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Back to Work

9/20/2023

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Hi all — it's been a while since I've been able to regularly post to this blog, but it's time to get back into the swing of things. I've missed it!

Back in March of 2022, I announced that I was going to be starting an Evolutionary Philosophy Circle with David Sloan Wilson's non-profit group called Prosocial World. Then, in August of 2022, I mentioned that I was moving to Vienna with my wife who had received a job with the United Nations. Those have both gone very well and I'm settling into a good groove now but these things sure have kept me super busy. Especially since we've had over 20 visitors to Vienna since we moved here who were excited to see this amazing city. Und, mein Deutsch ist jetzt nicht sehr gut, aber ein bisschen besser jeden Tag!

What I didn't mention before is that I have also been redoing my entire house in England, essentially taking everything out of it in order to reconstruct it as a modern, environmentally friendly home that should be a great place for writing and relaxing some day. I've got a long way to go on the house (it basically still looks like the pictures above on the inside), but I realize now that this is a good metaphor for doing philosophy. Clearing out the old to make room for a new, logically-constructed layout using the best information we've got now. All in the hopes of creating an even better place for thinking. I've been fortunate to do this both figuratively and now literally.

I have several things to post about what I've been doing with the online philosophy group. I have a couple of new writing projects to share. And it's looking more and more like I'll have a major publishing announcement to make soon. But for now, I just wanted to get back in the swing of things and get these website muscles working again. Thanks for reading along and I look forward to reconnecting with you all soon. Please take the opportunity to tell me what you've been up to in the comments below. I'd love to hear!
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SelfAwarePatterns link
9/20/2023 08:32:31 pm

Hey Ed,
Good seeing something from you! Pretty much the same old thing for me. Still blogging. Although now on several social media sites since Xitter seems determined to self destruct.

And your German's not bad if you typed that without having to use a translate service (as I had to do to read it)!

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Ed Gibney link
9/21/2023 08:43:05 am

Xitter 😂😂😂 That's a great name for it I hadn't seen before. Largely since I'm off it and waiting for it to self destruct now.

I was able to write that German off the top of my head, but I did check it on Deepl to make sure it was okay. My Duolingo skills are pretty good but I need to join a real world class to really practice speaking and responding to others. I might do that next year since it's getting annoying not being able to dive into the culture as much as I'd like.

Thanks for leaving a message Mike! The online Evolutionary Philosophy Circle is deciding right now what to do during our next generation of activity. We've got several votes for exploring consciousness so I'm sure we'll work on that at some time. I'd love to invite you to join us for meeting then but if you can't make it I'll still highly recommend your website to people for sensible summaries of what's out there. (We have a lot of non-professional-philosophers in the group who would really appreciate your style.)

Cheers bud!

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SelfAwarePatterns link
9/21/2023 12:04:21 pm

"Xitter" is a pretty good name. I can't take credit for it. It's used a lot on Mastodon.

I don't know what's involved in joining the meetings, but I wouldn't be opposed. My chief obstacles might be time zones and a full time (often overtime) job that has a tendency to get in the way of being a reliable participant in these kinds of things.

Thanks!
Mike

Paul David Van Pelt
9/21/2023 03:17:10 pm

You probably know little about me. I log comments on several blogs. Congratulations on your successes. The idea of evolutionary philosophy seems in tune with human history. I'll be paying attention.

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Linda Baer
9/22/2023 07:50:10 pm

Great to see Evolutionary Philosophy back in my inbox and look forward to hearing the upcoming news!

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