5G in the Social Imagination...

The big 5G conference in Barcelona is taking place. There are plenty of fascinating technologies to be seen and experienced... but no one is asking the question what does 5G mean for the social imagination? Maybe its a no brainer...

Well, you should know by now that any social imagination exists in agreement reality. It has to lest there is no 'reality'. So, I suppose in virtual reality, there is plenty of agreement to make anyone and everyone completely content. You see, 5G is the interconnectedness of things... (including your mind) with technology, the cloud and reality you always dreamed of; a designer reality.

So, where will your 'real' body be? Good question. Firstly, for now, the technology yet limited to wearing a headset device but soon that will be old tech as we approach 2025 which is the year that 5G will be global. The technology will be a chip in your body. Given such luxury, people will have the world at their finger tips so to speak. People of little means and little intelligence can be all they wan to be and even more.

Why would people want to ever leave their home, go to work (unless they work virtually) or go for walk in the real world when they can be in la la land. They can be free indeed, right? Who knows, but nothing in this life is for free and that includes virtual reality. So, maybe then its just for the rich then there is nothing to worry about. Let them get all wrapped up in it.

It will start out as something for the rich as a lure. A seductive lure to capture the average Joe (s) giving them the false idea that they too can have it all or the life they always dreamed of. But its the rich/ elite that have a larger agenda which is to get everyone else into virtual reality so that they can have the real world to themselves.

It may not be entirely cost free. People may have a basic package deal that they could get for free and buy upward virtual packages if they lend out their real body for other purposes; i.e. hidden sexual exploitation, medical experimentation and even energy.  Oh yes, the dark side of mankind will not disappear in virtual reality. If anything it will grow darker and darker because no one will see it actually growing darker and darker as they will be suspended in 'disbelief'.

"In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them" Rev. 9:6.

Man and His Isims... in the Social Imagination ~ Part Two!

If you read over the list posted yesterday, I am sure you can find yourself among the isims. How fun, right? What is funny, most people will think that their isim isn't an isim or isn't a problem for someone else or should not be listed among those 'others'; because, theirs is the right one.  Man is always trying to explain himself and his existence. However, its more than that.

Man is trying to identify with something/someone greater than man and man is trying to escape the world around him because it smells of decay ... or entropy to say the least. And, he cannot agree with what he sees because something in him tells him different. What is that? Something in every man tells him that death and decay are a lie or that such inevitable breakdown of his reality is a waste.

Eternity is what makes more sense. The eternal flame 'light' that never languishes. This is much more agreeable to man. Now, for the man who knows the source of that truth that lies within his soul, there is no need for isims. Though one may argue that absolutism is seeking a truth that must be true in all places and in every moment. Why not... it seems to fit with non-locality* and the double silt particle experiment*.

Let's look at eternity. It is anti entropy ... its the quality of eternal light and why not. How much sense does eternal darkness make and could we even imagine it??? Its the one thing we could all agree on and certainly what we all desire to agree on, seek to agree on and are even determined to agree on. But, something seems to get in the way of such agreement.

What is that? Its isims. Excuses for our inability to agree on the one thing that we could all agree on. And, if we do, then what. Yes, then what? Well, that is a problem and our isims perpetuate such a problem. The problem is if we agree then what is the source of such agreement. After all, agreement on anything means that there is a source of information from which our agreement flows.

Of course, over the years, many have agreed on this or that isim even puffing themselves up because of their agreement. But, it was only their agreement on an idea that had and has nothing to do with the truth what they truly seek to agree on.  Even as I write this, I think that people hang onto their isims out of the desperation to agree and the desperation of fighting a losing battle with entropy.

If only they could agree on the truth of all reality the battle would be won...and the isims would halt for what purpose would they serve?




* ~ In theoretical physics, quantum nonlocality is a characteristic of some measurements made at a microscopic level that contradict the assumptions of local realism found in classical mechanics. Moreover, quantum nonlocality is a property of the universe that is independent of our description of nature. That sounds like a 'truth' that cannot be subjected to untruth and for me that is an absolute. 

* ~ In modern physics, the double-slit experiment is a demonstration that light and matter can display characteristics of both classically defined waves and particles;

Meaning, Agreement Reality and Boundaries in the Social Imagination!

There is no other reality other than the meaning we gain from our social interaction in the place we were born, live and work. That is because, such a place offers us 'agreement'. We agree that where we are is who we are or at least where we come from. Boundaries give us identity and meaning.

It is meaning that comes from being together and meaning that comes together in our social imagination as an agreed upon picture which we call reality. Our social interactions are grounded in such a place through interaction in a place. Such meaning starts in our mother's womb. It moves out from there as our point of departure grounded in a common among us/agreed on social reality.

Yes, the place we were born and raised is the very beginning of meaning in our social imagination. That kind of meaning that gets written in as a default mode program. Over time in a place, we grow in our social imagination in a place. That growth can be deemed as good, bad and even ugly in terms of information shared in a place and not shared. What is good, bad or ugly comes out of experience in a place and the information shared in a place. It all has meaning.

