Its all about the fundamentals boys. But the assumptions are not the same. That's why they are called "killer assumptions."
REH ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:07 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] FW: Pari Center Newsletter > Funny, I feel the same way about Georgists, and the more power to you too. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Pollard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:46 PM > To: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] FW: Pari Center Newsletter > > > Arthur, > > You ideologues are all the same. > > And the more power to you! > > Harry > ------------------------------------------------ > > Arthur wrote: > > >this may be of interest. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Pari Center for New Learning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:35 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Pari Center Newsletter > > > > > >PARI CENTER FOR NEW LEARNING. > >NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2003 > >www.paricenter.com > > > >(Note: If you do not wish to receive future copies of the Newsletter > >simply reply with the word "unsubscribe".) > > > >Despite the excessive heat of this summer the Pari Center has already > >enjoyed many visitors, as well as running two courses. It is now gearing > >up for the conference on Unlimited Love, to be held mid September and > >the New Paradigms/New Science course in October. > > > >HIGHLIGHTS > >· Conference on Unlimited Love > >· Pari Center courses > >· The village chosen as "The Italian Laboratory" by Renaissance > Europe > >· Friends of the Pari Center > >· Pari wins a $10,000 Metanexus prize > >· The Graduate Institute > >· A library opened in Pari > >· New publications in the Website library > >· The Future of Knowledge > >· Pari Center Visitors > > > > > >CONFERENCE; UNLIMITED LOVE > >18-22 September 2003 sees the conference on "Unlimited Love: Social and > >Personal > > > >Transformation". Several of the participants belong to groups working in > >the Third World in the fields of health, housing and community development. > >In particular there are representatives from Habitat Jordan and a > >suggestion has been made of doing a comparative study of Pari and a > >small Jordanian community. > > > >For information on the conference see > >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/unlimlove/unlimited.php > > > >COURSES > >The Center gave two courses in June, one on Synchronicity: The Bridge > >between Matter and Mind, the other on New Paradigms/New Sciences. David > >Peat, who gave the courses, was delighted at the interesting backgrounds > >of the participants, their enthusiasm and interest. His next course will > >be offered in October. For further information see: - > >http://www.paricenter.com/programs/courses/newscience.php > > > >The Center was to have offered a Creative Writing course in September. > >This had to be canceled, but for happy reasons, as the instructor, > >Alison McLeod was awarded a three book contract by Penguin Books and had > >to meet a strict deadline. > > > >We are now planning our calendar of courses for 2004 and will send our > >information in the next newsletter. Meanwhile keep looking at our > >website > >http://www.paricenter.com/programs/courses/index.php > > > >RENAISSANCE EUROPE > >On 19 July David Peat attended the first meeting of Renaissance Europe, > >held in Brussels. Renaissance Europe is an organization made up of > >politicians, representatives of environmental organizations, NGOs and > >private individuals. Their area of concern is the future of an expanded > >and sustainable Europe in terms of social services, justice, economics > >and environment. Their hope is that an expanded Europe would stand as a > >worthy democratic example for other nations. > > > >The village of Pari has been chosen as Italy's first "laboratory" to > >study the way the village will move into the future while preserving its > >traditions. A second meeting of Renaissance Europe is planned in Italy > >at the end of this year or early in 2004. > > > >FRIENDS OF THE PARI CENTER > >Several visitors and correspondents have expressed the desire to forge a > >much stronger connection with the Center and play a role in its > >activities and think about its future path. We always welcome feedback > >and those who would like to help out in more practical ways. To take one > >example, Janet Roberts, who attended a course this summer has agreed to > >return to Pari next spring for several weeks to work in the office and > >help improve our organizational skills. Her husband Keith, who is a > >Financial Advisor, may also direct us in ways to put the Center on a > >more stable financial basis. > > > >We would also appreciate any suggestions as to foundations, individuals > >and organizations that would lend support to the Center, its conferences > >and ways to subsidize participants from the Third World and the former > >Eastern Bloc. > > > >Over the winter we hope to define some ongoing research projects that > >will take place at the Center > > > >Three Pari supporters - Roy McWeeny, Neil Maroni and Therese > >Schroeder-Sheker who have proposed setting up a "Friends of the Pari > >Center" - a group that would pledge support for the Center by giving > >donations. We are very grateful to Roy, Neil and Therese for their > >generous donations. If you are interested in becoming a Friend please > >write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >DIALOGUES IN RELIGION AND SCIENCE > >Thanks to sponsorship by the Metanexus Foundation we have been > >organizing a number of dialogues on Religion and Science. In June David > >Peat attended the Metanexus annual conference held at Villanova > >University in Philadelphia as the Pari representative. Information about > >the conference, including the papers and talks presented can be found at > >www.metanexus.net/conference2003. Peat's talk at the conference can also > >be found at > >http://www.paricenter.com/library/papers/peat30.php > > > >On the final evening of the meeting the Pari Center was honored to be > >given an award by Metanexus for our "organizational excellence, creative > >programming and spirited commitment to fostering the constructive > >engagement of science and religion" during the first year of operation. > >The award consisted of a plaque and a cheque for $10,000. > > > >For a report on these dialogues see > >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/lci/lci.php > > > >The Center is also considering two conferences on Religion and Science > >for 2004, one in Italian and a second, International Conference in > >English. > > > >THE GRADUATE INSTITUTE > >The Pari Center is holding discussions with the Graduate Institute of > >Connecticut to explore future cooperative programs. > > > >ECONOMICS > >The Center continues its interest in Economics and has had discussions > >with Etica, Finanza, Ambiente (Ethics, Finance and Environment) - > >members of which come from the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank and the > >Faculty of Economics at the University of Siena. The group discussed > >ethical approaches to finance and economics as well as ways to achieve > >ethical, sustainable and socially friendly growth for third world > >countries. > > > >PARI LIBRARY > >A small library has opened in the Palazzo where the Center holds its > >meetings. We have begun with several hundred books in Italian - these > >include a representative selection of contemporary novels, fiction for > >young people, religion, history, geography, psychology and biography - > >with a smaller representation from other fields. > > > >In addition there is a much larger library of English books consisting > >of science, philosophy, psychology, women's studies, ecology, native > >american culture along with some light reading. > > > >WEBSITE LIBRARY > >Several new papers have been added to the library on the Pari Center web > >site. The site already contains papers on topics ranging from ethics, > >economics and chaos theory to religion, creativity, education and > >general cultural issues. A list of publications can be found at > >http://www.paricenter.com/library/papers/index.php > > > >THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE > >The Pari Center has held two international conferences to explore the > >future of knowledge and learning. "The Future of the Academy", in 2000, > >discussed the present condition of universities, research and teaching > >and proposals for the future. > >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/academy/academy.php > > > >The second, The Future of Knowledge in the World of the Internet, held > >in 2002, explored the dissemination of academic knowledge both in > >traditional print forms and on the Internet. It discussed issues of > >copyright and "copyleft", problems of the Third World's access to the > >latest scientific knowledge, ways in which the Internet could be used to > >stimulate research, and better methods to create citation indices and > >locate new knowledge. > >http://www.paricenter.com/conferences/tkf/meeting.php > > > >Dr Walter Truett Anderson, President of The World Academy of Art and > >Science, attended the second conference. Since then the World Academy > >has decided to build on the work done at the Pari conferences by holding > >its next General Assembly, in 2004, on the theme of "The Future of > >Knowledge". One of the founding principles of the World Academy is "the > >social consequences and policy implications of knowledge." > >The Academy's website is located at > >http://www.worldacademy.org > > > >PARI: A STUDY > >Over the past year quite a lot of activity in Pari has centered on > >community, change, ethics and economics. As a consequence we have been > >considering putting a group together to make a study of Pari and its > >future in a changing world. For centuries Pari was a sustainable > >community, with a barter economy and all its needs supplied by the > >surrounding land - clothing, food, fuel, furniture, building materials > >and even metal from the nearby copper and iron mines. Those approaching > >retirement age can remember the time when water came from the two > >village wells, women made cloth from the broom plant and the local > >cobblers made summer sandals from snake skins. Today three people in the > >village work from their homes via the Internet and Pari is seeing > >visitors coming from all over the world. > > > >But what will be Pari's future? Can the village survive in a sustainable > >way? Will the young generation remain? What will be the economics of the > >village of tomorrow and what lessons can be learned from other small > >communities? There are many questions to ask and lessons to learn which > >may be of interest to other small rural communities. > > > >SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS > >David Peat's speaking engagements are listed at > >http://www.paricenter.com/programs/speaking.php > > > >VISITORS > >Pari saw the return of Neil Maroni, formerly a director of The