Mobus computing and software systems program, institute of technology. Home forums mahb members forum tentaive basis for a theory of cultural evolution, trauma and civilisation tagged. An introduction to sapience part 2, the relationships between sapience, cleverness, and affect part 3, the components of sapience part 4, the neuroscience of sapience part 5, the evolution of sapience. Genera in their turn are grouped into families, such as the cats lions, cheetahs, house cats, the dogs wolves, foxes, jackals and the elephants elephants, mammoths, mastodons. By george mobus, the oil drum first i should confess to a strong bias toward the content of this book. Governance, the subject of a second book in this series mobus, 2016, in early development, whether found in. Presumably, everyone reading this book is a homo sapiens the species sapiens wise of the genus homo man. This index should aid those of you who want to read a series from the beginning without having to do a search. His answer is that most humans, even very intelligent and clever ones, have too little sapience. I am the editorinchief of the international federation for systems research ifsr book series, systems science and systems engineering. Sapiencefullbook the millennium alliance for humanity and the.
In addition to teaching computer science and engineering courses, he teaches courses in systems science to a broad array of students from across the campus. This book explores the nature and evolution of sapience as it is found in human beings. Lessons about the process of consciousness 4 sapience in george mobus presentation on the need for increased consciousness in order to save humanity from its hubris. George is now professor emeritus at the university of washington, spending his time writing still more books on this subject and the topics relating to collapse in general. We are not very sapient a theory of sapience perhaps we should have the species.
But as you know, even if we stopped everything right now, there is still a lot of pentup manmade global warming in the pipeline from past industrial activity that will wreak havoc for millennia to come, as robert scribbler points. As readers of my blog, question everything, will realize, i have been moving inexorably toward the same conclusion as the author, so you will perhaps forgive me if you think i may be suffering from a lack of sufficient critical thinking. A new theory of the human mind, why we are not wise and what we can do about it a description of its rationale and scope. Associate professor george mobus publishes chapter in new book titled science, wisdom, and the future. Humanitys quest for a flourishing earth, published by collins foundation press. This ifsr book series provides a publication avenue for high quality systems literature. Principles of systems science george e mobus springer. My first book, with mike kalton, is very well received in the systems science and. Moreover, we humans carry a substantial amount of cognitive baggage from our animal origins. Krishna murthy got up from his reclining chair and walked to the front door with difficulty. Question everything sapience university of washington. Ive recently been digging into the writings of george mobus on the subject of sapience.
Associate professor george mobus publishes chapter in new. Congratulations to the institute of technologys own dr. George mobus, 12106 i intend to draw heavily from the work of robert sternberg, et. Its worth it to take a deep breath and read his work. Theory of sapience george mobus 22 extent of their knowledge and their ability to use it effectively. It intensifies by orders of magnitude all our other characteristics. Wisdom, sapience, or sagacity is the ability to think and act using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight. Book proposal george mobus, phd associate professor, computer science and engineering, university of washington tacoma, institute of technology the tentative title of the book. Our brains are guided often by affective reactions to situations in. Principles of systems science understanding complex systems.
The typepad blog format organizes entries in chronological order making it a bit hard to find and follow one of my various series of postings, e. This book explores the nature and evolution of sapience as it is found in human beings today using systems science. George is a member of the biophysical economics group not you mothers economists, shall we say. I will tackle a development of this entry in line with what i think is a wider acceptance of sapience as wisdom. George mobus on his published chapter in the new book titled science, wisdom, and the future. Instead, mobus and kalton take a broad approach, exploring many of the most exciting scientific areas that must deal with complexity and causal interconnections, from system. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.
Email offering for george mobus some humans would rather know. Paul craig roberts evolutionary deadends are much more common in the tree of life than many people realize. He was experiencing cramps in both his legs for the last fortnight. Join facebook to connect with george mobus and others you may know.
