Home Intent Themes Resources Context Associates Contact Intent   Significance of the domain name: www.un-iter8.org Intent Background Experimental challenges Complementarity and self-reflexivity Dematerialization and virtualization Coactive contextual relationships Cognitive fusion through myth and symbol making FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Experimental challenges   Experimental challenge of fusion for ITER Experimental challenge of "cognitive fusion"for ITER-8 Complementarity and self-reflexivity   Complementarity between ITER-8 and the ITER fusion project ITER-8 self-reflexive design Torus dynamics common to ITER and ITER-8 Dematerialization and virtualization   Dematerialization Virtualization Correspondence between the virtual reality of ITER and ITER-8 Complementary fusion metaphors: "plasma dynamics" and "attention dynamics" Towards a language appropriate to dynamic engagement(form, embodiment, didjeridu) 3-fold Complementarity (nuclear fusion, didjeridu, cognitive fusion) Helical threading of "incommensurables"(snake, spirals, supercoiling, simulation) Coactive contextual relationships   ITER-8: a necessarily underdefined entity Resonant associations to other "ITER" projects, people, institutions, technologies Cognitive fusion through myth and symbol making   Myth and indigenous knowledge Archetypal symbolism indicative of the fundamental dimensions of ITER-8 Themes   Cognitive checks and balances Collective initiatives Dependence on psycho-social energy in conditions of systems failure Design and composition Environments for potential cognitive fusion Fusion as variously understood Historical examples of vital role of psycho-social energy Metaphors relevant to energy generation and transformation Psycho-social energy as variously understood Patterns of conceptual integration Sustainability / Renewability of psycho-social energy Collective initiatives   Collective decision-making Collective design Collective intelligence and concentration Collective meditation and ritual Collective research Environments for potential cognitive fusion   Business incubators Intentional communities Meetings, plenary assemblies and parliaments Research laboratories Rituals Think tanks Universities Fusion as variously understood   Cognitive fusion under stress (combat situations) Conversion Kairos and catharsis Moment of discovery Orchestration and scheduling on-the-fly Transformative moments Metaphors relevant to energy generation and transformation   Performance skills as source of relevant metaphor Technology as source of relevant metaphor Psycho-social energy as variously understood   Ch'i (qi) Community, group & team energy Community, group & team motivation, "animation" and enthusiasm Entrepreneurial energy Individual energy, self-motivation, "animation" and enthusiasm Individual "psychic energy" Individual creativity Individual engagement Inspirational energy National and cultural energy Spiritual energy Patterns of conceptual integration   Knowledge organization and configuration Symbolic patterns as energy focusing devices Resources   Specific documents Collections of documents Other documentary resources Context   Association context (map) Complementary initiatives Research resources Historical associations Complementary initiatives   Cognitive Fusion Reactor (ITER-8) Union of Imaginable Associations University of Earth Union of the Whys Research resources   Laetus in Praesens Historical associations   Union of Intelligible Associations Union of International Associations Mankind 2000 / Humanité 2000 Contact   FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Contact

Contacting ITER-8: Cognitive Fusion Reactor If you are interested in the further development of the work of ITER-8 (as discussed on this website), further information may be currently available from info_iter8@un-iter8.org In considering further contact with the Cognitive Fusion Reactor (ITER-8) project, you may find it fruitful to examine the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). More appropropriate and responsive contact facilities are envisaged for the near future.

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