TED Talk: Big History Of The World. The Power Of Collective Learning

"The History Of The World In 18 Minutes"

See Christian's discussion of "collective learning" around the 13 minute mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqc9zX04DXs

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If humankind would overcome the destructive pull of entropy -- that persistent impulse to disorder which manifests at the fundamental level of energy exchange (and at most derivative levels as well) -- then "collective enterprise" "must" be honored as more important than individuals' working in isolation.

Although individuals play a crucial role in human development, the species must finally remain subsidiary to collective enterprise just as scientists themselves work within collective enterprise - and not only collective enterprise but collective enterprise that is trans-generational.  

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Teilhard de Chardin S.J. "Research As Adoration"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/scientific-research-as-adoration-pierre.html

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Teilhard de Chardin S.J.
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/07/teilhard-de-chardin-sj.html