antidisestablishmentarianism - I know big words too!! :)
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mantidis.html
Really Eric - where do you get all the time from to collate this
extraordinarily extensive yet thoroughly interesting psycho babble? :)
Mark (Eric wannabe)
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Pierce
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 07:51
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trends)
(repost for list newcomers)
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http://wilber.shambhala.com/html/interviews/Shambhala_interview.cfm/xid,2676
/yid,5800264
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http://www.scottlondon.com/
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http://www.rkey.com/thetazone/
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http://www.rkey.com/thetazone/#constructivism
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excerpt:
...
Among its many insights, constructivism adds perspective to the
unfortunate historical propensity of humans to objectify the
mind as an entity subject to environmental factors.
Constructivism is best known as a critique of international
relations theories which assert that rational behaviors of
nation-states must necessarily conform to the exigencies of an
anarchic world system. The framework can be extended to reveal
similar patterns in superstitious eschatologies, statements like
"The devil made me do it," and a wide range of modern
materialist and historicist philosophies, notably extremist
forms of Marxism and Social Darwinism.
The propensity to "blame" environmental factors as an excuse for
human behavior has become increasingly sophisticated in recent
years, leading to a philosophy of mind that proclaims
computerized telecommunication as destiny. Not only are such
concepts being promoted with fanatical energy, they are being
used to justify social transformations that are increasingly
rapid and disruptive. The rising interest in "memes," which
holds that ideas acquire people (rather than people acquiring
ideas) is an important part of this distressing trend.
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(by the same guy, an explortion of the struggle between progressive
proponents of a model of internet governance based on participatory
democracy vs commerical interests :
http://www.rkey.com/dns/overview.html )
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http://www.context.org
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http://216.122.74.136//ICLIB/IC03/TOC03.htm
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http://216.122.74.136//ICLIB/IC03/CoriGord.htm
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http://www.wholeearthmag.com/ArticleBin/FeaturesIssue.html
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http://www.wholeearthmag.com/ArticleBin/373.html
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Sustainable culture:
http://www.resilientcommunities.org
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excerpt:
What's Behind Resilient Communities?
Something's afoot in the United States, and
Canada, and Australia, and Europe, and Asia and
Africa -- all over the world. Increasing numbers of
people are saying they want a different life than
that being offered by industrial-era society. Paul
Ray, in his 1997 Integral Culture Survey: A Study
of the Emergence of Transformational Values in
America says that as much as 25% of
populations in industrial countries are looking for
a better way of life.
Why?
Forces are coming together to shift dynamics in
very dramatic ways. There is a growing split
between the rich and the poor not only within
countries both developed and undeveloped but
also, of course, between them. There is a huge
increase in population over the last century, which
when coupled with production increases, has led
to shortages of land, water and clean air. There
is growing evidence that global warming and
climatic instability, evidenced this year by the
number of severe fire and flood problems around
the world, threaten current human habitation
patterns in significant ways. New forms of
nuclear, biological and chemical weaponry are
threatening humanity and both nation state
rivalries and terrorism create continuing anxieties
There is an economic crisis as our reliance on
economic growth and affluence collides with
changing personal commitment and ecological
realities. There is a social crisis as growing
poverty and growing wealth co-exist on the same
planet. There is a moral crisis as our ability to
feel outrage about the state of the world is buried
by our busyness and statements from economists
and politicians that "we have no choice." There is
an ecological crisis as fish stocks are
overconsumed, fires burn out of control, forests
diminish, land erodes. And there is, above all, a
spiritual crisis as we lose sight of our real goals
and substitute instant gratification in place of a
search for true meaning.
At the same time, the seeds for change are
growing. More and more people are beginning to
examine the ways in which they are living their
lives. Those of us doing so are saying that we
want less stress and more time. We're saying we
want to have a positive impact on the global
environment rather than a destructive one. Many
are being drawn to a new emphasis on building
healthy relationships and towards exploration of
spirituality.
We are looking for a new way to live -- a more
resilient way of life.
(continued)
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