Meta-Topic : Anti-Phenomenology and Enantiodrama, The Web Is Like Watching Civilization Run In Reverse Options

[Jon Awbrey]

It really is a puzzle. I've been watching it for a decade now and the trend is no longer deniable. Dubya Cubed, the soi-disant “WorldWideWeb”, is like a small but very peculiar fishbowl, a hermeneutically sealed microcosm where you can watch the advance of civilization running in reverse.

It's a definite phenomenon — it's gone beyond obvious where it's headed — all that remains is to sift the cause.

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Gyres In Reverse

1. In Search Of …
   Intelligent Life On The Internet
2. Content Fixation And Regressive Education
   Hang Down Your Head, John Dewey, & Cry
3. The Web Is Making People Stupid
   TWIMPS And Getting TWIMPSER
4. Wikipedia As Regressive Socialization (WARS)
   Yet Another Prolegomenon (YAP)

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Phenomenology and Anti-Phenomenology

1. Phenomenology
   The Art And Science Of Observing The Obvious
2. Anti-Phenomenology
   The Knack Of Ignoring What's Smack Dab In Front Of Your Face

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Asemiotics, Cyber Knots, and Hermeneutering

1. Cyc-Borg Idiology : Cybernetic Opacity
   Fear Of Uncertainty : Assistance Is Futile
2. Wikis And Self-Correcting Systems
   Through A Glass Darkly
3. Hermenauts Unmoored In Semiotic Storms
   Toward A Swiss Cheese Infrastructure (SCI)
4. MOBS In Sign Relations
   Ruly, Unruly, & Unco Guid
5. The “Intelligent Design” Theory Of Wikipedia
   Er, Maybe We Should Call That “Intentional Design”

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Anti-Critical Thinking and Inquiry Blocking

1. On the Nature and Sources of Ignorance
   The Role of Group Identity Myths
2. Futures Of Learning Communities
   Myths Of Collective Intelligence
3. Wiki-Induced Kognitive Insufficiency (WIKI)
   Enough Symptomatics! What Is The Cause?
4. Fear Of Uncertainty →?→ Fear Of Learning
   Inquiry Into The Basic Block To Inquiry
5. Dysfunctional Inquiry Programs (DIPs)
   Slip Slidin' Away
6. Tenacity, Authority, Plausibility, Inquiry
   Belief Fixation : Grades & Degradation

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External Resources

Articles, Blogs, Books, Discussions, Essays

1. What part do arguments from authority play in mathematical reasoning?

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Sorting Shelf

1. Does The Wiki Medium Cause People To Be Fascists?
   Or Does It Merely Give Them More Breeding Space?

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[Jon Awbrey]

There it is …

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