Perspectives
Seeing the world through Boudewijn’s senses
Perspectives
Seeing the world through Boudewijn’s senses
Can we clearly see and know that what we perceive to be happening outside of us, or “Me” the person, has an effect on our/my internal landscape. Can we pause and check this effect and center ourselves first before we act in the world?
How do we pause ourselves? How do we center ourselves?
If we get it right, we can solve many problems like climate change. But, AI cannot be made safe. AI will put many people out of a job. We invented something that will replace the mind, Provocative ideas.
“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward…Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.”
- what Krishna tells Arjuna in The Bhagavad Gita:
This is how you feed your fears.
Podcast with W. Brian Arthur about Complexity Science and the economy
Or see also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC_OFXXgZW4&t=1301s
Brian Arthur's bio at the Sante Fe Institute
At the end, he argues that Capitalism is most likely the best system we have, but he suggests that we need to shift from an “I” orientation to a more “We” orientation and
... See moreLearning to stay grounded and practicing slowing down in an interaction will make this approach possible.
Changing the world. It is possible.