jbml 15 thln: I was not initially motivated ~~~~~~


TO
BEGIN THIS
PROJECT IN ORDER
TO ARGUE THAT DISASTROUS
CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE AVOIDED.

MY INITIAL THINKING
WAS A MORE MUNDANE EXCHANGE OF INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES,
BETWEEN AN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND A PHYSICIST, WHO HAVE LOOKED AT HUMAN COMMUNICATION
FROM DIFFERENT CORNERS OF
THE WORLD~LABORATORY.

I ASSUMED FROM THE START
THAT THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WOULD BE INTERESTING TO MEMBERS OF RELATED FIELDS,
AS WELL AS TO READERS WITH NO CONNECTION
TO EITHER DISCIPLINE.

JONATHAN'S SUGGESTION ALSO PROVIDES
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE A LONG STANDING INTEREST IN EXAMINING
THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT LANGUAGE IS USED IN CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE
AND THE HUMANITIES.

EVEN AT THIS EARLY STAGE,
THE DIVERSITY OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS TO THE TOPIC SURPRISES ME,
AND MY CURRENT FEELING IS THAT THE PROJECT ITSELF - PRODUCING THIS INTERACTION
AS AN EVOLVING DISCOURSE BETWEEN ACTIVE RESEARCHERS
IN THE DIFFERENT ACADEMIC FIELDS ~
IS MORE INTERESTING THAN THE PARTICULAR EXPERTISE
THAT EITHER OF US BRINGS
TO THE SUBJECT.

BECAUSE THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS AN ACTUAL RECORD OF DIALOG
(AN ODDBALL EXAMPLE OF THE DIALECTICAL METHOD KNOWN IN HEBREW AS
"CHEVRUSA"/"CHAVRUTA"),
NOT A NARRATIVE DEVICE CREATED IN ONE MIND,
I EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO BE SURPRISED,
CHALLENGED, AND HOPE THAT
SOMETHING USEFUL EMERGES
IN THE
END.
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