About the Human Measure

By Hans Konstapel January 8th, 2009, under Business, Completed, Computer and Communication Technology, Philosophy, Psychology

A few years ago (2003) somebody asked me to address the Dutch IT Architecture Congress. The subject was the Human Measure. To understand the Human Measure you have understand the relationship between the Human Being and The Human Measure System, The Emotions. At that time I was already highly influenced by Will McWhinney so I [...]

About Plato and Harmony

By Hans Konstapel January 5th, 2009, under Art, Completed, Cycles, Mathematics, Philosophy

The teachings of Ancient Civilizations are often Self-Referential. The same knowledge is showed on many levels. What we see with our Senses is an Illusion. Behind this Illusion lies a deeper structure. The last and deepest level of the ancient teachings is always related to Numbers, Geometry and the Trinity. This blog is about one [...]

About the Trinity

By Hans Konstapel December 29th, 2008, under Completed, Computer and Communication Technology, Cycles, History, Mathematics, Philosophy

The first fully programmable computer was Designed by Charles Babbage in 1837. Babbage failed to get enough money to Build his Analytical Engine. It was never build. The failure of Charles Babbage delayed the creation of the current computer for about a 100 years. Nobody knows that Thomas Fowler Designed and Implemented a completely different [...]

About Whole and Parts

By Hans Konstapel December 23rd, 2008, under Completed, History, Mathematics, Philosophy

The Whole of Reality is divided into many overlapping Parts. Most of the Humans look at Wholes and Parts (Smaller Wholes, Contexts) from a Static Perspective but the Whole is also a Dynamic Entity. The Parts are overlapping because many people don’t know how to define the right categories. Overlapping, confusing, part/whole relations are the [...]

About the Expansion of Space

By Hans Konstapel December 16th, 2008, under Completed, Mathematics, Philosophy

The Universe, Space, is expanding at a constant speed, the speed of Light. If we try to imagine an expanding Space we imagine something, a balloon, which is expanding in Space. When Space is expanding, outside Space is Nothing at All. Space is just creating Space. Imagining “nothing at all” is a big problem for [...]

About Chaos

By Hans Konstapel December 13th, 2008, under Completed, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology

Humans are desperately trying to preserve their Identity. To do this they create Order. Behind every Order is non-Order, Chaos, the creative, destructive, force. If the Human Order is gone, psychologists, try to Unite the broken pieces of the chaotic Personality. If the Banking System is extremely volatile Economists believe they are able to repair [...]

About the Matrix

By Hans Konstapel December 11th, 2008, under Completed, History, Philosophy, Physics

The Movie the Matrix states an ancient belief that we are living in a Dream World. In the old Gnostic version the Matrix is created by the Demiurg, the Creator of our Material Universe. In the new version the Dream World is created by a Computer Simulator. At this moment Physicists and Mathematicians are exploring [...]

About Alchemy

By Hans Konstapel December 10th, 2008, under Completed, History, Mathematics

When I studied Chemistry at the University of Leiden I wanted to learn more about “Ancient Chemistry“. At that time I really did not understand the Symbolism behind Alchemy. This changed a few years later when I encountered Jung. Suddenly Alchemy moved to the Social Sciences. At this moment I am convinced modern Mathematics and [...]