How to Shift a Paradigm

The horrible fact is that democracy, and capitalism, will not solve those problems. We do need a fundamental paradigm shift in the area of governance. – Jørgen Randers Before I offer you an answer to this question, let me sum up briefly why we have to refocus our efforts from solving problems to shifting the …

Let’s Ignite the Holotopia Dialog

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where knowledge is free; where the world has not been broken up into fragments of narrow domestic walls; where words come out from the depth of truth; where timeless striving stretches its arms toward perfection; where the clear stream of reason has not …

Let’s Institute a Transdisciplinary Academy

The post explores the urgent need for innovative solutions to tackle global challenges, particularly climate change, through the establishment of transdisciplinary science. The author recounts their 30-year journey creating the knowledge federation prototype, which fosters collective meaning-making. This framework emphasizes a holistic approach, integrating diverse perspectives to address complex societal issues while promoting awareness and critical examination of prevailing thought patterns.

Transdisciplinarity Is a Way to Change Course

The human race is hurtling towards disaster. It is absolutely essential to find a way to change course. – Aurelio Peccei The word course in this report’s title is a reference to Peccei’s call to action. He issued it in the opening lines of a brief book titled One Hundred Pages for the Future. The …

Knowledge Federation as Ecosophy

An ecosophy…integrates the efforts of…a team comprising not only scientists from an extreme variety of disciplines, but also students of politics and active policy-makers. – Arne Næss If you’ve seen this blog’s About article, you’ll know (that Russell and Einstein told us) that we have to learn to think in a new way. That’s what …

We M U S T Learn to Think in a New Way

In spite of great productivity in particulars, dogmatic rigidity prevailed in matters of principle: In the beginning (if there was such a thing), God created Newton’s laws of motion together with the necessary masses and forces. This is all; everything beyond this follows from the development of appropriate mathematical methods by means of deduction. – …