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PAOLO SOLERI: WHAT IF?, COLLECTED WRITINGS 1986-2000

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WHAT IF? OVERVIEW


 

THIS BOOK CONTAINS ONE TEXT. FOUR SUBTEXTS. A GLOSSARY AND TH E CONTRIBUTION OF THE PEOPLE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND EVALUATION OF THE BOOK'S CONTENT

THE TEXT IS A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND PAPERS WRITTEN FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

THE FOUR SUBTEXTS REFER TO FOUR DOMAINS:

BECOMING
BEING
TECHNE
ANIMISM

BECOMING IS SPACE 'PRESENTLY' RECONFIGURlNG: EVOLUTION

BEING IS THE (SPACELESS) PAST GENERATED BY EVOLUTION

TECHNE ARE THE METHODOLOGIES (THE HOW) INVENTED FOR THE RECONFIGURATION OF SPACE (THE BECOMING)

ANIMISM IS THE LARGE BIN CONTAINING ALL THEOLOGIES AND THEIR SUBCULTURES

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FOUR DOMAINS

THREE DOMAINS ARE ENDORSED:

BECOMING SPACE
TECHNE THE HOW
BEING DURATION

ONE DOMAIN IS REFUTED

ANIMISM
THE GRAND DELUSION
PANDORA'S BOX

THE TEXT IS THE APPLICATION OF THE CONCEPTS PRESENT IN THE FOUR
SUBTEXTS. TO PROBLEMS INTRINSIC TO THE HUMAN CONDITION.

THE FOUR SUBTEXTS COVER TH E FOUR DOMAINS FORMING
THE OMEGA SEED AND ITS SPACE HYPOTHESIS.

EACH PAGE OF THE BOOK OFFERS A SORT OF CROSS REFERENCE
FOR THE TEXT AND SUBTEXTS.

THE SUBTEXTS CAN BE READ SEQUENTIALLY.
THE COLOR CODE IS TO MAKE SUCH READING EASIER.

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SPACE HYPOTHESIS

SPACE
STUFF OF REALITY

BECOMING
THE NOW

HOW
TECHNE
M.C.D.

BEING
THE PAST

DURATION
"MEMORY

NATURAL
LAWS

LIFES
DRIVES

HOW
TECHNE
M.C.D.

PROBABILISM
DETERMINISM
OPPORTUNISM
LOVE WILL

THE GRAND DELUSION
TIME ANIMISM
FUTURE BENEVOLENT REALITY
ETERNITY DUALISM
NIRVANA

ESTHEQ1JITY RESURRECTION

OMEGA SEED

M.C.D. Miniaturization Complexification Duration

SPACE AS REALITY

from SPACE

SPACE-FULL

via

PROBABILISM
DETERMINISM
OPPORTUNISM
LOVE WILL

BECOMING -- PRESENT(S)

M.C.D. -- HOWNESS

BEING -- PAST

to DURATION

SPACE-LESS

BEINGNESS

SELF-REVELATION

NON-EXISTENT

THE GRAND DELUSIONS
TIME ANIMISM
FUTURE BENEVOLENT REALITY
NIRVANA
ETERNITY DUALISM
BIG SMOKE IN
 

ESTHEQUITY RESURRECTION

OMEGA SEED

M.C.D. Miniaturization Complexification Duration

M.C.D. Miniaturization Complexification Duration

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