As above, so below

Monty Alexander

The paper falls into three sequential sections: First, what is paradigm shift and why it is so important Secondly, what is the current pattern and its likely future direction? As examples I have picked evidence of the grand pattern (‘as above…’) as it manifests itself in the fields of design, technology and leisure (‘…so below’).

As above, so below

Monty Alexander Semiotic Solutions

Introduction

The phrase As above, so below comes originally from occult literature. It refers to the ways in which two of our perceived worlds, the very big and the very small, seem to correspond. How the structures, patterns and movements of the micro atomic world appear to replicate those of the macro universe around them.

I have borrowed the phrase as my title because it neatly encapsulates the ideabehind the paper: how movement of the big cultural waves (the paradigm shift) finds...

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