PhiloMadrid social meeting: Saturday 4th May 2024 at 17:00pm the Retiro terraza, Casa Remigo

Dear Friends,

Once again, it looks like we are going to have bad weather this coming
Saturday, but no fear…….whatever else happens on the 4th May, Saturday,
we're going to meet socially at the Retiro: details below.

In the meantime, we have no meeting this coming Wednesday, which is a
holiday, and I'll post details about our next meeting later next week.

These are the details for our social meeting at the Retiro, Madrid.

Date: Saturday 4th May 2024

Place: Retiro at the terraza (Casa Remigo) on the right from the main
gate (Puerta Real). Google Maps approx:
https://goo.gl/maps/oZZjkx3PQWrPmDQK7

Time: 17:00pm or 5:00pm at the terraza, but I'll be there a bit early to
make sure we get a table.



NEWS


- Book by Asuncion

Title: Timeless Joyce

Author: Asuncion Lopez Varela Azcarate

Description: 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of
James Joyce's Ulysses.


This book is a celebration of Joyce's text and of the aspects that make
his masterpiece timeless.


Structured under the inspiration of Brancusi's spiral image, 'Symbol of
James Joyce', the volume shows Joyce's play in two movements: a
centripetal move towards unity, using myth, analogies and
correspondences and a centrifugal force, with a cunning mixture of irony
and unanticipated turns, where the dream of unity is shattered and the
text resonates in multiple directions, manifesting its diversity through
forms of duplicity and double coding. ……….more details from the AMAZON
link or NEWS link

Available at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Joyce-Hundred-Years-Ulysses-ebook/dp/B0CNWWQRR3


Past News:


-Diego: Manifesto: The Beehive Complex: Dare to Dance in the Dark and
Rejoice in the Most Astonishing of Illusions.

-Un giro en el aire Lucinda Maxwell (Teresa)

-Julian Martelli passed away early in October this year, 2022

-Jorge Free Distribution: Evolution of Thought and its Influence on
Society and Technology

-Oscar: "Toranzo, 88 ilustraciones y coplillas"


Details here:

NEWS

https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/01/news.html


Please let me know if you need the Skype link: preferably by WhatsApp.


Best and take care
Lawrence


telephone/WhatsApp: 606081813
Email: philomadrid@gmail.com
http://www.philomadrid.com



PhiloMadrid social meeting: Saturday 4th May 2024 at 17:00pm the Retiro
terraza, Casa Remigo

PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 24th April at 8:00pm: NEWS and Fear of Change

Bad News….Retiro meeting: Unfortunately, the weather doesn't seem to be
settled enough to meet comfortably outside at the Retiro this Saturday.
So we'll have to wait for Saturday next week and see how the weather
evolves. I will confirm with an email on Wednesday or Thursday next week
or send me a WhatsApp.

In any event, we agreed yesterday that we should try to meet at the
Retiro every two weeks once the weather has settled down.

In the meantime we won't have a meeting on the 1st May given that
probably everyone will be away for the long week holiday!!!

In the meantime we never got round to discuss our topic yesterday so
this coming Wednesday we'll try and finish off the topic. ITMT


Dear friends,


This Wednesday we are continuing discussing: Fear of Change


The topic was suggested by Norma. We have already discussed various
aspects of change and in my short essay I try to address the aspect of
fear in our topic.


Fear of Change
https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/04/fear-of-change.html


News: I am thinking of meeting this coming Saturday, 20th April, at the
Retiro assuming the weather is up to it! I will send a confirmation
messaging later in the week to see how the weather is evolving for
Saturday…….



OLD NEWS


- Book by Asuncion

Title: Timeless Joyce

Author: Asuncion Lopez Varela Azcarate

Description: 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of
James Joyce's Ulysses.


This book is a celebration of Joyce's text and of the aspects that make
his masterpiece timeless.


