Signs of the Times+Introduction

This related group of essays is trying to provide a foundation for something, but I'm not sure what at this point.  As foundational, it is important to first lay the groundwork in philosophy.  First in general to show where our work is grounded historically, and then moving towards political philosophy as the place where innovation is critical to our collective capacity to navigate the critical path toward a vision that can be shared by all.

This groundwork will enable us to look critically at how language operates in forming consensus and public action.  The citizen leader will need to be able to receive public media critically and not be manipulated by the clever use of symbols to distract and divide the uncritical masses.  They will need to activate a critical mass of citizens who are motivated to take democracy back, and want to learn to shape their own messages and begin to lead the masses into social processes that will free them from manipulation by marketing technique.