such that, as Ed Jong has recently stated ...
IT SEEMS the quest to understand how we stand apart from other animals [
my definition of the religions of the many ] ...
IS INSTEAD leading to a deeper appreciation of what UNITES US [ my definition of
THE SCIENCE of
THE ONE ]
A.C. Grayling's recent Mindfields Commentary has referred to Frederick Jackson Turner's "frontier thesis" in the context of ... Where no one has gone before ... by drawing attention to the fact that ...
last frontiers on Earth ...
As Frederick Jackson Turner saw,
a society that explores is in little danger of becoming stale. That applies to a
society's collective intelligence as well as its
scientific muscle:
they both need to be challenged and exercised.
NO BETTER set of guidelines,
to light the way forward, has been established,
than by
Sarah Ross and her 8 signposts ...
How will we know we are addressing the actual complexity of issues?
Two signposts will indicate ‘we the people’ realize we all have hands-on work to do, including changes in our own behaviors.
Signpost 1: We realize official policy alone is insufficient to fix problems.
Signpost 2: We realize voting is only one tiny part of the work that ‘ordinary citizens’ of all kinds must do to fix problems.
How will we know when we are generating wisdom or collective intelligence?
Two signposts will indicate wisdom in our speech and thinking.
Signpost 3: We notice that our public issues-talk is less and less characterized by mere opinions, assertions, biases, single-cause diagnoses, fact-wars, and blaming.
Signpost 4: We notice that we are doing better at evaluating whether reasoning—our own or others’—is well explained and how much of an issue’s complex causation it recognizes.
How will we know when we are generating, or listening to, wisdom?
Two signposts will give us important clues.
Signpost 5: We notice that simplistic logics and slick slogans no longer seduce us.
Signpost 6: We notice we have become patient with, and genuinely interested in analyses that are more complex and contextually nuanced, and try to understand them.
How will we know when our efforts are truly participatory and diverse beyond just counting how many people are involved?
Two signposts will indicate (r)evolutionary shifts.
Signpost 7: Perspective-taking skills—e.g., flexibility to suspend preferences long enough to hypothetically walk in diverse others’ shoes—are showing up in dialogues, deliberations, and policy-making practices.
Signpost 8: Our cultures support the development of perspective-taking skills by expecting us to use them.
Voters of the USA BE AWARE
the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY,
in your country's role
to the need for ...
BE NOT AFRAID that Barack Obama will or will not provide you with individual short term solutions but that he can lead the way to truly OPEN DISCUSSION of ALL the 21st century issues that cloud the way to a NEW SOLUTION for the mutual benefit of the COLLECTIVE GLOBAL COMMUNITY as
THE ILLUSION of REALITY
becomes
THE REALITY of ILLUSION
.
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October 2009 
Michael
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