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(Tip: Readers can also choose to get free email Notifications of newly posted articles & comments. See Items 5 & 6 below.) ... more » Why SCIY? (pronounced "sci-y") by rjon on August 11, 2006 07:50AM (PDT) Our Purpose Vision: To consider emerging planetary science and culture in the light of Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga through mutually respectful dialogue, creative imagination, critical inquiry and non-dual epistemologies. Mission: To discern trends within contemporary arts, sciences and technologies which appear to facilitate (or not) the co-evolution of integral spirituality, scientific research and emerging planetary culture. Goals: To foster intra- and inter-community dialog among those who actively aspire to create a terrestrial environment which will advance an integral evolution of consciousness and thus a world of increasing truth, beauty and sustainable human unity. Who we are: The founders and core group of SCIY are engaged in the study and practice of Sri Aurobindo's "Integral Yoga," a non-sectarian spiritual path toward realizing "a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity."* - Our aspiration for SCIY is to foster inclusive scientific, cultural and spiritual research that serves this realization. We invite those who share this aspiration to join us. -------- * Quote from Sri Aurobindo's spiritual colleague, Mirra Alfassa (also known as "the Mother"), in her Charter for the Auroville universal township project being built near Pondicherry, India. _____________ "There are people who love adventure. It is these I call, and I tell them this: 'I invite you to the great adventure...' " en-us Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:11:14 -0700 VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Blogware ronjon http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2007/3/8/2791395.html http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2007/3/8/2791395.html Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:50:00 -0800 <i>...Sony Computer Entertainment' Phil Harrison officially opened the doors on "Home" for PS3. This unique avatar-based real-time virtual community will enter a large scale beta trial in April and the service itself (which will be found after a free download on the XMB) is scheduled to launch this fall. <br> <br> ...Game 1.0 was represented by the disconnected console and static game discs; Game 2.0 was brought to us by connected consoles (or PCs) that offered static content; but Game 3.0 takes connected consoles to a new level by leveraging online collaboration and user-generated content. Suddenly the content is dynamic and, as Sony says, Game 3.0 "puts the spotlight back on the consumer." Harrison explained that Sony was influenced by the ideas put forth by web 2.0 – sites such as MySpace and YouTube that are driven by user-generated content. Harrison also made clear that Sony is not trying to trademark Game 3.0; they simply want to get the developer and gaming communities thinking about a trend which Harrison believes "will power the next decade of growth in our industry." ...</i> Main Page .. RonJon Anastasia COMPUTERS, INTERNET PROMISE & PERIL TECHNOLOGY ECONOMICS VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Sony PS3 ronjon http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2006/9/19/2341374.html http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2006/9/19/2341374.html Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:24:00 -0700 <i>ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open-source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world.<br> <br> How does one apply an Open Source approach to Hardware Products and Engineering Design? How can a global community of distributed domain experts and stakeholders collaborate towards evolving solutions to critical problem domains? –– That is the driving motivation behind the ThinkCycle Initiative. ...</i> Main Page .. RonJon Anastasia COMPUTERS, INTERNET RESEARCH METHODS SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .. Ideas for AV VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES ronjon http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2006/1/27/1725973.html http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2006/1/27/1725973.html Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:10:00 -0800 <i>"I [believe] that the group is the art form of the future. ... {E}very great culture has created forms of sacred art that were needed in order to transmit and ... discover by experience the truths which were necessary to absorb into one's life. ... In our present culture, as I see it, the main need is for a form that can enable human beings to share their perception and attention and, through that sharing, to become a conduit for the appearance of spiritual intelligence."</i> Main Page COMPLEXITY THEORY CONSCIOUSNESS EVOLUTION RESEARCH METHODS SCIENCE & SPIRITUALITY PUBLICATIONS CULTURAL EVOLUTION .. Book reviews PHILOSOPHY PSYCHOLOGY COLLECTIVE & INDIVID. IY .. Supramentalization AUROVILLE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES Evolution CollectiveIntelligence TacitKnowledge Supermind PostHuman Politics People Mythology Intersubjectivity IntegralYoga ConsciousnessResearch ronjon http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2005/11/2/1336530.html http://www.sciy.org/blog/_archives/2005/11/2/1336530.html Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:50:00 -0800 Second Life is a virtual world - a 3D online persistent space totally created and evolved by its users. Main Page PROMISE & PERIL VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES