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20 September 2006

 

A Unique Moment in Time
The following is from a speech given over two years ago, but it still has some interesting resonance today.
. . . Dr Laszlo asserts that humanity is at a critical juncture, a point of "bifurcation", as this term is used in systems theory. This is nothing earth shattering, in the sense that it happens all the time in the systems of the natural world: all systems are subject to periodic "fluctuations" due to new tensions or outside pressures. . . . When the fluctuations get to be large enough so that the system can no longer cope with them, the system then enters a period where "everything is possible except the status quo". Prof Laszlo thus reminds us that evolutionary changes are not always gradual or linear. Indeed a system may encounter a point of bifurcation and quite suddenly jump to a higher level of evolution. . . . Evolution is not keen on giving out second chances. . . . Thus, once a system enters this critical period, two different results may obtain: either the system experiences a sudden transformation into a more complex, more evolved system; or, no such transformation occurs, and the system fails, its various components falling down the ladder of evolution. . . . In the case of humanity as a system, however, we humans have a saving advantage that no other system is known to have: Consciousness. Humanity is the only system in this planet where its elements can influence, through developing a global awareness, the outcome of our critical period. . . . Every one of us can influence the outcome, and together we humans can imagine and create the common, planetary future we want.
-- Vicente García-Delgado

posted by Lorenzo 7:13 PM

13 September 2006

 

Back from Burning Man
It'll be a bit before I get back into blogging every day, but you can hear some of my Burning Man sound bites in my podcast #48. And here is a short video I found on YouTube.com that will give you an idea of what the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors looked like at Entheon Village this year.



Also, I've posted a few of the pictures I took this year in our gallery.

posted by Lorenzo 1:33 PM