Intent of the Union of Intelligible Associations

2007

Intent of the Union of Intelligible Associations

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As articulated in the introduction to the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
(anticipating subsequent online initiatives)

Contextual Concerns
Pseudo-objectivity of analyses of problems Withholding of relevant information Issue avoidance Misrepresentation of information Biased expertise Corruption	Harassment Short-termism Ambiguity Unaccountability Violation of commitments	Loss of integrity Loss of credibility Disparagement of complementary initiatives Dubious standards of proof Policy vacuum
Existential Challenge
Proliferation of explanations and injunctions Simplistic responses Paradigmatic entrapment Failure to act on knowledge Unaccountability Disempowerment	Unchallenged self-image Unchallenged relationship to the environment Need for a different mode of thought Existential sacrifice Change vs pseudo-change Distorted value of life	Value sacrifice Personal transformation Existential discipline Transformation of perspective Unacknowledged circumstances
Strategic Assumptions
Maintenance orientation Solution production Questionable truths Gladiatorial arena Irrelevance of alternatives	Projection of blame Assumption of innocence Reinforcement of fragmentation Narrow information base Single-focus dependence	Initiative obsolescence Disagreement phobia Self-reflective paradox Embodiment of discord
Objectives
Organizational context	Core concerns Clarification of "fuzzy" domains Recognition of "vectors of concern" Bridging between incommensurable domains Anchoring transient insights Transformation enablement	Objectives Collection and presentation of information (Metaphor: star mapping) Clarification of conceptual challenge (Metaphor: electricity generation) Enablement of paradigm alternation (Metaphor: fusion reactor)
Significance
Antiquated concepts and attitudes Inadequacy of fractional approaches Crisis of crises Interwoven networks Mismatch between organizations and problems Entrapment by problems Arrogance of the disciplines	Helplessness in the face of complexity Dependence on information Information overload Category obsolescence Evocation of fragmentation Challenge of synthesis Integration of elements of thought	Facilitation of new forms of knowledge Need for unified personalities Mental defences Fostering self-knowledge Concealed neurotic processes New vision of selfhood Choice
Distinguishing Uses of the Encyclopedia
Empirical level (as a conventional directory) Logical context level Functional context level Classification level	Alternative perspective level Complementarity level Mapping level Self-constraining configuration level	Transformational level Metaphoric level Bridge-building
Uses of the Encyclopedia
Commercial enterprises and entrepreneurs Education Integrative studies Policy development Management sciences Foresight and futures research Government	Briefings Law and treaty preparation International organizations Information sciences Expert systems Values and ethics research International relations	Security Challenge to creativity Foundations and funding agencies Media Human development programme design Imaginative responses to intractable problems Choice
Interactive Access and Future Developments
Further research possibilities New kinds of information	Interactive relationship with information providers/users Quality of information	Capturing the dynamic Display possibilities
Section Interrelationships
Relationship of world problems with... International organizations Human values and wisdom Human development Integrative knowledge	Relationship of human development with.... Human values and wisdom International organizations Integrative knowledge	Interweaving world problems, human development and human values Negative commonality Positive commonality Basic incommensurability Juxtaposition of incommensurables
Comprehension of Sustainable Integration
Integrative concepts	Computer graphics	Metaphors

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