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At 03:41 PM 1/1/2008, -samantha wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> How would you reframe the
concept of innovation in its relationship to<br>
> progress and change within the context of perception and its<br>
> transformation? Below are 4 areas in which innovation might be
<br>
> reframed.<br>
> By reframing I mean changing the conceptual viewpoint or tilting,
if <br>
> you<br>
> will, in bringing about innovation which could affect perception
and,<br>
> thereby, consciousness.<br>
><br>
> 1. Innovation as it concerns risk:<br>
> a. innovation as a catalytic action in
pushing through <br>
> boundaries of<br>
> risk<br><br>
Does this "pushing through" include radically reducing certain
classes <br>
of risk?</blockquote><br>
Yes.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> b.
innovation as a catalytic action in maintaining and furthering<br>
> boundaries of risk<br>
><br>
> 2. Innovation to recreate what is familiar to individuals and
society:<br>
> a. innovation for cognitive absorption of
information/knowledge<br>
> b. innovation for enhanced connectivity of
people to view familiar<br>
> ideas as a connective intelligence</blockquote><br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Why emphasis on familiar
ideas? Where do radically new ideas come in?</blockquote><br><br>
Emphasis on familiar ideas: In that familiar ideas when
restructured contextually bring about a change in perspective and, thus,
perception.<br><br>
When what has been familiar is rearranged within a new context, such as
in the context of a connective intelligence (i.e., Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin, Pierre Levy and/or <font size=2>Derrick de Kerckhove</font>) or
context of a technological noosphere, new ideas come in.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> 3. Innovation to
shake up creative activity that stems from everyday<br>
> behavior of regular/normal activities<br>
> a. innovation for creating a consumer
culture for progress-based<br>
> consciousness<br>
> b. innovation for creating a consumer
culture of perception which<br>
> leads to transformation<br><br>
Why "consumer culture"? What of innovation that creates a
culture of <br>
interacting peers much as the internet has? I don't see why
"consumer <br>
culture" was placed here.</blockquote><br>
Apart from economics and capitalistic views, a consumer culture refers to
the behavior of all life forms in that we consume. Regarding
consciousness, humans consume food for energy to think. This is
actually a play on concepts: a culture that is a "consumer
culture" (in regards to economics/capitalism) would be behaviorally
prone to consume innovative information, sensory input, etc. (such as
produced in new media works of "experience design" which
could alter consciousness.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">> 4. Innovation in
experience design to see, feel and experience more<br>
> a. innovation in creating conceptual
experiences to provide richer<br>
> experiences<br>
> b. innovation in creating conceptual
experiences to satisfy <br>
> individual<br>
> or societal needs for the psychological purpose of inducing an
sense <br>
> of<br>
> accomplishment or completion which results in a sense of
emotional <br>
> calm.<br>
><br><br>
5) Innovation to extend understanding and abilities of all
recipients<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>a. change
of paradigm due to increased and/or altered perception<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>b. uplift
of societal and individual optimism due to newly opened <br>
possibilities as contrasted to discomfort of unknowns<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>c. new
incentives toward changed consciousness as old consciousness <br>
existential grounding changes</blockquote><br>
Thank you. Let's discuss.<br><br>
Natasha<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a> </font>
<dd>PhD Candidate, Planetary Collegium - University of Plymouth - Faculty
of Technology
<dd><font size=2>School of Computing, Communications and
Electronics</font>
<dd><i>Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts</i> <br><br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>If you draw a circle in the
sand and study only what's inside the circle, then that is a
closed-system perspective. If you study what is inside the circle and
everything outside the circle, then that is an open system perspective. -
</i>Buckminster Fuller</font>
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