Structured under the inspiration of Brancusi's spiral image, 'Symbol of
James Joyce', the volume shows Joyce's play in two movements: a
centripetal move towards unity, using myth, analogies and
correspondences and a centrifugal force, with a cunning mixture of irony
and unanticipated turns, where the dream of unity is shattered and the
text resonates in multiple directions, manifesting its diversity through
forms of duplicity and double coding. ……….more details from the AMAZON
link or NEWS link

Available at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Joyce-Hundred-Years-Ulysses-ebook/dp/B0CNWWQRR3


Past News:


-Diego: Manifesto: The Beehive Complex: Dare to Dance in the Dark and
Rejoice in the Most Astonishing of Illusions.

-Un giro en el aire Lucinda Maxwell (Teresa)

-Julian Martelli passed away early in October this year, 2022

-Jorge Free Distribution: Evolution of Thought and its Influence on
Society and Technology

-Oscar: "Toranzo, 88 ilustraciones y coplillas"


Details here:

NEWS

https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/01/news.html


Please let me know if you need the Skype link: preferably by WhatsApp.


Best and take care
Lawrence


telephone/WhatsApp: 606081813
Email: philomadrid@gmail.com
http://www.philomadrid.com



PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 24th April at 8:00pm: NEWS and Fear of Change

PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 17th April at 8:00pm: Fear of Change - News

News: I am thinking of meeting this coming Saturday, 20th April, at the
Retiro assuming the weather is up to it! I will send a confirmation
messaging later in the week if we're meeting: want first to see how the
weather is evolving for Saturday…….



Dear friends,


This Wednesday we are continuing discussing: Fear of Change


The topic was suggested by Norma. We have already discussed various
aspects of change and in my short essay I try to address the aspect of
fear in our topic.


Fear of Change
https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/04/fear-of-change.html


News: I am thinking of meeting this coming Saturday, 20th April, at the
Retiro assuming the weather is up to it! I will send a confirmation
messaging later in the week to see how the weather is evolving for
Saturday…….



OLD NEWS


- Book by Asuncion

Title: Timeless Joyce

Author: Asuncion Lopez Varela Azcarate

Description: 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of
James Joyce's Ulysses.


This book is a celebration of Joyce's text and of the aspects that make
his masterpiece timeless.


Structured under the inspiration of Brancusi's spiral image, 'Symbol of
James Joyce', the volume shows Joyce's play in two movements: a
centripetal move towards unity, using myth, analogies and
correspondences and a centrifugal force, with a cunning mixture of irony
and unanticipated turns, where the dream of unity is shattered and the
text resonates in multiple directions, manifesting its diversity through
forms of duplicity and double coding. ……….more details from the AMAZON
link or NEWS link

Available at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Joyce-Hundred-Years-Ulysses-ebook/dp/B0CNWWQRR3


Past News:


-Diego: Manifesto: The Beehive Complex: Dare to Dance in the Dark and
Rejoice in the Most Astonishing of Illusions.

-Un giro en el aire Lucinda Maxwell (Teresa)

-Julian Martelli passed away early in October this year, 2022

-Jorge Free Distribution: Evolution of Thought and its Influence on
Society and Technology

-Oscar: "Toranzo, 88 ilustraciones y coplillas"


Details here:

NEWS

https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/01/news.html


Please let me know if you need the Skype link: preferably by WhatsApp.


Best and take care
Lawrence


telephone/WhatsApp: 606081813
Email: philomadrid@gmail.com
http://www.philomadrid.com



PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 17th April at 8:00pm: Fear of Change - News

PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 10th April at 8:00pm: Fear of Change

Dear friends,


This Wednesday we are discussing: Fear of Change


The topic was suggested by Norma. We have already discussed various
aspects of change and in my short essay I try to address the aspect of
fear in our topic.


Fear of Change
https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/04/fear-of-change.html


NEWS


- Book by Asuncion

Title: Timeless Joyce

Author: Asuncion Lopez Varela Azcarate

Description: 2022 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of
James Joyce's Ulysses.


This book is a celebration of Joyce's text and of the aspects that make
his masterpiece timeless.


