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Showing posts with label WORLDS. Show all posts
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Extreme swimming with the world’s most dangerous jellyfish: Diana Nyad on TED.com
In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to Florida. In this funny, powerful talk at TEDMED, she talks about how to prepare mentally to achieve an extreme dream, and asks: What will YOU do with your wild, precious life? (Recorded at TEDMED 2011, October 2011, in San Diego, California. Duration: 16:58)
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Epilepsy as a door between worlds
The Guaraní believe that people with recurrent seizures are a gateway between the worlds of life and death.
Among the Guaraní, epilepsy is called mano-mano, which literally means “die-die” and refers to the concept of death with a notion of frequency (die several times) and also of being in a constant passage between life and death. In other terms, this word means always being on the border between life and death, reflecting the fact that mano-mano produces a constant interruption of life or a “partial death.”…
In fact, the expression mano-mano is meaningful. It refers to the idea of a round trip between life and death. This concept addresses the loss of consciousness and shows that epilepsy is recognized mostly in terms of generalized seizures. The uncertain state between life and death is seen as a kind of “third possible condition” for a human being, a state that generates hesitation over what attitude to hold. PWE [people with epilepsy] are omano-mano-vae, the “undeads,” different from the other members of the community and considered both as victims of this life–death relationship and as enablers of the meeting of these two worlds…
The representation of epilepsy as a state of human being and the perception of this in a vision that involves the entire community allow an interpretation of Guaraní attitudes toward PWE [people with epilepsy]. Guaraní PWE are rarely condemned, misjudged, or isolated as in other cultures. Apparently, PWE do not represent a threat to the Guaraní, who seem to hold the attitude of helping and protecting PWE. As noted, the restrictions and prohibitions cited by the Guaraní appear to derive from the need to take care of PWE, as heavy work, traveling alone, and being involved in problems are believed to worsen the condition or trigger seizures in PWE.
It’s worth noting that while their perception of people with epilepsy is generally positive, several of the people interview gave advice about avoiding contact between affected people and children or pregnant women.
As the researchers note this raises questions “that could be related to a belief that was not mentioned: possible transmission of the disease to those who are considered the weakest and most defenseless in the community.”
However, their general outlook is markedly positive in light of widespread beliefs about epilepsy being the results of evil spirits or a divine punishment.
In contrast, the Guaraní most frequently cited epilepsy as being caused by a “failure to observe the Yekuaku, a fasting period linked to special events”.
Link to locked anthropology study.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Shifting between the worlds of Carl Jung
Variously a pioneering experimental psychologist, a depth-analyst, an asylum psychiatrist and a man submerged in his own psychosis, he had a massive influence on both our understanding of the mind and 20th century culture.
…Jung never slackened in his pursuit of the ultimate — both ultimate good and ultimate evil, which he tended to find inseparable. He was frequently off in the empyrean or down in the bowels of hell, consorting with gods and demons as ordinary men do with family and friends. Few persons conducted such conversations, and most of them were inmates of lunatic asylums. For a time the thought that he might be insane terrified him.
The fear dissipated, however, as he became convinced that his visions were genuinely revelatory and belonged to the primordial psychic reality that all men have in common: the collective unconscious, he called it. Poets and such may get away with beliefs like these, for their madness is pretty well taken for granted, but it was a most unorthodox way for an esteemed psychiatrist to think.
Jung is also probably one of the most misunderstood figures in psychology, largely owing to his tendency to swing between science, poetic genius and outright flakery.
The New Atlantis article is a fantastic exploration of the man and his ideas and one of the best short introductions you could find. Well, as short as you could get with Carl Jung.
Link to ‘Psychology’s Magician’.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
TED Fellows: The Whole World’s Brilliants
In his classic Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain wrote one of his most famous lines: “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
TED is anchored by the belief that brilliance is a public good — that inspiration, intellectualism, passion and the wonder of discovery are gifts that everyone should share and participate in. Just as important, however, is its affirmation that smart is not the domain of one or two or even three disciplines, but comes in all shapes and sizes and often from unexpected places. The enlightened mind does not, to paraphrase Twain, vegetate in one little field or industry of the earth all its lifetime.
We live in a moment when the awesome power of technology and the pressure of global competitiveness have focused our attention on the importance of hard disciplines. Our politicians push for emphasis on math and science in classrooms. If these improvements are essential, however, the conversation around them risks drowning out the all-important message that the world is beautiful because of the diversity of passion in it — that alongside engineers we need oboe players, and that for all of our artificial intelligence, we need choreographers who remind us how majestic human creation is all by itself.
From its origins as the conference for “technology, entertainment and design,” TED has grown into a bastion for multidisciplinary spectacle. The stage is not just full of mind-blowing science (although that’s there), but musical performances, meditations on society and monumental efforts toward social change. But no matter how good the show is, there is no place that demonstrates the spectrum of brilliance from which TED draws better than its Fellows program.
The TED Fellows program started as an experiment at TEDAfrica in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2007, and was so successful that by 2009 it had become a formal part of the TED Long Beach and TEDGlobal events. In the years since, the Fellows have come from many disciplines and many walks of life. There are musicians, artists, engineers, social entrepreneurs, internetInternet gurus, political activists and more. They’re all accomplished, but still at the beginning of their full potential. Almost all of them try to use what they’re good at to make the world a better place.
In this they’re not only emblematic of the spirit of TED but actively propelling it forward. As the organization focuses more and more on moving the ideas that it has so long celebrated into action, the TED Fellows have become a rallying point for an entire community.
Applications to be a fellow at the 2012 TED main event in Long Beach are open now. Accolades and conferences aside, the most powerful part of the experience for Fellows is that they discover a community of peers that is, by definition, of extraordinary diversity and capacity. If you’re a person who draws inspiration not from vegetating in little corners but by uncovering all the insight you can find, apply now.
Nathaniel Whittemore is an entrepreneur in San Francisco building tools for better connections, as well as a writer who has written for publications including Inc., Fast Company and Change.org. He’s a passionate TEDster who collaborated with the TED staff to put on TEDxVolcano in London in 2010, the world’s first flash conference.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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