[Futurework] Re: Simplified economics (was: Trust and suspicion)

2003-06-04 Thread pete
As usual after the weekend, I'm grinding slowly through catchup... On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In particular, the fourfold description distinguishes us from Homo Neanderthalensis who lived very happily and stably for about 500,000 years with one innovation -- a

Re: [Futurework] We're waiting, Mr Snow

2003-06-04 Thread pete
On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With regard to cell phones, we already live in such a radiated world their small amount doesn't matter at all. A breezily superficial observation, and totally wrong. You imply that all radiation is equivalent, a notion which a few

[Futurework] After the Lord Mayor's Show

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Hudson
After the Lord Mayor's Show comes the dustcart aptly describes what is now going on over here. We have four Ministry of Defence enquiries (two of them very serious) going on now into the torture, killings and humiliations of Iraqi civilians by UK soldiers in Iraq. Since last night, we now have

[Futurework] Novelty-seeking Man (was: Simplified economics (was: Trust andsuspicion)

2003-06-04 Thread Keith Hudson
At 20:21 03/06/2003 -0700, you wrote: As usual after the weekend, I'm grinding slowly through catchup... On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Keith Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In particular, the fourfold description distinguishes us from Homo Neanderthalensis who lived very happily and stably for about

RE: [Futurework] After the Lord Mayor's Show

2003-06-04 Thread Lawrence DeBivort
Many thanks for the summary, Keith. Bush is not (yet?) in as much trouble here, but elements of trouble are present: 1) the Pew Center has just released a report on international public opinion that shows that the credibility of the US and Bush have fallen dramatically around the world, 2) the

RE: [Futurework] We're waiting, Mr Snow

2003-06-04 Thread Cordell . Arthur
thanx for this. helpful. -Original Message- From: pete [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] We're waiting, Mr Snow On Sun, 01 Jun 2003, Harry Pollard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With regard to cell phones, we