Structured under the inspiration of Brancusi's spiral image, 'Symbol of
James Joyce', the volume shows Joyce's play in two movements: a
centripetal move towards unity, using myth, analogies and
correspondences and a centrifugal force, with a cunning mixture of irony
and unanticipated turns, where the dream of unity is shattered and the
text resonates in multiple directions, manifesting its diversity through
forms of duplicity and double coding. ……….more details from the AMAZON
link or NEWS link

Available at Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Joyce-Hundred-Years-Ulysses-ebook/dp/B0CNWWQRR3


Past News:


-Diego: Manifesto: The Beehive Complex: Dare to Dance in the Dark and
Rejoice in the Most Astonishing of Illusions.

-Un giro en el aire Lucinda Maxwell (Teresa)

-Julian Martelli passed away early in October this year, 2022

-Jorge Free Distribution: Evolution of Thought and its Influence on
Society and Technology

-Oscar: "Toranzo, 88 ilustraciones y coplillas"


Details here:

NEWS

https://www.philomadrid.com/2024/01/news.html


Please let me know if you need the Skype link: preferably by WhatsApp.


Best and take care
Lawrence


telephone/WhatsApp: 606081813
Email: philomadrid@gmail.com
http://www.philomadrid.com



PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 10th April at 8:00pm: Fear of Change

Fear of Change

 

Fear of Change

 

Topic by Norma

Essay by Lawrence

 

 

We have discussed Change numerous times in the past so I will limit myself to address our topic today.

 

It seems to me that there are two basic forms of change: progressive change and what Thomas Kuhn described in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, as paradigm shifts. Progressive change is normally harmless and we do not really fear progressive change.

 

By progressive change I mean something like doing something more efficiently or at least better. No one should be afraid of knowing how to fry an egg better, or maybe finding a quicker route to arrive at the office on the metro. Machine prototypes and models in science are something like always improving and always trying to get better.

 

It is, however, paradigm shift type of changes that might create fear in us. Kuhn was of course discussing change in science and the environment these scientific changes happen. A key fear in paradigm shifts is the fear of the unknown, an unknown phenomenon, an unknown future for those who invested lifetime in developing or investigating the old model of science.

 

In our lifetime we had to experience paradigm shifts such as digital technology, cultural changes, such as those in gastronomy, news reporting and entertainment and, but not exclusively, financial services and maybe population movements. Change is always omnipresent, but it is the details that can ruin our day out of nowhere.

 

In a way scientific change such as DNA used for new medicnes or real time artificial intelligence analysis of medical data (to mention just two examples) are progressive changes. We can reasonably argue that progressive type of paradigm shifts are generally welcomed even if this does not mean we can be complaisant about such changes. Change is one thing but taking things for granted is another matter.

 

We should be, however, fearful of destructive paradigm shifts that do not necessarily make change more efficient or downright oppressive. Destructive changes are changes that are introduced to oppress or disadvantage people and in many cases for the gain of those who introduce them. For example, the ubiquitous presence of digital equipment is also a means to spy on individuals and indeed to abuse human rights such as person data privacy.

 

The reasons why we should be afraid of destructive change are varied including, but not limited to: lost time and investments we spent into learning the old model; being put at a disadvantage with changes and having limited or no resources to transcend to the new model; destructive changes introduce instability and uncertainty. Indeed, fear is a natural emotional instinct to alert us to dangers real or perceived; if we did not have this instinct, we would perish in no time at all.

 

In short, progressive changes help us become better and solidify our stability where we can improve and flourish. Destructive changes put us at a disadvantage by introducing instability turmoil. Instability also exposes us to exploitation by those with resources to buffer themselves against such changes.

 

Best and take care

 

Lawrence

 

 

 

 

 

telephone/WhatsApp: 606081813

 

Email: philomadrid@gmail.com

 

http://www.philomadrid.com

 

 

 

 

 

PhiloMadrid Skype meeting: Wed 10th April at 8:00pm: Fear of Change