January 2012
22 posts
“Knowmads…
1. Are not restricted to a specific age.
2. Build their personal...”
– Nine key characteristics of knowmads in Society 3.0 | Education Futures (via myserendipities)
“My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
– Louis Pasteur (via nathanielstuart)
Mi fortaleza reside tan solo en mi tenacidad
“Now, why should the universe be constructed in such a way that atoms acquire the...”
– Marcus Chown, award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster, currently cosmology consultant for New Scientist magazine, The Magic Furnace: The Search for the Origins of Atoms, Oxford University Press, 2001 (Thanks amiquote)
“ “Much education today consists of a high degree of specialization, which tends...”
– Jacque Fresco, self-educated structural designer, philosopher of science, concept artist, educator, and futurist, The Best That Money Can’t Buy: Beyond Poverty, Politics, & War, Global Cyber Visions, 2002 (tnx mymindtank)
“ “What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end.” ”
– Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist (1844-1900), Thus Spoke Zarathustra, cited in Keith Ansell-Pearson, Nietzsche and Modern German Thought, Routledge, 2002, p. 155. (via amiquote)
“ “We’ve discovered that the universe is not a place; it’s a story, a story of an...”
– Brian Swimme, Ph.D. from the department of mathematics at the University of Oregon for work in singularity theory, he teaches evolutionary cosmology at California Institute of Integral Studies, The Powers of the Universe (via amiquote)
“Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it...”
– Eliza Tabor
(via elige)
“ “Isn’t language loss a good thing, because fewer languages mean easier...”
– Jared Diamond, American scientist and author, currently Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal, Hutchinson Radius, 1991. See also: ☞ Why Do Languages Die? Urbanization, the state and the rise of nationalism (via amiquote)
“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.”
– Aldous Huxley (via nathanielstuart)
“Thomas Jefferson and George Washington recorded daily weather observations, but...”
– To Know, but Not Understand: David Weinberger on Science and Big Data - David Weinberger - Technology - The Atlantic (via wildcat2030)
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via light-essence)
December 2011
17 posts
The all important work is to relay (RT)...
emergent-culture:
It doesn’t matter if we can’t always RT or mention in reciprocity within the Twittersphere. What matters is that we are all linking up and working toward informing and nurturing a new culture.
A culture with the palpable potential to create a better world for all concerned. The all important work is to relay information beneficial to the whole. This message was intended for...
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
– Thomas Merton (via libraryland)
El arte permite que nos perdamos y nos encontremos al mismo tiempo.
“ “We are all a complete mixture; yet at the same time, we are all related. Each...”
– Bryan Sykes, a former Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford and a current Fellow of Wolfson College, The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry, 2001 (via amiquote)
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“Forget safety.
Live where you fear to live.
Destroy your reputation.
Be...”
– Rumi (via libraryland)
‘olvida la seguridad. Vive donde tengas miedo vivir. Destruye tu reputación. Sé notorio.’ — Rumi #rumi#life#lit
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
– Maya Angelou (via tylerknott)
‘No hay peor agonía que cargar una historia no contada dentro de ti’ Maya Angelou
“When one can see eternity in things that pass away and infinity in finite...”
– The Bhagavad Gita
(via elige)
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
– Aldous Huxley (via nathanielstuart)
The Four Functions of Myth According to Joseph... →
emergent-culture:
According to Joseph Campbell the four functions of Myth are:
1. Mystical function: it brings us to the realisation of the wonder and the awe of the universe. Realisation, obviously, means establishing within the sphere of the experiential, with the implication that, through myth,…
“Truth is cosmically total: synergetic. Verities are generalized principles...”
– Buckminster Fuller (via nathanielstuart)
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via julie911)
Anusara Invocation
My present mantra for invocation (presence)
Anusara (a-nu-sar-a), means “flowing with Grace,” “going with the flow,” “following your heart.”
OM Namah Shivaya Gurave — “I bow to the goodness within myself, known as Lord Shiva, who is the true teacher…”
Om Namah Shivaya Gurave
(I offer myself to the one true teacher within and without)
...
“Don’t expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives...”
– Paulo Coelho
(via mindfulinconveniences)
“…from the perspective of human evolution, our great capacity is not just that we...”
– Alison Gopnik (via fast-t-feasts)
“You know the name you were given,
you do not know the name that you have.”
– José Saramago, All The Names trans. Margaret Jull Costa. Thank you, Death Deconstructed. (via crashinglybeautiful)
A Momentary Flow: What Is the Future of Knowledge... →
wildcat2030:
Via Scoop.it - Knowmads, Infocology of the future In the December issue of Scientific American, author David Weinberger reports from the frontiers of knowledge. His story “The Machine That Would Predict the Future” explores the promise of the FuturICT project, an attempt to build a…
November 2011
39 posts
“We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have...”
– Thomas Moore (via neobutterfly)
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power....”
– Washington Irving
(via thelittlephilosopher)
“A working definition of Consensus might begin with “the capacity, facilitated by...”
– starwalker: The Evolution of Consensus (via wildcat2030)
La evolución del consenso
New Theory Explains What Makes a Video Go Viral:...
wildcat2030:
Via Scoop.it - Knowmads, Infocology of the future According to an algorithm, the four ingredients required are congruency, emotive strength, network involvement and something called… Via scientificamerican.com
“To become ‘totally awake’ requires absolute vigilance and commitment, akin to...”
– Colin Drake
(via sharanam)
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility,...”
– Sigmund Freud
(via peaceblaster)