Making Sense of the InFormation Age
Form is Meaning
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Presented by
Kenan Doyle Branam
Paradigm Communications, Inc.
[email protected]
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Information Is Relationship
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Knowledge thus exists in relationship
rather than in an "objective" world or
in "subjective" experience. In
information theory, "information" is
defined in terms of a "relationship"
between an input and a receiving
devise. A book contains no
information for someone who can't
read.
The Holographic Model - John R.
Battista
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Theory Evolution
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Past Paradigm
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Past Paradigm
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Centric
Linear logic (1D+Time)
Segregated
Filtered (Reductionistic)
Static Structure
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Present Paradigm
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Distributed
Process logic (2D+Time)
Networked
Contextual
Dynamic Structured
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Future Paradigm
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Chaotic
Form logic (3D+Time)
Integrated
Wholistic
Extensible Structure
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Future Paradigm
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Science is increasingly
substituting organic models for
mechanical models
and shifting from
structure-orientated to processorientated thinking.
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Process Makes Sense
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Cognitive Modalities
Gestalt Process
Quantum Physics
Systems Theory
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Cognitive Modalities
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Stimulus/Response
Pattern Recognition
Concept Formulation
Creative Adaptation
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Gestalt Process
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Figure/ground
Discrimination
Assimilation
Integration
Reformation
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Albert Einstein
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“A human being is part of the
Whole. He experiences himself, his
thoughts and feelings,
as something separated from the
rest--a kind of optical delusion of
his consciousness. This delusion
(of separateness and egocentricity)
is a kind of prison for us,
restricting us to our own personal
desire and to affections for a few
persons nearest to us. Our task
must be to free ourselves from this
prison by widening our circle of
Compassion to embrace all living
creatures and the whole of nature
and its beauty.”
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Quantum Physics
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“… a system cannot be analyzed
into parts. This leads to the
radically new notion of unbroken
wholeness of the entire universe.
You cannot take it apart. For if you
do, what you end up with is not
contained within the original whole.
It is created by the act of analysis.“
David Bohm
Wholeness and the Implicate
Order
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Systems Theory
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Many so called “Systems” theories,
attempt to define, structure, and
control various complex (chaotic?)
living systems existing at the cell,
organ, organism, group, organization,
society, political, and astronomical
levels.
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A New Kind of Science
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By Stephen Wolfram
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Creator of Mathematica software
Cellular automata
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http://www.stephenwolfram.com/
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M. C. Escher
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“…Perhaps I am not far
removed from Einstein's
curved universe".
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http://www.mcescher.com/
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Form Is Meaning
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Human Genome
Fullerines
Fractals
Sacred Geometry
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Human Genome
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All matter contains information.
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“Mapping” the genome confronts
us with the astounding realization
that form has meaning. Meaning is
not so much in the individual
molecules but in their relationship
to the whole pattern of the gene.
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http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_
Genome/publicat/publications.html
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Fullerines
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Carbon 60, a hollow cluster
of pure carbon atoms, is the
roundest, most symmetrical
large molecule known. It is
very strong and stable,
capable of surviving the
temperature extremes of
outer space.
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1985 -Rice University by Richard E. Smalley, Harry
Kroto, and associates
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Fractal Forms
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A mathematics-based, computer
imaging science enabling visual
understanding of natural processes
such as weather forecasting,
population biology, political, and
economic analysis.
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Sacred Geometry
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Geometrical archetypes
permeating the structure of all
organic and inorganic form, from
the minuscule to cosmic, defines
principles of interconnectedness,
inseparability, and relationship
underlying all the physical
universe.
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E8Perie Mandala
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An exceptional simple Theory of Everything
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Beyond Technology
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What are our information rights and
responsibilities?
Will our instant collective opinion make a
difference world-wide?
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Will mass consciousness develop self
awareness, integrity, and responsibility?
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Making Sense of the InFormation Age
Web Links
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Making Sense of the InFormation Age
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Thank you
for being here!
Presented by
Kenan Doyle Branam
Paradigm Communications, Inc.
[email protected]
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