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    Passage into Prologue, Who Will You Be tomorrow?
    Passage into Prologue, Who Will You Be tomorrow?
    Passage into Prologue, Who Will You Be tomorrow?
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    Passage into Prologue, Who Will You Be tomorrow?

    By Raymond E. Kallaher, Jr

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    The human race has gone through over 8 million years of evolution to arrive at a time of great scientific and social change. To our knowledge we are the only species on earth that have gone beyond instinct and developed self-awareness along with the capabilities of reasoning, perception, memory, and judgement that allow us to have direct and profound impact on our lives and the world we live in.
    We are in the midst of a scientific, technological, and communications revolution that is rapidly penetrating the entire human population. How we access, process, and use this exponentially growing collection of knowledge will have a massive influence on advancing human capabilities and will fundamentally reshape our future. This will result in discoveries, products, innovations and social revolutions that promise to affect all of humanity... possibly our very survival.
    This book is a personal intellectual exercise to probe some basic questions:
    1.Where did we come from?
    2.Where are we going?
    3.How do we get to where we want to go?
    I trust that the information captured herein will spark a degree of interest in the readers so they can do their own exercise to define and chart their own path.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRaymond E. Kallaher, Jr
    Release dateJan 30, 2018
    ISBN9781370381531
    Passage into Prologue, Who Will You Be tomorrow?
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    Raymond E. Kallaher, Jr

    After a successful 50 year career, Raymond Kallaher is a retired Senior Scientist from a major high tech Defense Contractor. His background includes experience in System Engineering, Engineering Design processes and advanced technology development. He has made significant contributions to both satellite and avionics system environments. His experience also includes research in applied electromagnetics, Stealth/RCS Reduction methods, and pioneering development of advanced monolithic semiconductor circuits. He and Estelle, his wife of 50 years, are the proud parents of four very accomplished children and six beautiful grandchildren. They live in Thousand Oaks, California.

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      Passage into Prologue, Who Will You Be tomorrow? - Raymond E. Kallaher, Jr

      PASSAGE INTO PROLOGUE

      Who will you be tomorrow?

      By

      Raymond E. Kallaher, Jr.

      PASSAGE INTO PROLOGUE

      Copyright © 2018 by Raymond E. Kallaher, Jr.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      The information, ideas, and suggestions in this book are not intended to render professional advice. Before following any suggestions contained in this book you should consult your personal advisor or counsel. Neither the author nor the publisher shall be liable or responsible for any loss or damage alleged arising as a consequence of your use or application of any information or suggestions in this book.

      First Edition

      ISBN: 9781370381531

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contents

      Why I Wrote This Book

      Who Should Read This Book

      Chapter 1: In the Beginning

      Chapter 2: Our Socio-Economic Environment

      Chapter 3: Psychology of Success

      Chapter 4: It All Begins With a Coal

      Chapter 5: Components of the Journey for Success

      Chapter 6: Resources for Success

      Passage into Prologue

      About The Author

      References

      WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK

      It has been said that... We are the paradoxical ape... bipedal, large brain, master of fire and tools... trying to understand ourselves... destined to die yet full of optimism. We are insatiably curious and resourceful, capable of shaping our future from our shared understanding of the past.

      The human race has gone through over 8 million years of evolution to arrive at a time of great scientific and social change. To our knowledge we are the only species on earth that have gone beyond instinct and developed self-awareness along with the capabilities of reasoning, perception, memory, and judgement that allow us to have direct and profound impact on our lives and the world we live in.

      We are in the midst of a scientific, technological, and communications revolution that is rapidly penetrating the entire human population. How we access, process, and use this exponentially growing collection of knowledge and methods of communication will have a massive influence on advancing human capabilities and fundamentally reshape our future. This will result in discoveries, products, innovations and social revolutions that promise to affect all of humanity... possibly our very survival.

      Discovery commences with the awareness of an anomaly... the recognition that nature somehow violated the paradigm-induced expectations...

      Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

      I wrote this book as an exciting personal intellectual exercise to explore a collection of heretofore unfamiliar subject domains and how their integrated impacts have given rise to our present socio-economic environment. It also highlights some aspects of human biological and socio-economic evolution and how it may relate to cognitive development and the principles of success. It charts and highlights a path through millions of years of biological and social evolution to our present Modern Age and outlines some elements of today’s socio-economic environment and how we fit into the picture. It takes advantage of presently available information (see References) to probe some basic questions:

      1. Where did we come from?

      2. Where are we going?

      3. How do we get to where we want to go?

      I trust that the information captured herein will spark a degree of interest in the readers so they can do their own exercise to satisfy their own curiosity by which to define and chart their own path.

      Ray Kallaher, Jr.

      Who Should Read This Book

      This book is for those who are curious about how they have come to be who they are, who they want to become, and how we as a society have arrived, after millions of years of biological and social evolution, at our present era... our Modern Age.

      It has been shown that curiosity is a form of intrinsic motivation. When we are curious about a topic we are motivated to learn for its own sake. Scientists have found that when curiosity is stimulated there is increased activity in the reward center of the brain. Learning is exciting, fun and infectious!

      ******************

      The most beautiful and deepest experience a man can have is the sense of the mysterious...

      To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is a something that our mind cannot grasp and whose beauty and simplicity are but a feeble reflection...

      To me it suffices to wonder at these secrets and attempt humbly to grasp with my mind a mere image of the lofty structure of all that there is.

      Albert Einstein, My Credo, 1932

      ******************

      It was September 1958. We, the incoming freshman class were all gathered in the auditorium. The University President stood before us to deliver his welcoming message. He bid us welcome and shared with us the school rules and what was expected of us. Then, in conclusion he said something that has stayed with me my entire life. He said...

      You will learn many things during your time of study here... but the most important thing you will learn is how to learn.

      I would like to add... why do we learn? We learn to gain knowledge.

      Def., knowledge: facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.

      ******************

      Webster defines success as: a favorable or desired outcome. However, I believe that this definition is too terse and conceals a wide hidden world behind it.

      I

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