Please distribute to others who may be interested... You are hereby invited to a seminar in our twelfth interdisciplinary series on Evolution, Complexity and Cognition <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> (ECCO 2016-2017) <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marjoriikka_Ylisiurua>
Time: Friday June 16, 14h-16h Place: *room * *D.1.07*, building D, VUB ------------------------------ >From theory to action: leveraging the global brain Forrest Rosenblum Abstract: Acknowledging the potential for a "Global Brain" mediated utopian future, this talk will highlight the threats posed to this future by existing power structures. It will be shown how these structures can actively counteract the process of self-organization (the process theorized to deliver humanity through its ongoing metasystem transition and to a stabilized, utopian state). Centralized powers equipped with advanced technologies will be shown to pose a threat in their own right, as will the *delay *to self-organization that they impose. To overcome such challenges, this talk proposes the application of Global Brain theory in order to both effectively construct alternative socio-political structures, *and *to generate the social energy required to actually implement said structures. Thus, Global Brain theory itself is positioned as the Global Brain's saviour. ------------------------------ Upcoming Seminars *June 23rd* Jon Echanove Do stigmergy coordination principles apply to small distributed teams? *June 30th* Kris Verburgh TBA See also the ECCO/GBI calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=azMyN252aWluM2JoMnU3MXY5OGt2ZzliOGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ> . You can add this calendar to your calendar application through here <https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/k327nviin3bh2u71v98kvg9b8g%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics> More info about the ECCO seminar program: http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108 <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/108> -- Cadell ECCO Group (VUB) <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/1> Email: [email protected] Website: https://cadelllast.com
