The Symbolic Life...

"We have no symbolic life, and we are all badly in need of the symbolic life. Only the symbolic life can express the need of the soul - the daily need of the soul, mind you! And because people have no such thing, they can never step out of this mill - this awful, banal, grinding life in which they are "nothing but." . . . Everything is banal; everything is "nothing but," and that is the reason why people are neurotic. They are simply sick of the whole thing, sick of that banal life, and therefore they want sensation. They even want a war; they all want a war; they are all glad when there is a war; they say, "Thank heaven, now something is going to happen - something bigger than ourselves!"

http://www.jung.org/readingcorner.html

Dream interpretation...

"... a range of strategies and practices used in an organisation to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organisations as processes or practices."

Know wonder that Cain felt threatened...

Google Personalized News Login Failure....

Every so often now my Samsung SIII Mini does not login to my Google personalized news. It's very annoying since it's my start page and favorite bookmark. Noticed it again this morning when another change in Google+ came through.

I messed around with deleting various aspects of the browser security selections but with inconsistent results. Finally, it dawned on me - just remove all of it. With this in mind I went the the Settings application and selected Application Manager. Then swiped to change the tab to "ALL" and scrolled down to the selection "Internet".

Once there it's easy, just push the "Clear data" button. But there is a downside - all my bookmarks GONE! Fortunately I had backups. The Google bookmarks solution seems awkward even though the idea is good. I use the app Bookmark Folders by DynamicG that warns NOT TO USE if you are using Google's bookmarks.

I then went into my Bookmark Folder application and restored my precious bookmarks. I'm sure that Google will eventually perfect Google+ and the synchronized bookmarks but until then...

Conflicting Knowledge...

Of interest to me is the concept of how markets are created in a free market enterprise. In the past, leadership was presented at the highest levels of our government mainly through the leadership of our president and their agenda. However, since the Clinton/Lewinsky fallout the presidency has become something different. The office was recognized as the leadership position for our country but over time it seems only recognized as the leader of the opposing party.

This situation has stagnated our economy. Even with the recognition of a shift to technology markets resulting from environmental concern our markets have struggled under the abdication of our political structure. The structure is not new - it has existed well over two hundred years but without a defined position of leadership the country focused only on security once jolted by 9/11.

After the cooperation of creating the largest expansion of government in the history of our country (security)  there was a let down in any follow up activities needed  to  create new markets. This has led to the questioning of one of the pillars of our country - economic analysis. The historical capabilities of this embedded profession in the heart of our government now bears the burdon of recognizing emerging markets.

We see new technology trying to emerge but with political paralysis and a profession mired in its historical boundaries we will soon find ourselves in an unusual position - 2nd place. Is this is reason enough to begin using our technical skills that has historically been known as human geography? But this road too is not paved or easily navigated in our country. The reason is that human geography in the United States has a very small presence only  apparent in zoning activities.

The road ahead however is not impassable. This is mainly due to another historical connection with our government - the support of our institutions for higher learning. It began through the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security who forged relations with college's throughout the country focused on visual analytics. Visual analytics has grown as a supporting effort to the security situation arising out of 9/11 and has been solidified in the conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan. But it's focus now needs to turn in support of long term analysis.

How will this new convergence look - an age old profession with emerging capabilities that are for the most part incompatible due to opposing theologies? Our historical economics has been labeled "Cowboy Economics" while emerging technologies are known as toys or entertainment but recognized for their possibilities in "Game Theory".

All of this is lost in the political environment perpetuated by 24 hour news steeped in entertainment. In addition bloggers and writers seem content to fan the conflict and act as if the only solution is the dualistic approach. We now see Tweeter and Facebook used as sources of news while the academics struggle to integrate "toys" into a serious system that brings together opposing knowledge systems - what are they you ask? The PAST and the FUTURE.

The Ten Commandments and the Economy of Faith...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church was a historical document when I read it back in 1995. As the book jacket says it was the first new edition of the catechism in 400 years and its organizational structure seemed new and sensible. It took traditional Church symbols such as the Ten Commandments and expanded on them in a thoughtful and through manner. The more intriguing side to me was the use of the descriptive term "economy" when describing "the faith".  I work with a number of economists so the word did not seem to fit.

Recently decide to Google the term - "catholic use of economy description in catechist" - and this was the first result.
 
Catechism of the Catholic Church - The seventh commandment

Natural Capitalism-Creating the Next Industrial Revolution

 It doesn't seem long ago since I read this book and things looked optimistic. Most of the items discussed seemed doable and it was based on a sound review of common everyday activities.  What I noticed was that most of the world was doing these thinks but there was a political push back in the U.S. based on the concept that it would ruin our economy. It began a political battle during the Presidential Election of 2000 - George W Bush and Al Gore. George W Bush won and the rest is history as they say...
 
Natural Capitalism-Creating the Next Industrial Revolution