Cultivating Transformative Habits of Mind - Dr. Todd Smith (Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference 2020)

'Cultivating Transformative Habits of Mind' is a presentation given by Dr. Todd Smith at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online).
Dr. Todd Smith is a sociologist and philosopher from Canada specializing in social theory. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto focusing on the development of a consultative epistemology particularly as it applies to health and illness. Among his current academic interests are how to advance discourses related to the harmony of science and religion as well as the interplay between historical consciousness, transformative habits of mind, freedom, and the oneness of humanity. He has recently published articles on these subjects in the Journal of Bahá’í Studies. Since obtaining his doctorate, Todd has worked with a variety of Bahá’í-inspired educational endeavors and has served full-time on both the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada and the Regional Bahá’í Council of Ontario. In 2011, he moved to Haifa, Israel to serve as the Coordinator of the Office of Correspondence at the Bahá’í World Centre. In the summer of 2013, he became the Coordinator of the Research Department at the Bahá’í World Centre and worked in that capacity until October 2020. Most recently he was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Association for Bahá’í Studies and has, over a number of years, served as a facilitator at graduate seminars organized by the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity in Canada, the United States, and Australia.
This talk was given at the 2020 Grand Canyon Baha'i Conference (held online), on Sunday 27 December 2020.
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[@chriskasper3914]

Brilliant talk. Need to listen again.

[@allenwarren1269]

Freedom of speech and accountability for the consequences of all we say and do.
Crisis and victory: the sine wave of advancement.

[@robbyslilshadow1948]

6:42 + re: " picture of the fact that we we've been facing this pandemic as i'm speaking to you right now there is some hope on the horizon because of that the vaccine has become available" infamous FALSE HOPE statement & anathema to Abdu'-l-Baha's words: "It is certain that in this wonderful new age the development of medical science will lead to the doctors’ healing their patients with foods. For the sense of sight, the sense of hearing, of taste, of smell, of touch-all these are discriminative faculties, their purpose being to separate the beneficial from whatever causeth harm. Now, is it possible that man’s sense of smell, the sense that differentiates odours, should find some odour repugnant, and that odour be beneficial to the human body? Absurd! Impossible! In the same way, could the human body, through the faculty of sight-the differentiator among things visible-benefit from gazing upon a revolting mass of excrement? Never! Again, if the sense of taste, likewise a faculty that selecteth and rejecteth, be offended by something, that thing is certainly not beneficial; and if, at the outset, it may yield some advantage, in the long run its harmfulness will be established. "

[@lindawilson8051]

Uui