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“We are living in a period of extraordinary danger, as we are faced with the possibility that our whole species will be eliminated from the evolutionary scene. One necessary condition of successfully continuing our existence is the creation of an atmosphere of hope that the huge problems now confronting us can, in fact, be solved—and can be solved in time.”

(Margaret Mead, Continuities in Cultural Evolution, 1964)

I am proposing a practical way to correct an error.

Which remained buried in our culture's foundations; and forgotten in distant history. Problems—including discontinuities in cultural evolution, and non-sustainability of global trends—need to be seen as its consequences. I am about to share with you a strategy, whose execution is already in motion; and invite you to take part in bringing it to fruition.

The way is to institute a transdiscipline.

Which is a new kind of institution; and offering knowledge federation as its complete prototype—ready to be examined and put to use.

The knowledge federation proposal does include a vision of a radically better future, called holotopia; as natural consequence and proof of concept application.

This website is meant to complement my book called Liberation, which will soon appear in print; where I'll share the details and the evidence, rendered as brief entertaining stories called vignettes. Here I want to point to knowledge federation's academic essence; not by spelling out its details, but by outlining its structure—and letting you reconstruct the details; by browsing through the book; and by participating in the public dialog the Libetion book will ignite.

In the book I sometimes call myself "a scientific fundamentalist", with tongue in cheek. The fact of this matter is that I've been trained as a theoretical scientist, or practically as a mathematician. I am saing this because (in contrast with my informal and sketchy manner of speaking) it is only when you see that there is nothing hypothetical in what I'm saying, that it's all as rigorous as mathematical axioms and theorems—that you'll have understood me correctly. It all follows from this simple axiom:

Knowledge must be federated.

Which is not an axiom in the usual sense, but a convention of language; and part of my definition of knowledge and knowledge federation; which postulates that something can be considered as known, and called knowledge, only if it's supported by evidence; and reflected in everyday awareness and action.

Knowledge federation is the result of work of many excellent people.

My reason for speaking to you in first person is to allow myself to be controversial; and to be personally accountable for what I say; and because I want this to be an outcry.

Historical appeals to institute transdisciplinarity remained ignored!

And when we took over the torch—or as the case might be this large boulder, and began rolling it uphill—the same dynamic repeated itself. The challenge we are now facing is to break the spell of the business as usual; and to be resolute in this—because there's no more time to waste.

On this website I'll let knowledge federation speak for itself; and thereby also illustrate some of its techniques.

• Federation through Ideograms will render the gist of this proposal as four metaphorical images
• Federation through Keywords will help you comprehend it precisely, by explaining a handful of words in terms of which it's been defined
• Federation through Prototypes will demonstrate how knowledge federation will make a difference, by sharing some examples
• Federation through Action will invite you to take part in the two-step process that will complete this initiative.

Dino Karabeg

Margaret Mead