As a longtime Meg Wheatley fan, whoa, this brought me up short. Who knows what will come along from outside the box that will get all of humanity’s attention, allowing some intelligence to emerge that could turn everything around? I made films about crop circles because all you can say about who makes them is, “Not us,” and if that were commonly accepted it would make everyone rethink reality. We’d be one humanity in relation to “the other,” and that would be a more hopeful thing that your work makes room for. I find it disturbing that you’re teaching your perspective as if it’s fact rather than offering it as your opinion. The world is too phantasmagorical for such an absolute positon to sit well with me.
My Wheatley fanship was reflected in an event I produced for TED. This was part of my description of it:
Whatever the problem, community is the answer. – Meg Wheatley
Why is TED so successful in drawing people to live events? It can’t be just to learn. We have TV for TED Talks, not to mention all the other info that comes to us from the tube. Coming to live events must be about mingling. We hope this will be the first of many TEDx West Hollywood events so that an activist community develops. Be prepared not only to be informed, but to share yourself as you engage with others.
On Apr 1, 2018 Suzanne Taylor wrote:
As a longtime Meg Wheatley fan, whoa, this brought me up short. Who knows what will come along from outside the box that will get all of humanity’s attention, allowing some intelligence to emerge that could turn everything around? I made films about crop circles because all you can say about who makes them is, “Not us,” and if that were commonly accepted it would make everyone rethink reality. We’d be one humanity in relation to “the other,” and that would be a more hopeful thing that your work makes room for. I find it disturbing that you’re teaching your perspective as if it’s fact rather than offering it as your opinion. The world is too phantasmagorical for such an absolute positon to sit well with me.
My Wheatley fanship was reflected in an event I produced for TED. This was part of my description of it:
Whatever the problem, community is the answer. – Meg Wheatley
Why is TED so successful in drawing people to live events? It can’t be just to learn. We have TV for TED Talks, not to mention all the other info that comes to us from the tube. Coming to live events must be about mingling. We hope this will be the first of many TEDx West Hollywood events so that an activist community develops. Be prepared not only to be informed, but to share yourself as you engage with others.