“Changing Images of Man” in PDF Format
Posted Nov 13, 2008 11 comments
UPDATE 11/11/08: Apologies to those readers who've been trying to get ahold of this fascinating document. We switched servers recently and neglected to transfer a lot of PDF files -- entirely my mistake. This is the single most-requested item in the Library, so here's an OCR scan of the 1974 forgotten classic:
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Changing Images of Man is the stuff of legend -- but the actual document is way more interesting than the conspiracy theory that surrounds it. It's an undeniably weird document, though, and even the most airbrushed versions of it's origin and history make for mind-expanding reading.
Changing Images is especially interesting today because the "future crisis" it was written to avert is now coming to pass. The Stanford Research Institute gathered a diverse group of brilliant thinkers and asked them to imagine how to change the entire world. Today it makes for occasionally challenging but rewarding brainfood.
When I first got ahold of this document, I thought it was the blueprint for world government and Willis Harman's beloved "Global Mind Change." There's no secret formulas here, and no admissions from the secret society. There is a robust and still-valuable body of work about how to change human culture for the better -- I'd like to think that's more useful. Let me know if you agree.
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Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.1. Maceo on Nov 13, 2008 at 9:51 AM permalink
Found this through your Twitter—the introduction has been very heavy so far. I can see the parallels between this kind of “Forecasting project” and what we’re doing with Superstruct, but this SRI version was definitely Closed Source—at least with Superstruct it’s open to everyone. I think this leads to a more diverse and valuable final product, but I’m still very curious about a few chapters here....thank you!
2. Mike on Nov 14, 2008 at 1:54 PM permalink
This book was scanned by a member of TheInfoUnderground.com and was available on their tracker. You should give them the credit and not just post it like you did it yourself.
3. Thirtyseven on Nov 14, 2008 at 10:46 PM permalink
It was given to me via email, and my Internets Ego is sorely wounded by your accusation that I’m stealing from people I’ve never heard of.
Fact is, they probably stole it from me.
4. Mike on Nov 15, 2008 at 1:13 AM permalink
You never had the right to post it in the open.
5. Thirtyseven on Nov 15, 2008 at 1:20 AM permalink
You’re adorable! Clearly you want to engage me about this, so let’s get into it:
1. You never had the right to tell me what my rights are. Can you see the insanity built into that sentence? To whom should I be appealing for the “rights” to post a scanned PDF of a library book? Can you understand why I find your claim to ownership of second-hand stolen property in digital format to be amusing and difficult to take seriously?
2. Your motivations are a mystery to me. I’m running this site because the machinery of social control fascinates me, and because I want to share information with people. You, on the other hand, seem to have a vested interest in controlling information. Why?
6. Stupid Man on Nov 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM permalink
OK man, so right now there’s no conspiracy?
7. Thirtyseven on Nov 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM permalink
You’re asking me? I’m flattered you’d think I can answer that. No clue, brother, no clue.
My guess is there’s at least ten thousand of them going at any given moment, but it’s only a guess.
8. Thirtyseven on Nov 17, 2008 at 7:08 AM permalink
Thanks to Cryptogon for giving this increasingly relevant document a shout-out with this update:
http://cryptogon.com/?p=5058
“World Asked to Help Craft Online Charter for Religious Harmony”—actual headline, interesting concept.
9. nathan on Nov 17, 2008 at 12:47 PM permalink
a lackey for a Stormfront-esque torrent webpage complains about someone distributing a presumebly illegal (albeit I imagine no cease-and-desist letter has been issued--rights unexercised are rights lost) scanned copy of a document they also distribute in violation of the original copyright? O, teh LULZ
Anyone checked out Changing Images 2000? It’s amazing the degree to which the conspiracy resembles some Ken Wilber Spiral Dynamics seminar. Who could have known? Though since my tin foil hat is always a little on, it did cause me to upgrade Ken Wilber from “Where Does Niche Publishing End and Personality Cult Begin?” to “New Age Theorist with Ties to SRI Goons.”
10. Nathan on Nov 18, 2008 at 8:04 AM permalink
anyone catch the NPR’s “Take Away” (nat’l morning program, not sure which station does that, I think Boston?) piece on how humanity might be at a stage of “evolution” where it can accept a “secular monotheism” to unite itself? I could have sworn that someone had just gotten out of a lodge meeting and stepped out of his time machine from the French Revolution. tin foil, it’s a way of life
11. anonymous on Nov 19, 2008 at 4:13 PM permalink
The lesson about conspiracy theories is that you have to start your own to get things done. You have to know more about how their mind works then they do. Then you can start your own conspiracy and imprint either good or bad stuff on the collective unconscious.
Is there a conspiracy? You bet, there are a bunch.
Can you start a conspiracy and change the world? You bet.