A Call to Reinvent Capitalism by Howard Bloom

I apologize for doing this as a mass mailing, but I have a favor to ask.

America and the Western world are in trouble. Militant Islam says that our civilization is obsolete and is about to crumble to dust. The Chinese are working to make our obsolescence complete.

But American and Western Civilization are not reaching our end. We are standing at the beginning of a future of passion and artistry, a future lifted by technologies beyond our dreams. But we are only standing at the start of this path of wonders if we MAKE IT THAT WAY.

During the last four years, I’ve stepped aside from science to write a book called Reinventing Capitalism: Putting Soul In the Machine: A Quick Revision of the Rise and Future of Western Civilization. The book is a total reperception of why you wake up every day, of why you go to work, of what you and I do to save, uplift, console, empower, and delight others, and of what you and I can do to express the you that has always wanted to be freed but has never felt the time was right.

\r\nReinventing Capitalism is a reperception of the civilization you and I \r\nhave inherited, the civilization you and I now must \r\nremake.\r\n \r\nWhile I was giving a presentation \r\non quantum physics at an International Conference on Quantum Informatics in \r\nMoscow (I kid you not), a strange thing happened to Reinventing Capitalism and \r\nto the 27 key principles it espouses—principles that show you and me how to be \r\nartists in our daily work and why we need to unleash our passions from nine to \r\nfive. The still-unfinished \r\nbook was made a key component of an MBA program at The Graduate Institute in \r\nMilford, Connecticut. \r\n \r\nAnd the founder of the Global \r\nEntertainment and Media Summits saw Reinventing Capitalism as a tool with which \r\nto change the way we see our world…and with which we can radically reshape our \r\nfuture. Steve Zuckerman, the \r\nfounder of the Summits, has put together a two-day meeting of some of the \r\nbrightest business and entertainment minds in North America to present and \r\ndiscuss the quick-and-easy but tap-root-deep ideas about Reinventing \r\nCapitalism’s Putting Soul In the Machine…in the machine of your company and \r\nmine, in the machine of your office, your industry, your culture, your personal \r\nlife, and of your species---in the machine of the human \r\nrace.\r\n ",1]
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Reinventing Capitalism is a reperception of the civilization you and I have inherited, the civilization you and I now must remake.

While I was giving a presentation on quantum physics at an International Conference on Quantum Informatics in Moscow (I kid you not), a strange thing happened to Reinventing Capitalism and to the 27 key principles it espouses—principles that show you and me how to be artists in our daily work and why we need to unleash our passions from nine to five. The still-unfinished book was made a key component of an MBA program at The Graduate Institute in Milford, Connecticut.

And the founder of the Global Entertainment and Media Summits saw Reinventing Capitalism as a tool with which to change the way we see our world…and with which we can radically reshape our future. Steve Zuckerman, the founder of the Summits, has put together a two-day meeting of some of the brightest business and entertainment minds in North America to present and discuss the quick-and-easy but tap-root-deep ideas about Reinventing Capitalism’s Putting Soul In the Machine…in the machine of your company and mine, in the machine of your office, your industry, your culture, your personal life, and of your species---in the machine of the human race. No, this is not EST. It’s history, science, and the knowledge \r\nof the invisible heart of business that you helped me acquire in 20 years \r\nworking with Sony, NBC-TV, New Line Cinema, Amnesty International, Farm Aid, \r\nCBS, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, EMI, ABC, Gulf and Western, \r\nMCA/Universal, Manesmann, Polygram, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Disney, academic \r\ninstitutions, and extraordinarily bright individuals like you. It’s the gut-sense you helped me evolve \r\nwhen we worked together to generate $28 billion dollars in revenue for our \r\nclients—more than the gross domestic product of \r\nLuxembourg and \r\nQatar. And when we worked together to put \r\nAmnesty International and Farm Aid on the map.\r\n \r\nYou know as well as I do that when \r\nwe brought in our greatest revenue streams and made our greatest cultural \r\ncontributions, we didn’t do it out of greed or cold calculation. We did it out of bone-deep \r\nbelief.\r\n \r\nThat knowledge-in-your-bones is \r\nthe essence of what we’ll discuss for two days, December 2nd and December 3rd at \r\n69 West Fourteenth \r\nStreet.\r\n \r\n",1]
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No, this is not EST. It’s history, science, and the knowledge of the invisible heart of business that you helped me acquire in 20 years working with Sony, NBC-TV, New Line Cinema, Amnesty International, Farm Aid, CBS, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, EMI, ABC, Gulf and Western, MCA/Universal, Manesmann, Polygram, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Disney, academic institutions, and extraordinarily bright individuals like you. It’s the gut-sense you helped me evolve when we worked together to generate $28 billion dollars in revenue for our clients—more than the gross domestic product of Luxembourg and Qatar. And when we worked together to put Amnesty International and Farm Aid on the map.

