James Surwillo

Author of Metamodern Leadership. Theory and Philosophy in the Metamodern World.

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I wrote a book about how and why value structures change over time and what to expect by this pattern in the future . . . https://t.co/tKE6sbhJ2L

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@nicksortor Hey man, my advice to a natural skeptic might be to dabble with Kierkegaard and read James Fowler’s Stages of Faith.

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New Masterclass available from Daniel and Emil. My favorite social theorists and great people. https://t.co/yncgm6RXMS

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@david_green_uk Hi David. We are in the very early stages of setting up a People Strategy at AT&T- our work stream is specifically focusing on People Analytics. Would you be willing to spend a half hour with us sometime when you have availability? Thanks- Jamie

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@ryanreft Will do. Thank you sir!

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@ryanreft a buddy of mine came across several secret documents from watergate era. I’m guessing they are de-classified but appear to be authentic and some signed- Dean, Haig, etc. what’s the right thing to do with them?

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Most admired elites in the west:

1940s: decorated military veterans
1950s: spies
1960s: rocket scientists
1970s: brain surgeons*
1980-1987: investors
1988-1997: hackers
1997-2015: entrepreneurs
2015 - now: nobody

* when did ‘brain surgery’ replace ‘rocket science’?

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@Phil_Kapitan https://t.co/jY3izw4DIP

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Philosophy seems to stand still, perplexed; but only because she leaves the fruits of victory to her daughters the sciences, and herself passes on, divinely discontent, to the uncertain and unexplored. -Will Durant

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@senexy27 Stay gold Ponyboy

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@chrislhayes See the Bergson motif of time . . . Duration https://t.co/947XalZxUZ

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Doubtless we think with only a small part of our past; but it is with our entire past . . . that we desire, will, and act. #HenriBergson

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For indeed, the existence of particular things has no connection with their essence, and is not an eternal truth- Spinoza

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In all nations, history is disfigured by fable, till at last philosophy comes to enlighten man; and when it does finally arrive in the midst of darkness, it finds the human mind so blinded by centuries of error, that it can hardy undeceive it- Voltaire

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The true philosophy of history lies in perceiving that, in all the endless changes and motley complexity of events, it is only the self-same unchangeable being that is before us, which today pursues the same ends as it did yesterday and ever will- Schopenhauer

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Philosophy seems to stand still, perplexed; but only because she leaves the fruits of victory to her daughters the sciences, and herself passes on, divinely discontent, to the uncertain and unexplored. -Will Durant

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@sonjabl Karl Mannheim tried to assess the “Problem of Generations” in the 1920’s. We don’t seem to have made much headway in the last 90 years. https://t.co/CptWz1gSFD

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@chercher_ai Try Jean Gebser’s The Ever-Present Origin

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The Roman God Janus represents the transition caused by pulling in opposite directions. The sum of the struggle may ultimately be not balance as truth but the understanding that the tension of polarity is where most truth lies.

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Danger lies in the 4th dimension of subjectivity.- where life mostly operates. That’s where the Nietzschean Bronze Age warrior meets the medieval knight, the modern factory man, the postmodern deconstructionist, and the metamodern rebuilder. Beware and long live the danger.

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There is no empirical process or exact biological rhythm that can determine generational difference. Scientifically, then, generations do not exist. i.e your view of #Millennials or #karens doesn’t exist. (Thread)

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Even if it can be mapped on Cartesian plane (of 4), a quarter of reality is always blind to the individual (leaving us the pyramid). That is the sad nature of consciousness. So it seems objectively that the dialectical is true to the individual. Yes and no.