Walter Logeman: Journal
http://www.generalsemantics.org/misc/akml/akmls/rushkoff.mp3
I liked his talk. (Right click the link to download button) He goes into the state of the world with some enthusiasm & intelligence. He misses the Marxism that applies so thoroughly to what he is discussing, which is a pity, but he also amplifies it, sees the same stuff from another fresh angle.
Interesting, compelling? What do you think?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=meditation-on-demand-nov09
Elaborating, the spiritual leader of Tibet explained to the audience of scientists that although he meditates for four hours every morning, it is hard work. He divulged that if neuroscientists could find a way to put electrodes in his brain and create the same outcome he gets from meditating, he would be an eager volunteer. Now a set of experiments from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University moves us a step closer to making his wish a reality. The neuroscientists managed to induce in mice a brain-wave pattern associated with meditation—answering a long- standing question about how this pattern is generated and theoretically laying the groundwork for a cognitive-enhancement technology that could mimic meditation’s effects.
IGS Discussion Forums: Albert Ellis in the News:
Dr. Albert Ellis gave the Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture in 1991 in New York City. It was all about the parallels between his Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) and General Semantics. He stated, “I was distinctly influenced, when formulating and developing RET, by several of Korzybski’s ideas.” (General Semantics Bulletin #58, p. 25)
Archetypes of Cyberspace (pdf) HTML
Began this in the late 1990s and got it to this stage by 2003.
I have a Writing page – but it missed this essay, one of the ones I spent a few years on. I have now added it to the writing page.
It is a long essay, it was itself a journey, began just like the one I am on in the blog right now. I doubt it many people have read it. I could find no links to it. I just read it through and found it to my liking, though I would want to edit it all over the place!
Here is a quote from the conclusion, linking the theme of the essay to psychotherapy.
The link journey continues and, as some may have known, we meet Robert Anton Wilson on the way. A Korzybski prophet it would seem. Not as mad as he might appear. General Semantics has psychology spouting in all directions. And of interest to me is the whole question of the relationship of physics and psyche ( my article The Future of Knowing in a pdf.
(PS the image is one I made from photos using software.)
Links to books follow.
I am reflecting on the use of space and how it influences dialogue, and more broadly communication (though they are essentially the same thing… flow of meaning.) Found an interesting article:
UNDERSTANDING THEATRE SPACE
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (2002)
I have been wondering how courts and juries fir into the history of all of this… and there is a clue here!
How might a restorative justice space look?
The biggest question on my mind though is how we use space in cyberspace – and how we can create more intentional dialogue.
Quote follows
Continue reading ““The use of space has a profound effect on the audience””
New studies of the brain show that leaders can improve group performance by understanding the biology of empathy.
I am not sure that the research actually leads to that outcome… how can knowing what goes on in the brain help? Maybe. Does a driver knowing about molecules in the combustion engine help their driving?
Still it is an interesting article… though they hide most of it behind a pay wall.
Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership – HBR.org:
A quote follows.
Continue reading “Emotional intelligence and leadership”
Updated my Writing Page. It has been updated since (Sunday, 05 June 2022) and is now here.
I am currently working on two papers, both requirements for becoming a TEP, Trainer, Educator and Practitioner in Psychodrama, these are not on my page yet! Soon? :
Principals of Supervision
Principals of Training
Post on PsyBlog. Interesting to call it the psychological immune system. I have always called them “coping mechanisms” and we need them. But because they are unconscious, it is useful to monitor them consciously, especially when they are old and out of date, like coping by over-eating, or coping by over-working.
The unconscious is wise. The unconscious is stupid.
The Psychological Immune System | PsyBlog:
The very fact that we don’t seem to notice our psychological immune system is probably the only reason it works at all. After all, in order to feel better we have to conveniently forget some important facts, such as how much we wanted the job we didn’t get, loved the partner who walked out or were enjoying the ice cream we just dropped.
Interestingly the point I am making in this comment is made very well by the image used in the original. We could be walking around like this – long after the air is clean.
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/therapy-web-effective-beware
Online psychotherapy works. Sessions conducted between patient and therapist via the internet can be just as effective as face-to-face treatment. But it’s not for everyone and,
because there’s lots of money to be made, it’s difficult to be sure about the quality of what’s being offered.
Its not the money really, it is the fact that the net is unregulated. There is no clear jurisdiction. However the problem is almost the same off-line. There are all sorts of healers who do not fall under any professional body. It is a case of buyer be ware.
The problem is that even registrations do no not really ensure just how good the therapy will be.