You know as well as I do that when we brought in our greatest revenue streams and made our greatest cultural contributions, we didn’t do it out of greed or cold calculation. We did it out of bone-deep belief.

That knowledge-in-your-bones is the essence of what we’ll discuss for two days, December 2nd and December 3rd at 69 West Fourteenth Street.

I very much want you there. The cost is trivial--$129. And I’m asking you to pay your own \r\ntransportation and hotel costs. But \r\nI want to see you. It’s been a long \r\ntime. And I want your mind to \r\ncontribute to one of the strangest revolutions you will ever be a part \r\nof.\r\n \r\nWhen someone from Steve \r\nZuckerman’s team or mine calls you to give you details, please say \r\nyes.\r\n \r\n \r\nWith warmth and gusto—Howard \r\nBloom\r\n \r\n \r\nPs Bear with me. This is some of the stuff that’s been \r\nhappening in Bloomland since I last saw you.\r\n \r\n \r\n“For those who worry that our ingenuity has upset \r\nnature\'s equilibrium, Bloom \r\nhas a message that is both reassuring and sobering. ‘We are nature incarnate,’ he writes. ‘We are \r\ntools of her probings and if, indeed, we suffer and we fail, from our lessons \r\nshe will learn which way in the future not to turn.’” The New \r\nYorker",1]
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I very much want you there. The cost is trivial--$129. And I’m asking you to pay your own transportation and hotel costs. But I want to see you. It’s been a long time. And I want your mind to contribute to one of the strangest revolutions you will ever be a part of.

When someone from Steve Zuckerman’s team or mine calls you to give you details, please say yes.


With warmth and gusto—Howard Bloom

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Bear with me. This is some of the stuff that’s been happening in Bloomland since I last saw you.


“For those who worry that our ingenuity has upset nature's equilibrium, Bloom has a message that is both reassuring and sobering. ‘We are nature incarnate,’ he writes. ‘We are tools of her probings and if, indeed, we suffer and we fail, from our lessons she will learn which way in the future not to turn.’” The New Yorker

"Readers will be mesmerized by the mirror Bloom holds to the human condition, and dumbfounded by the fusillade of eclectic data that arrives with the swiftness and intensity of a furious tennis volley. His style is effortless, engaging, witty and brisk.... He draws on a dozen years of research into a jungle of scholarly fields...and meticulously supports every bit of information...." Washington Post “Howard Bloom should be taking notes on what he’s doing every hour of the day. He is single-handedly making a scientific revolution.” Christopher Boehm, Director, The Jane Goodall Research Center. Author, Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior.




"Readers will be mesmerized by the mirror Bloom holds to the human condition, and dumbfounded by the fusillade of eclectic data that arrives with the swiftness and intensity of a furious tennis volley. His style is effortless, engaging, witty and brisk.... He draws on a dozen years of research into a jungle of scholarly fields...and meticulously supports every bit of information...." Washington Post


“Howard Bloom should be taking notes on what he’s doing every hour of the day. He is single-handedly making a scientific revolution.” Christopher Boehm, Director, The Jane Goodall Research Center. Author, Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior.

Aaron Hicklin, Gear \r\nMagazine\r\n \r\n"I have met God, and he lives in \r\nBrooklyn. …Howard Bloom is next in a \r\nlineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Freud, and \r\nBuckminster Fuller…he is going to change the way we see ourselves and everything \r\naround us." Richard Metzger, \r\nChannel4 TV Britain\r\n \r\n"I have finished Howard Bloom\'s \r\ntwo books, The Lucifer Principle and Global Brain, in that order, and am \r\nseriously awed, near overwhelmed by the magnitude of what he has done. I never \r\nexpected to see, in any form, from any sector, such an accomplishment. I doubt there is a stronger intellect \r\nthan Bloom\'s on the planet." Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Evolution\'s End: \r\nClaiming the Potential of Our Intelligence and The Crack in the Cosmic Egg : \r\nChallenging Constructs of Mind and Reality\r\n \r\n “Bloom has created a new Scientific \r\nParadigm. He explains in vast and \r\ncompelling terms why we should forget all we know in complicated modern math and \r\nshould start from the very beginning. \r\nHe explains why we should model the BASIC phenomena of the Big Bang from \r\nthe first microsecond. Bloom’s vision calls on us to trace the evolution of mass \r\nmoods from the Big Bang to the present.",1]
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“The Philosopher At The End of the Universe…. Howard Bloom…may just be the new Stephen Hawking, only he’s not interested in science alone; he’s interested in the soul.” Aaron Hicklin, Gear Magazine

"I have met God, and he lives in Brooklyn. …Howard Bloom is next in a lineage of seminal thinkers that includes Newton, Darwin, Einstein, Freud, and Buckminster Fuller…he is going to change the way we see ourselves and everything around us." Richard Metzger, Channel4 TV Britain

