Holotopia

Seeing things whole

We have proposed a new approach to knowledge (or technically a paradigm). We'll refer to it here by its (less technical) pseudonym holoscope, which points to its distinguishing characteristic—namely that it allows us to put together disparate pieces of information, and show a theme or an issue as a whole.

Science gave us new ways to look at the world, and our vision expanded beyond bounds. The telescope and the microscope enabled us to see the things that were too distant or too small to be seen by the naked eye. At the same time, science had the tendency to keep us focused on things that were either too distant or too small to be relevant – compared to all those big and important things that now demand our attention. Holoscope is conceived as way to look at the world that helps us see the whole – from all sides, and in correct proportions.

Every theme has a visible and a subtle side. The holoscope illuminates what has remained hidden, to show an issue in correct shape and proportions—and how it may need to be handled.

A complete model (or technically a prototype) of the holoscope having been described on our website Holoscope.org, and explained in a variety of ways on Dino's blog Holoscope.info, we here describe a proof of concept application, which is in development. We present it as an answer to the question "What difference can this proposed approach to knowledge make? We shall see that it can make quite literally a world of difference.

Holotopia as a vision

Supposed that you had in your hand a flashlight, which you could use to illuminate any theme or issue. What would you point it to?

We here use the holoscope to 'illuminate the way'. Our aim is not to predict the future, but to show a possible future. And to develop a practical way to reach it.

The holotopia is a more desirable future than the common utopias tend to be. Yet it is practically realizable. The reason is that we already own the knowledge needed for its fulfillment.

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