RE: FWD (SK) Fear Inside the Power Elite

From: nanowave (nanowave@shaw.ca)
Date: Sun Mar 09 2003 - 11:50:00 MST

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    >Terry W. Colvin spotlights:

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    >http://www.topica.com/lists/psychohistory/read/message.html?mid=1711891071&
    sort=d&start=4389
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    This is a helpful synopsis of the current state of thinking among the
    "global power elite".

    Looking at it this from a (Gregory Stock, _Metaman_) angle, I see the
    diffident muttering, disjointed pessimism, and subterranean hysteria as a
    VERY GOOD SIGN that global mind is indeed (finally) moving toward a higher
    state of coherence. The most telling lines from this "email analysis" are:

    "A day spent with Bill Gates turned out to be fascinating and fun."

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    "The world isn't run by a clever cabal. It's run by about 5,000
    bickering, sometimes charming, usually arrogant, mostly male people who
    are accustomed to living in either phenomenal wealth, or great personal
    power. A few have both. {{{Many of them turn out to be remarkably naive --
    especially about science and technology.}}}" -my brackets

    BINGO! The problem stems almost entirely from a general lack of ability
    (among "power elites") to perceive the big picture with regard to the
    sweeping processes of globalization, modernization, ephemeralization,
    technoscientific convergence/consilience, core expansion/gap reduction, etc.
    etc.

    As Laurie states, these folks: "adore hi-tech gadgets and are glued to their
    cell phones."

    They are also: "... sometimes charming, usually arrogant, mostly male people
    who
    are accustomed to living in either phenomenal wealth, or great personal
    power."

    In other words - spoiled, insecure rich folks who conversely (must) spend
    little time reading or thinking deeply about the transformative realities of
    global sociotechnological progress. Here are five excellent documents to
    support my take. (the last is recycled)

    http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/brockman/brockman_print.html

    http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/diamond/diamond_p2.html

    http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/diamond_rich/rich_p2.html

    http://www.nwc.navy.mil/newrulesets/Esquireprofile.htm

    http://www.nwc.navy.mil/newrulesets/ThePentagonsNewMap.htm

    Russell Evermore



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