"I have finished Howard Bloom's two books, The Lucifer Principle and Global Brain, in that order, and am seriously awed, near overwhelmed by the magnitude of what he has done. I never expected to see, in any form, from any sector, such an accomplishment. I doubt there is a stronger intellect than Bloom's on the planet." Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of Evolution's End: Claiming the Potential of Our Intelligence and The Crack in the Cosmic Egg : Challenging Constructs of Mind and Reality

“Bloom has created a new Scientific Paradigm. He explains in vast and compelling terms why we should forget all we know in complicated modern math and should start from the very beginning. He explains why we should model the BASIC phenomena of the Big Bang from the first microsecond. Bloom’s vision calls on us to trace the evolution of mass moods from the Big Bang to the present.

\r\nIt took me time to understand what Bloom meant. But when Bloom’s system finally hit me I \r\nrealized that something truly great was happening here. Even if we put aside all \r\nof the implications of Bloom’s approach for physics, all of the implications of \r\nBloom’s approach for society, and look only at the implications for biology, \r\nBloom has created a new approach to Darwinism. Bloom’s Grand Unified Theory \r\nis... SUPER! I fail to find the \r\nwords to explain how powerful a tool it is. It opens a new and deeper insight into \r\nthe evolution of species! It opens \r\na window into entire SYSTEMS we don\'t yet know and/or SEE, new, untrivial \r\ncollectives that DO EXIST and evolve outside the line of sight of previous \r\nscientific views, collectivities that live, love, battle, win and lose each day \r\nof our gray lives. I never imagined \r\nthat a new system of thought could produce so much light.” Pavel Kurakin, \r\nKeldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the \r\nRussian Academy of Science, \r\nMoscow\r\n \r\n“I am speechless with admiration, \r\noverwhelmed by virtuosity.” Walter \r\nJ. Freeman, M.D. Walter J. Freeman Neurophysiology Lab, UC Berkeley, author How \r\nBrains Make Up Their Minds\r\n \r\n----------Howard BloomAuthor of The Lucifer Principle: A \r\nScientific Expedition Into the Forces of History and Global Brain: The Evolution \r\nof Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21st Century",1]
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It took me time to understand what Bloom meant. But when Bloom’s system finally hit me I realized that something truly great was happening here. Even if we put aside all of the implications of Bloom’s approach for physics, all of the implications of Bloom’s approach for society, and look only at the implications for biology, Bloom has created a new approach to Darwinism. Bloom’s Grand Unified Theory is... SUPER! I fail to find the words to explain how powerful a tool it is. It opens a new and deeper insight into the evolution of species! It opens a window into entire SYSTEMS we don't yet know and/or SEE, new, untrivial collectives that DO EXIST and evolve outside the line of sight of previous scientific views, collectivities that live, love, battle, win and lose each day of our gray lives. I never imagined that a new system of thought could produce so much light.” Pavel Kurakin, Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow

“I am speechless with admiration, overwhelmed by virtuosity.” Walter J. Freeman, M.D. Walter J. Freeman Neurophysiology Lab, UC Berkeley, author How Brains Make Up Their Minds

----------Howard BloomAuthor of The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History and Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21st Century

Recent Visiting \r\nScholar-Graduate Psychology Department, New York University; Core Faculty \r\nMember, The Graduate \r\nInstitutewww.howardbloom.netwww.bigbangtango.netFounder: \r\nInternational Paleopsychology Project; founding board member: Epic of Evolution \r\nSociety; founding board member, The Darwin Project; founder: The Big Bang Tango \r\nMedia Lab; member: New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the \r\nAdvancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Academy of Political \r\nScience, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, International Society for Human \r\nEthology; advisory board member: Institute for Accelerating Change ; executive \r\neditor -- New Paradigm book series.For information on The International \r\nPaleopsychology Project, see: www.paleopsych.orgfor two chapters from \r\nThe Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, \r\nsee www.howardbloom.net/luciferFor information on Global Brain: The \r\nEvolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, see \r\nwww.howardbloom.net\r\n\r\n",0]
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Recent Visiting Scholar-Graduate Psychology Department, New York University; Core Faculty Member, The Graduate Institutehttp://www.blogger.com/http://www.blogger.com/Founder: International Paleopsychology Project; founding board member: Epic of Evolution Society; founding board member, The Darwin Project; founder: The Big Bang Tango Media Lab; member: New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Psychological Society, Academy of Political Science, Human Behavior and Evolution Society, International Society for Human Ethology; advisory board member: Institute for Accelerating Change ; executive editor -- New Paradigm book series.For information on The International Paleopsychology Project, see: http://www.blogger.com/for two chapters from The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, see http://www.blogger.com/For information on Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind from the Big Bang to the 21st Century, see http://www.blogger.com/