A Change of Pace for the Xenolinguist

After this long hiatus, I’m at it again.  The original purpose of this blog was to work out some of the ideas that are associated with my Ph.D. dissertation.  And now–the actual writing has begun. What I foresee is more entries, less formality, more kvetching, and actual draft pieces from the writing.  Comments, suggestions, critiques [...]

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Technoetics

Here’s the definition of Technoetics from the recently formed open Facebook group “Art, Technology, Consciousness: Technoetics.
Technoetics is a convergent field of practice that seeks to explore consciousness and connectivity through digital, telematic, chemical or spiritual means, embracing both interactive and psychoactive technologies, and the creative use of moistmedia.
On the analog side, there’s a journal [...]

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July 4th, 2008: Declaration of Interdependence

“Everything is deeply intertwingled” —Ted Nelson

On Independence Day, I propose a new Declaration of Interdependence, as a founding document of any psychedelically catalyzed cultural movement worthy of the name.
Scientific materialism and the notion of the objective gaze, severed head and heart, reason and emotion.
I declare the interdependence of my heart [...]

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Different look, same alien downloads

To those of you returning to the site: changed the look to have a white background, easier to read. That’s all. More to come. And just to satisfy the eyes, here’s a LiveGlide still.

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Self-Editing for Survival

Those engaged in psychedelic science—legit or outlaw flavors—assume, as the ancient profession of shaman has always presumed, that the discoveries, the observations, the affordances, and the actions available to a person in an altered state are useful to the community. How useful?
Certainly the insights of psychedelic science—at least the raw observations—have penetrated the zone [...]

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