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Untying the Gridlocks - Changing our Hermeneutics to Bifurcate for Good

Untying the Gridlocks - Changing our Hermeneutics to Bifurcate for Good. Carlos Alvarez Pereira First International Conference on Anticipation Trento, 5-7 November 2015. Anticipation. “ The Guardian ” 2 September 2014 “ Limits to Growth ” was right.

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Untying the Gridlocks - Changing our Hermeneutics to Bifurcate for Good

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  1. Untying the Gridlocks - Changing our Hermeneutics to Bifurcate for Good Carlos Alvarez Pereira First International Conference on Anticipation Trento, 5-7 November 2015

  2. Anticipation “The Guardian” 2 September 2014 “Limits to Growth” was right. New research shows we're nearing collapse. Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to start appearing soon.

  3. Ref. Christophe Bonneuil, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz “L´Évènement Anthropocène”, 2013 Anticipation T. Robert Malthus > “An Essay on the Principle of Population” (1798) Charles Fourier > “Détérioration matérielle de la planète” (1821) Pierre Leroux > Circular economy (1843) John Stuart Mill > “The Principles of Political Economy” (1848) Eugène Huzar > “La Fin du monde par la science” (1855) George Perkins Marsh > “Man and Nature” (1872) Augustin Mouchot > Solar collector (1866), Solar steam machine (1869) Justus von Liebig > “The natural laws of Agriculture” (1862) Stanley Jevons > “The Coal Question” (1866) Ernst Haeckel > Ecology (1867) Alfred Marshall > “The Future of the Working Classes” (1873) Thorstein Veblen > “The Theory of the Leisure Class” (1899) Tramways in US cities (1900-1935) Ernst Friedrich > Plunder economy (1904) Ludwig Klages > “Man and Earth” (1913) Frederick Soddy > “Cartesian Economics” (1921)

  4. Ref. Christophe Bonneuil, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz “L´Évènement Anthropocène”, 2013 Anticipation Stuart Chase > “The Tragedy of Waste” (1925) Vladimir Vernadski > “The biosphere” (1926) Lewis Mumford > “Technics and Civilization” (1934) Fairfield Osborn > “The Plundered Planet” (1948) Maria Telkes > Solar house with 75% self-sufficiency (1948) Roger Revelle, Hans E. Suess > CO2 increase in the atmosphere (1957) Hannah Arendt > “The Human Condition” (1958) Rachel Carson > “Silent Spring” (1962) Radovan Richta > “The civilization at the crossroad” (1966) Nicolae Georgescu-Roegen > “Entropy Law & the Economic Process” (1971) Crawford S. Holling > Ecological resilience (1973) James Lovelock > Gaia Hypothesis (1974) Jimmy Carter > Anti-consumerist speech at TV (1979) Howard & Elizabeth Odum > “Energy Basis for the Man and Nature” (1981) Elinor Ostrom > “Governing the Commons” (1990)

  5. Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

  6. Gridlocked…

  7. Gridlocked…(at high speed)

  8. High-speed gridlocks Metabolism Purposes Culture Will Thinking Vision Depredation Financial fantasies Consumerist selfishness Disaggregation Noise, entertainment Unlimited growth

  9. Framework of interpretation Us Time Social Forms Environmt Them

  10. Framework of interpretation Cultural Selfish consumerism vs Sufficiency and creativity Us Time Will Disaggregation vs Transformation Purposes Financial fantasies vs Human wellbeing Social Forms Environmt Them Metabolism Depredation vs Finite resources Thinking Noise vs New Paradigms Vision Endless growth vs ??

  11. Aspirations– Sustainable Development “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts: · The concept of 'needs', in particular, the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; And · The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.” Brundtland Report, World Commission on Environment and Development, United Nations Organization, 1987

  12. Finitud

  13. From today´s Framework…

  14. …which creates gridlocks… Cultural Rentier Imperative Us Time Democratic Imperative Will Purposes Social Forms Environmt Them Ecological Imperative Metabolism Thinking Vision

  15. …to a more Balanced one - a liveable climate - ecological balance - air, water and soil quality - protection of biodiversity - intrinsic values of nature environmental integrity • SUSTAINABILITY social inclusion human wellbeing - global equity - political equality - shared interest - common action - community participation - poverty elimination - livelihood security - health and education - peace and nonviolence - economic development Ref. Andy Stirling “From Knowledge Economy to Innovation Democracy”, Nov 2014

  16. The Adventure of Bifurcation Complexity, diversity, new armonies Collapse, violence, misery

  17. Which words do we have to sow, for the gardens of the world to blossom again?Jeanine Salesse (b 1940)

  18. Holistics Generosity Citizens Purposes Women & theirvalues Human potential

  19. Walker, there is no way, one makes the way by walking Antonio Machado (1875-1939)

  20. Holistics Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. Arundhati Roy (b.1961)

  21. Carlos Álvarez Pereira calvarez@innaxis.org www.innaxis.org

  22. NIC Reports for 2020 and 2025 are contradictory

  23. Gridlocked

  24. Framework of interpretation Us Time Social Forms Environmt Them

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