What the world means, the universe, the cosmos and its creation all come to us in the same way - social interaction; shared information in a place. Information is passed on from one to another, from generation to the next generation. Sometimes, it appears that things have changed but its really that people in the place they are agree that doing this or that can be done differently. Even if it is just slightly different and that is likely the case. But, always agreed on less chaos or discontent ensues.

We can only find ourselves as human beings, people, society, and individuals in the same place through agreement as to who we are in that place, what borders we tolerate both physical and social psychological. We can understand abstract concepts like: justice, liberty/freedom and democracy.  And, we 'people' have traditions, customs, celebrated holidays and religions that solidify them in the place where they are.

Meaning is applied in all those aspects of the social imagination. In the US, what it means to have private property is not the same as it is elsewhere. In some countries, a person has what is called the 'right/freedom to roam'. Here in America, roaming around is frowned on. We have the right to access public parks (State/Federal) but even then we cannot just walk in or walk about doing whatever we want.

We know that in order for this country to function, people have to work and pay taxes. It means something to the American. Working and paying taxes means being a citizen in a very special place with boundaries and such boundaries are supported by law. Its such law that enables a citizen to work/pay taxes and own property.

For anyone to say that boundaries don't matter, they better think again because more than likely that person operates within boundaries either drawn up by themselves or by the place in which they live.

"From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands" ~ NIV Acts 17:26.

Chaos theory in the social imagination...

Its been said that scientists had long turned a blind eye to the unpredictable nature of nature. Why? Because, there was a common idea among a majority of 'scientists' that everything that was observed/happened was due to predictable patterns. 

And, well there are such patterns including those in social behavior an outcome of the social imagination... after all, there is nothing new under the sun. But, some thought they saw unpredictability in nature (wonder what that would be like, observing unpredictability) and so, they said what we thought of as predictable was not really 'real'. That's a slippery slope!

Henri Poincare, a physicist, thought he had turned the scientific world on its head. He observed that even seemingly insignificant (and seemingly simple) systems could produce very complex and confounding behaviors. But, was he really seeing simple systems? Perhaps, those 'simple' systems were more complex than he had initially thought/imagined...socially imagined. One's thought patterns are not isolated but socially complex.  

You see, man's understanding of complexity is limited by his own complexity. The human body appears to be simply an eating/eliminating organic machine bumping around at large negatively effecting most things in its environment; but, it is more than that. At the cell level we discover nano-machines in cells, codes and operations. 

Anyway, later on, scientists invented a name for what Poincare observed: the butterfly effect. This idea says that a small change in one place and moment of time (such as a butterfly flapping its wings) can lead to an outrageous effect at another place and time (such as a typhoon).   

Well, but who could really say that it was a single butterfly flapping that caused such an outcome? They could not and so the butterfly effect is a conversational past time.
Because, if it were true, the world would be so incredible chaotic, we would never be able to say anything about what is happening right in front of our eyes; nor agree on what we see as anything that could be understood as 'real'. 

In social sciences, chaos theory is the study of the way that things and people interact. What they agree on through interaction determines what is real for them ... this takes place in the social imagination. The connections and interactions between people in a place over time is what generates society.  

Chaos theory does not assume that there is an absolute perfection in anything; but it does recognize that there is a complicated order to everything, or that all systems will eventually be made predictable with near complete accuracy. 

This theory aims for finding a general order for social behavior observed through interaction and their outcomes (what is agreed on) which do create patterns of behavior.  

So, effectively, there is no 'chaos' but a complicated order to everything... especially when we consider the social imagination which itself is abstract and abstractly complicated for it is grounded in space and time but only because those who apply it (in the locus of their mind) do so in an agreed upon space which is ultimately information taken in through interaction in a place over time.

*the title of the photo used is: Brain interfacing...

Social Programs in the Social Imagination...

 

What are social programs? Most sociologists will agree that they are, as described in the article titled, Do Federal Social Programs Works?, by David Muhlhausen (put out by the Heritage Foundation), efforts by the federal government that attempt to improve human behavior by increasing skills or awareness, chiefly through noncompensatory services.

These programs engage in social engineering that attempts to enhance the well-being of citizens. Social programs are intended to fix social problems that individuals are assumed to be unable to solve themselves. Do federal social programs work? This is a simple question. While the question may be straightforward, however, finding an answer is complicated.Why?

Because, it is not easy to firstly determine that there is an actually need for them, then determine if the need for them requires 'the' right solution and how to go about arriving at that solution including its funding. Why would it be difficult to determine a need for them? It is based on how you look at it. If you are taking a birds eye view rather than living among those who seem in need, the situation will look quite different.

And, even if the need can be determined, those that need most must be identified and not just one by one but in context of the whole. Why? Because, of social dynamics in the 'social imagination' of agreement reality. Its like this... if you uproot one thing in the forest, you will most likely cause a number of other problems even though you may have been able to determine that such and such bug/fungus is not good for a certain tree or animal.

You see, those at the top, (which would be us in the forest walking about) see things that appear good, bad and ugly. We have no idea just how important the mix of good, bad and ugly might be in the context of the whole workings of the forest... community. Its quite often better to let things in the forest take care of themselves. Wouldn't that be natural and naturally evolutionary?

