a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . The Covid-19 apocalypse continues Apocalyptic? Most astounding has been the pandemic's capacity to expose our vulnerabilities and injustices as humans and societies. In some ways, it has been like painfully watching a slow moving train-wreck that seemingly can't … Continue reading A new year! … Is it?
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. ~~~~~ . "*Peak. White. Privilege.* Right. There." That was the first subhead in my a mystical möbius missive for January 10, 2021: "Black vs White Protest." The subhead was over the now-famous Saul Loeb image of Kevin Seefried carrying a … Continue reading January 6… plus one year
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . Alright, one last time —recall: *Integral* = online-Integral A "safe space" for denying systemic racism? Wait! What?! Some questions: Is making a "safe space" for denying systemic racism something that's important to *Integral*? Significant enough to make absurd claims … Continue reading Irony: *Integral* exclusion
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. .. A "safe space" for denying systemic racism? It would indeed be nice to make sense of our differences, especially differences we have with the people we love. So, in the alleged Ken Wilber [kw] quote [in the meme … Continue reading Irony: *Integral* “flatland” 2
a mystical möbius— curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . From a plain sense, on-its-face basis I've been in some social media conversations about my recent "Irony" observations (part 1 and part 2). It's frustrating that I need to keep repeating that I'm trying to consider the face value … Continue reading Irony: *Integral* “flatland”
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . . Online-Integralists ...a train wreck [TW]? So, yeah! I'd say a lack of integrity is a TW, and pretty ironic, too! Please allow me to explain. In last week's missive, I, again, challenged this claim attributed to Ken Wilber [kw]—note, … Continue reading Irony: online-Integralist TW
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . Transition week [i.e., mini-series epilog] Last week concluded our (13-week mini-series) treatment of Nora Bateson's provocation critiquing stage theory. . . For over two months now, as I've written about this, no one has tried to deny the fact … Continue reading Irony: *Integral* ghetto
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . — pt. 13 ... A baker's dozen Imagination and successful stories Let's begin our mini-series conclusion with this forty second video clip from Yuval Noah Harari: . . It may well be that the power of our imagination … Continue reading “Stage theory… Is BS?” — pt. 13
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . Gathering the pieces We've been looking at the modernist artifacts of stadial theory and how critical race theory [CRT] formed the critique of liberal race theory [LRT] — what we've called 'Boas's proto-form of antiracism' — and the next … Continue reading “Stage theory… Is BS?” — pt. 12
a mystical möbius — curating facts, ideas, text, and media to create a contemplative space. . I didn't mention a couple of things two weeks ago when we first began talking about .... . . Why such a fuss? It's more important now than ever for us to focus on the reality that — until … Continue reading “Stage theory… Is BS?” — pt. 11
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