Knowledge > >Forum, which sponsored the Pari Center's conference on "The Future of > >Knowledge in the World of the Internet" in 2002. Neil has so enjoyed > >life in the village that he sold his house in England and has settled > >permanently in Pari. > > > >One of the year's first visitors was Ralph Freelink who is taking a > >master's degree at Schumacher College. Ralph was here to talk about his > >future research projects. > > > >In May Dr Arnold Smith arrived from the National Research Council of > >Ottawa. Dr Smith gave several talks on Artificial Intelligence and > >Complexity Theory and had planned to stay for around two months but it > >looks as if he will now be spending much of the year with us. > > > >Several old friends have dropped in during the last months. Professor > >Roy McWeeny and Dr Virginia del Rey from Pisa have always been strong > >supporters and made several visits to our events. On one of their > >visits they brought Giovanni Finzi-Contini, writer and scientist, whose > >family had been the subject of the famous "In the Garden of the > >Finzi-Continis" by Giorgio Bassini. (The novel was made into a film by > >De Sica.) Professor Finzi-Contini made enthusiastic contributions to our > >discussions and we hope to see him again soon in Pari. > > > >Dr Shantena Sabbadini, who has been responsible for the organization of > >the Eranos Conferences, made a number of visits along with his friend > >Johnna who had been teaching at the Florence campus of Syracuse > >University (USA). Over the next year Shantena will be helping to > >organize our Dialogues in Religion and Science and we are considering a > >joint research project with Arnold Smith. Johnna has returned to > >Syracuse but we hope to see her filming in Pari in the future. > > > >Dr Warwick Fox, Senior Lecturer at the University of Lancashire's Center > >for Professional Ethics, visited from England. Warwick had been a > >participant at the conference on Corporate Ethics, Economics and > >Globalization as well as The Future of Knowledge in the world of the > >Internet. This time he was accompanied by his wife, Dr Isis Brook, who > >is Director of Distance Programmes in the Centre for Philosophy at > >Lancaster University. > > > >Anna Willieme, an artist who has made installation pieces in Italy and > >New York visited for several days and accepted the challenge to plan a > >piece that would relate to the people of Pari. Bruce Pollen, a sculpture, > >also visited with his family. In terms of artists David Peat has also > >been having discussions with Janine Antoni in New York on the > >possibility of a collaborative piece. We hope to see Janine in Pari one > >day. > > > >Dr Chris Hauke, a Jungian analysist and writer from London visited with > >his partner, Sue, and discussed the possibility of offering a course on > >Jungian ideas. > > > >Professor Edward Nell, an economist from the New School University in > >New York visited for several weeks with his partner the anthropologist > >Dr Alice Schlegel. They hosted a gathering of economists at Pari and > >discussed the possibility of a Siena/Pari based conference on "the Human > >face of Globalization" > > > >We were very happy to welcome Claire and Gordon Shippey back to Pari. > >Gordon attended one of the Pari courses and heard about ideas of Gentle > >Action. He and Claire were so impressed by the village community that > >they decided to bring some radical changes to their own community in > >Middlesbrough, England. For more information see > >http://www.paricenter.com/library/papers/gentle001.php > > > >Lynne Kerry visited to discuss ideas around Neuro Linguistic Programming. > > > >Joan Bartlett, an educational psychologist from the Sidweell Friends > >School in Washington spent several weeks in Pari and collaborated with > >Dr Elena Liotta in exploring a number of cases from her school. > > > >Professor Fernando di Mieri visited from the Dominican University, San > >Tomaso Aquino, in Milan and told us about the dialogues they have been > >having between science and faith. We discussed the possibility of > >collaborative work together. > > > >Dr Lee Robbins, a Jungian analyst from New York, spent ten days at the > >Center, in part reading and relaxing; in part discussing the book she is > >working on about the Child Archetype. > > > >July saw a visit from Bodhisattva Productions in the UK. They were here > >to film in Pari and carried out several hours of interviews with David > >Peat for two documentaries they are making on the relationship of > >Buddhism to ideas in modern physics. > > > >Sister Judith Lawson, a Dominican and Principal of Santa Sabina College > >in Sydney, Australia visited along with Miss Margaret O'Shea, Head of > >the Secondary School. > > > >John Hondros and Catherine Christof will visit in September. John is > >working in new media with ideas around science, spirituality and ethics. > >Catherine was with the Royal Shakespeare Company and is interested in > >Sacred Theatre. > > > >In October we will have a visit from The Liverpool Pub Philosophers - a > >group who have been meeting regularly in a pub in the center of > >Liverpool, England to discuss philosophy. David Peat visited them while > >on a trip to England last year and they have now decided to come to Pari > >to have discussions with David, do some sight seeing, play football > >against the village and exchange songs. > > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.comcast.net/~haledward > **************************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