Now, you can make the argument that intervention is necessary in many cases so that the loss of the forest does not occur, right?  Well, according to evolutionary theory, the loss may likely be part of the process in order that something arrives on the scene or comes on the scene.

And, certainly you could say that a top down view is just as much a part of the social imagination at large and below, right? Yes and no. Yes, because its true that those at the top and bottom and in between are all part of a grand social imagination. But, the social imagination is like an onion if you know what I mean.

There are layers or levels and each is in fact its own 'grand' social imagination. So, no... the top of any 'onion' cannot always recognize nor understand what the lower levels are exactly up to and how they manage to agree (but we imagine they agree in the same way/process) and on what they agree (yet we imagine that they agree on what we would agree on if we were in their place). So, it all somehow works and or comes together in the larger grander social imagination if/when we just let each layer to his/her own.
  
Conclusion
Do federal social programs work? Based on the scientifically rigorous multisite experimental evaluations published since 1990, the answer certainly cannot be in the affirmative. Despite the best social engineering efforts, overwhelming evidence points to the conclusion that federal social programs are ineffective. 

Ameliorating such problems as low academic achievement, poor cognitive ability, poverty, joblessness, low wages, and personal relations appears to be out of reach for federal social programs. The most notable exception is welfare-to-work programs, which increased earnings, but participants still received some government assistance. The evidence clearly shows that federal social programs are ineffective. 

And, now you know why... right?



*And, why the dandelions? Some see weeds and others see future flowers. Its the story of the wheat and the tares... let them grow together until the day of reaping. The Creator knows which are His to be rewarded and which are not. He knows those who have been living for His Glory and not their own.



Online Source ~ https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/report/do-federal-social-programs-work

The Frayed Ends of the Social Imagination...

What do we find at the frayed ends of the Social Imagination ~ Disagreement and Chaos!

Built into our social imagination is the desire to seek agreement, it provides us with the real and what we think as tangible world around us...sounds too abstract, but it's not. 

At least for now, most people agree that the sun is a star and the earth is round. But even that could change. Some think the earth is flat. Really? Let's say that they are those that are far from the absolute source of information, those at the frayed ends of the social imagination who seek agreement but only find incorrect information to agree on which finds them in disagreement with the absolute truth/source of all true information. 

Without getting a discussion about how misinformed flat earthers are, let's just look at the 'sun is a star'.  Was it ever imagined as something other? Maybe, we have no idea what it was agreed to be before the times of Noah when light was more evenly dispersed all around. We know that because in those times the sun was not directly visible. There was a firmament of heavy mist filling the skies providing an even temperate climate. That is what allowed for huge vegetation as well as huge animals and men.

Consider that the rainbow was only visible to Noah after the flood, suggesting a brighter light than before. Did Noah recognize the sun as a star? It was a light (Job 29:3 ~   His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness). Noah understood light served the Creator's purpose and that God had a plan to change things from the way they were. 

Consider that when Noah harvested the grapes and made wine, it was a new thing for him. He got drunk and his sons were shocked by this event. We know today that grapevines flourish in warm temperatures as well as plenty of sunlight. The sun is for ripening as well. For the biggest yield, plant your grapevine on the south side of your property.  

Was the sun a star? It was a necessary light. The sun is necessary light and in some places, it is very hot. So hot and potentially a dangerous light that in the last days, that the Creator has a different use for the sun will not beat down on them,' nor any scorching heat ~ Rev. 7:16. 

There was a time when people did not know the position of the sun in relation to the earth. So, let's look back in time. Nickolas Copernicus (1473-1543) was not the first person to claim that the Earth rotates around the Sun. In Western civilization, ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos is credited with being the first person to propose a Sun-centered astronomical hypothesis of the universe (heliocentric).

You see, some thought otherwise to that. But, lets also look at the above statement Copernicus made. It was a claim and he was not the first. So, had he been aware for the Greek astronomer? Likely any educated man would have been. So, Copernicus was in agreement. He probably felt confident in agreement having the Bible as a source of agreement (stories that indicate a sun centered universe) backed by observations of the horizon and other lights (planets too) in the sky.

What's the point of mentioning any of this? To ask if the social imagination, having now so many members living at the frayed ends (farthest from the absolute source), could agree on false information and make it true by agreement and would that change everything we already imagine to be true? Don't we see that happening? Men and women who deny their gender in the social imagination. People that think/imagine we live on a flat earth. People that think man was installed by aliens or that man used to be a slug or sea creature that evolved. 

Make no mistake, the farther we get from the absolute source of the social imagination, the more strange social reality will become. Some will make the argument that if its agreement reality, what does it matter as long as we agree, right? Maybe its change and not strange. Maybe... but who is ready for a social imagination that cannot agree on the absolute truth for its existence? It can only be chaos.


In Him all things hold together ~ COL 1:17. Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever ~  Psalm 146:6 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him all you shining stars ~ Psalm 148:3 Only He can change their information...Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear ~ Habakkuk 3:11. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine ~ Joel 3:15.
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