I have spent the last two days touring local farms. A cybernetic model for use in the development of formal information systems. While systems science is interdisciplinary at its core, it can be selfreferencing in terms of methods and approach. The typepad blog format organizes entries in chronological order making it. The ifsr international series on systems science and systems engineering book series is devoted to the demonstration of systems science and engineering as a body of integrated concepts, principles, methodologies, tools, and perspectives all. By george mobus, originally published by the oil drum november 25, 2009 from nate hagens original post at the oil drum. Comments, from the wires, points coos bay ap george mobus sent me chapter 15 of his next book, understanding complex systems, and said he would be interested in what you think, which could be viewed as recognition. Compare with thinking feeling acting and interacting representation of human behaviour based on bpsd dementia work by victor vickland, pct and sapience. Mobus would, he says, do his best to mobilize the whole world to use nuclear power to take carbon out of the aira method used in nuclear submarines. I have coauthored an introductory book on systems science published by springer nov. Viewing 1 reply thread author posts october 19, 2019. The series is published by springer mathematics division. A theory of sapience using systems science to understand. The university of washington tacoma, institute of technology.
Modeling contraction in the flow of net energy and its impact on economic activity, the second international biophysical economics meeting, oct. Festingers theory of cognitive dissonance represented in feedback loops from p256 fig 4. Tentaive basis for a theory of cultural evolution, trauma. This book is a feastfull of systems theory and sage guidance about systems practice. Human consciousness and sapience question everything. Mobus sapience flowchart flow chart from george mobus showing his model of how the components of sapience interact and feed into decisionmaking. If that is the best method anyone can think of and it is not my favorite, then elect somebody like george and lets do the best we can. Sapience george mobus the university of washington tacoma, institute of technology part 1. Our brains are guided often by affective reactions to situations in the world rather than reasoning and knowledge. George mobus is one of the deep thinkers about whats going on, and especially about how sapience or its expression that we commonly and casually call wisdom stands to play an important role as we transit the bottleneck were entering. Some key diagrams from george mobus sapience book draft esp components of sapience. Overview of myers briggs mental preferences based on jim rogers mbti manual and gifts differing book. Specifically, it is a nontrivial bundle over the circle s 1 with a fiber the unit interval, i 0, 1.
Wisdom has been defined in many different ways, including several distinct. Ifsr international series in systems science and systems. Principles of systems science understanding complex systems enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. International federation for systems research wikipedia. Principles of systems science consists of 14 chapters organized in five parts. Main page content congratulations to the institute of technologys own dr. Wisdom is associated with attributes such as unbiased judgment, compassion, experiential selfknowledge, selftranscendence and nonattachment, and virtues such as ethics and benevolence. Discover book depositorys huge selection of george e mobus books online. Principles of systems science understanding complex systems mobus, george e. Might the sarscov2, the novel coronavirus be the black swan event that puts. Masters thesis unpublished, san diego state university, san diego, ca.
Some key diagrams from george mobus sapience book draft esp components of sapience article. George mobus university of washington at tacoma is the current editorinchief see editorinchief and editorial board of the book series. Conclusions 1 and conclusions 2 as well as volume 2. It explores the psychological implications of having some capacity for developing wisdom in ones life but not enough capacity to fully grasp the big picture of the human condition, and thus, make tragic errors in judgements. In this book, i propose to start with the individual and touch on the larger scope as it impacts how individuals make their. George mobus, on using sapience to navigate the bottleneck. Principles of systems science understanding complex. Mobus systems science sapience decision making judgment learning behavior pct. Mobus begins by asking himself and his readers if we are such a clever species, why is the world the way it is, and heading in such a bad direction. The book not only deals with laws of nature, actually, it doesnt at all it offers some eyeopening reasoning of why everything is the way it is. And now i will be able to influence the publication of books that also. Consciousness, sapience, and wisdom george mobus longish.
June 20, 20 jhk jaws with george mobus, systems scientist from the university of washington, tacoma. The improbable list of actions needed to preserve any semblance of humanity was recently laid out by george mobus. Sapience is mobus term for a human attribute that is a combination of. Modern technological man is just as easily bamboozled by propaganda as ancient man was by superstition and ignorance. The following is a guest post from george mobus, who is an associate professor of computing and software systems at the university of washington tacoma. Well, this could be an individual choice, but somewhere in the middle, i found the book somewhat stretched on capitalism and industrial revolution. A few weeks ago i had a great conversation with george mobus, the.