HYPERMANIPULATION: 21st Century Enlightenment and the RSA

Monday, February 7, 2011

21st Century Enlightenment and the RSA

I've only recently discovered the RSA.

(quote from wikipedia)

"The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity (and on the building's frieze The Royal Society of Arts - see photo). It was founded in 1754 and was granted a Royal Charter in 1847. Notable members have included Benjamin Franklin, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, William Hogarth, John Diefenbaker, Stephen Hawking and Charles Dickens.

Its founding charter expressed the purpose of the society as being to "embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine art, improve our manufactures and extend our commerce", but also of the need to alleviate poverty and secure full employment."

Matthew Taylor, former advisor to PM Blair, long time Labour Politician, published the RSA's new tagline, (read: manifesto,) which despite having interests disparate to mine, is quite similar in its make-up. What I mean to say by this is, we agree on much of what causes the world's problems and some of how it manifests, but have very little in common in the arena of possible solutions.

The 21st Century Enlightenment, simply put, is the realization that our status quo can be misaligned with our best interests. However, it seems that groups such that seek to examine possible future solutions to the undeniable problems humanity faces, such as the RSA or the Rockefeller Foundation, only come up with a continuance of the system that brought us to where we are. The RSA also limits itself within humanist boundaries, which of course, assignee's prerogative does not.

Despite our differences, this short, 11 minute film is brilliant and everyone should see it.

There remains a consistant hope for our best thinking, still to come...

To read Matthew Taylor's 21st Century Enlightenment click here

To read the Rockefeller and Global Business Report:

Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development click here

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For thousands of years Philosophers have been social critics. Many have also had an inciting incident, or social event that spurred them to take up the pen.

I began writing philosophy and social criticism after the date of September 11th, 2001.

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by Brian C. Taylor

Everything is breaking down around us and it's our fault. You & I are only partially culpable.
For our actions work only from within an exacting system.
The system itself is flawed, which is scary enough, particularly when one considers that nearly our entire lives are married to it and reliant upon it.
The system will not change itself and the power does not want it changed.
We must change the system by changing ourselves.
We must deprogram.

This is the 21st century Enlightenment.

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Chasing philosophers through the ages,
following our own ideas about the self,
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a critique of the species,
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"We are not talking about God here,
nor even the grand scheme of society,
we wonder about ourselves.
By realizing when someone or something asks us to believe in it,
in its intention,
to create some reality out of an idea,
we can begin to wonder about the value of following the rule."

"If modernity is the cause of complexity
and systemic complexity is the cause of the rampant ineptitude that keeps rearing its ugly head,
and we, in our infinite confusion,
attempt only to counter this problem by adding further complexity,
are we not just denying there is even a problem?"

"During the Enlightenment, people woke up from their conscious servitude. In this new Enlightenment we awake from our unconscious servitude."

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Brian C. Taylor is an author, philosopher, filmmaker and musician.

Founder of Existential Intentionality in Society

Certified Practitioner of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

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Monday, February 7, 2011

21st Century Enlightenment and the RSA

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