A
Summary …
Based
on Excerpt from My Recently Updated Résumé
October 1997 – To-date
The direction of my thinking had totally changed following an insight of
earthshaking proportions that I gained in 1997 and expanded and
perfected since, and, coupled with my ongoing experience in the development
setting of the Maldives, I had come to the conclusion that development efforts
would be largely in vain without overcoming, or at the very least minimizing,
the massive ill effects of the problem underlying that insight.(1) Consequently, my subsequent work had been
directed towards that end. The essence
of that problem is that while our ability to understand the world and interact
with others is dependent on the information bases in our brains, they are
largely unique to each individual and, as a result, that there is no adequate
common ground for people to smoothly interact among themselves for optimal, or
even satisfactory, societal functioning.(2) To make matters worse, people do not have a clue that such a problem
even exists. The ramifications of the
problem would therefore have devastating global impacts and make it arguably
the worst enemy of human wellbeing. The
nature of this problem and a realistic albeit partial solution to it are
explored in the writings on this blog. As expounded in the writings, this solution lies in a rather
small but crucial improvement to the world education system, which requires both the awareness and support of world educators which are
currently lacking. (People cannot support a concept that they don't know exists.) To help rectify the
situation, the writings have been sent to some 35,000 of them in 103
universities in 22 nations in the core areas(3) of education,
philosophy, psychology, sociology, political science, and communication.(4)
______________________________________________________________________
(1) For the process of this transformation, see the post labelled “5 – Further Illumination” on this blog.
(2) For an overview of the concept, see the short
paragraphs 2 – 5 of “9 – Last Explanation,” below.
(3) For the criteria for deciding the core areas, see paragraph 9 of this same post (Post 9).
(4) For a complete list of their names and
affiliations, see www.rifatafeefthelist.blogspot.com. 