Ignorance and Wisdom...Anger and Compassion...Greed and Generosity
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Focus on the banana, not on the shell
I hear.
Lots of criticisms...
religion vs atheism.
"Religion harms", they scream to the others.
Even laughing at them.
And they in turn, get even mad at them.
At the defensive.
As it is natural.
I disagree: religion is not the problem.
It is just the shell.
The issue is the banana inside, i.e., dogmatism.
That is the regime of the unexamined,
unchallenged, untested beliefs.
That is what it leads to individual,
-and even worse- mass delusion.
To Leiden's Munster, Heaven's Gate, Waco,
to pogroms, atheists' gulags, totalitarianism.
And even to social narci-networks
and keeping-up-with-the-Joneses.
The question at hand is how to evolve
from dogmatism.
As species.
With Respect (capital R) to our background,
to our reptilian brain.
In a call to grow together,
not to scorn the others
(i.e., not to un-grow ourselves).
A call for the growth mentality,
a respectful depart from the fixed mentality.
The growth mentality of the critical thinker,
the humble life-long learner.
However, a big challenge hinders that call:
Inquiry requires the person to be at ease
with her "inquiry instrumental".
And the majority feel as at ease
with their mental infrastructure,
as ectomorphs with their physical ones.
Inquiry requires them to build muscle.
Day in, day out.
That is very risky for their self-esteems.
That is why they prefer to avoid
building (mental) muscle.
"Just give me faith, myths, traditions,
delusions, unsupported beliefs.
Superstition. At least I am not exposed,
as I am when I build (mental) muscle", they say.
In spite of the challenge,
it is worthwhile the effort:
A species that will evolve
from conquerors to explorers,
from deliverers to learners,
from left- and right-wingers to common sense-wingers,
from status-seekers to wisdom-seekers.
From ignorant, angry, and greedy,
to wise, compassionate and generous.
From fear bearers to love sharers.
Because the ultimate logical behavior,
inquiry-based insight,
is to love.
Lots of criticisms...
religion vs atheism.
"Religion harms", they scream to the others.
Even laughing at them.
And they in turn, get even mad at them.
At the defensive.
As it is natural.
I disagree: religion is not the problem.
It is just the shell.
The issue is the banana inside, i.e., dogmatism.
That is the regime of the unexamined,
unchallenged, untested beliefs.
That is what it leads to individual,
-and even worse- mass delusion.
To Leiden's Munster, Heaven's Gate, Waco,
to pogroms, atheists' gulags, totalitarianism.
And even to social narci-networks
and keeping-up-with-the-Joneses.
The question at hand is how to evolve
from dogmatism.
As species.
With Respect (capital R) to our background,
to our reptilian brain.
In a call to grow together,
not to scorn the others
(i.e., not to un-grow ourselves).
A call for the growth mentality,
a respectful depart from the fixed mentality.
The growth mentality of the critical thinker,
the humble life-long learner.
However, a big challenge hinders that call:
Inquiry requires the person to be at ease
with her "inquiry instrumental".
And the majority feel as at ease
with their mental infrastructure,
as ectomorphs with their physical ones.
Inquiry requires them to build muscle.
Day in, day out.
That is very risky for their self-esteems.
That is why they prefer to avoid
building (mental) muscle.
"Just give me faith, myths, traditions,
delusions, unsupported beliefs.
Superstition. At least I am not exposed,
as I am when I build (mental) muscle", they say.
In spite of the challenge,
it is worthwhile the effort:
A species that will evolve
from conquerors to explorers,
from deliverers to learners,
from left- and right-wingers to common sense-wingers,
from status-seekers to wisdom-seekers.
From ignorant, angry, and greedy,
to wise, compassionate and generous.
From fear bearers to love sharers.
Because the ultimate logical behavior,
inquiry-based insight,
is to love.
Sunday, May 24, 2015
what is SUCCESS?
Success in one picture? here you go...
so let's recap...
remember the fourth in the 5th stage?
(a bonus: now you see the connection ego-lower consciousness and spirit-higher consciousness, right?)
Find peace (tip: the pyramid becomes a tree!!! it is magic!!!), and everything will fall into place...like Gioconda!
what is the relationship between Higher Conscioussness, Maslow's hierarchy of needs (not Thneeds...), and Ikigai?? (and the title of today's post?)
so let's recap...
remember the fourth in the 5th stage?
(a bonus: now you see the connection ego-lower consciousness and spirit-higher consciousness, right?)
Find peace (tip: the pyramid becomes a tree!!! it is magic!!!), and everything will fall into place...like Gioconda!
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Majority
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect"
-Mark Twain
Friday, May 1, 2015
the parable of the cave...redux
as simple as that...
...MATURITY: the distance between Perception and Action...that is why the light (reason) is so important to see...The Little Prince called Hart the Reason:
...MATURITY: the distance between Perception and Action...that is why the light (reason) is so important to see...The Little Prince called Hart the Reason:
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Thank you TO THE CUBE
This is what we want to build: learning platforms (aka in the XXth century as schools) that can trigger "Thank yous to the cube" !! When you learn to read, you read to learn...same with coding!
Así, cuando los niños como Víctor crean proyectos como éste, aprenden conceptos importantes, como las variables, pero eso es solo el comienzo. Como Víctor trabajó en este proyecto y creó las secuencias de comandos, también estaba aprendiendo sobre el proceso de diseño, cómo empezar con la chispa de una idea y convertirla en un proyecto completo y funcional como el que ven aquí. Así que estaba aprendiendo muchos principios básicos de diseño diferentes sobre cómo experimentar con nuevas ideas, cómo tomar ideas complejas y descomponerlas en partes más simples, cómo colaborar con otras personas, cómo encontrar y arreglar los bugs cuando las cosas salen mal, cómo mantenerse perseverar frente a las frustración cuando las cosas no funcionan bien. Esas con habilidades importantes que no solo atañen a la codificación. Son relevantes para todo tipo de actividades diferentes.
14:17Ahora, ¿quién sabe si Víctor crecerá y se convertirá en programador o en un informático profesional?Quizá no es muy probable. Pero, independientemente de lo que haga, será capaz de utilizar esas habilidades de diseño que aprendió. Independientemente de si crece y se convierte en gerente de marketing o en mecánico o en un organizador comunitario, estas ideas son útiles para todos. De nuevo, es útil utilizar la analogía con el lenguaje. Cuando dominan la lectura y escritura, no es algo que haganpara convertirse en escritores profesionales. Muy pocas personas se convierten en escritores profesionales. Pero es útil para todos aprender a leer y escribir. Lo mismo con la codificación. La mayoría de las personas no se convertirá en informático profesional o en programador, pero esas habilidades de pensar creativamente, razonar sistemáticamente y trabajar en colaboración...habilidades que desarrollan cuando codifican en Scratch... son cosas que la gente puede utilizar sin importar el trabajo que tengan.
...100% GSB
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