Wallace Ward

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Wallace Ward ( 1932 - January 29, 2006 ) was an American chemist and author of self-help literature . The former employee of the chemical company DuPont also published under the pseudonyms Frank R. Wallace , Higgs Field , John Flint . He first published the conceptual model, known as Neo-Tech , around 1968. Wallace is also the author of a book on poker strategy .

Neo-tech

According to its own definition, neo-tech is an "anti-dogmatic" way of thinking that deconstructs all human boundaries in the form of apparently irrefutable facts and prejudices from politics and religion, through personal views, to philosophical dogmas of death and altruism , and primary works by challenging negative views rather than creating new ones.

Development of the Neo-Tech

According to Wallace, the original inspiration for Neo-Tech came from his "studies of the cognitive aspects of the game of poker ". Neo-tech is said to be influenced by the theories of the late Princeton University psychology professor Julian Jaynes , as evidenced by his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind . Neo-tech accept Jaynes' theory that the human mind has developed from an originally purely reactive mode, free of consciousness, abstraction and introspection , which was unable to question external authority, to a proactive, conscious and autonomous thought process.

Neo-tech predicts the elimination of mysticism as the next essential evolutionary process of thought , which will produce a free and autonomous individual. Its rational way of thinking is called "Neothink". In contrast, individuals and civilizations that persist in mystical thinking will not be able to survive. The competitive breakdown of mysticism will also be the end of those people who gain personal gain through manipulation, mysticism, and authority (these are called "neocheaters").

Theses of Neo-Tech

Neo-Tech contains the following theses not recognized by established science:

  • Discipline, thinking and control are the three steps of a simple technique for controlling thinking by willpower, with which every person can consciously prevent his irrational actions and control rational actions.
  • In the area of ​​job, career and management , the most important principle is to break through specialization and hierarchy through a new, simple division of labor, the integration of all areas of responsibility of a project by an individual, and thus a real division of labor in today's complex professional world, without responsibilities, competencies and To delegate or share expertise as with traditional specialization.
  • The area of health is regulated by a few fixed principles: Full personal responsibility for maintaining health; absolutely no alcohol, nicotine, drugs, sugar, and caffeine; no victim attitude and no psychological self-destruction; meaningful life through happy relationship and work; daily physical fitness; Water and vitamins.
  • A radical thesis is that death is unnatural and an unnecessary tragedy for any conscious life. From this it is concluded that the goal of mankind is the abolition of death. This has not yet succeeded because the finality and meaninglessness of death is being denied by religious and altruistic ideologies and because humanity is being oppressed by politics, religion, philosophy and other authorities.

Important representatives

The Neo-Tech Publishing Company (formerly I & O Publishing Company ) owned by the Ward family publishes books and articles by proponents of philosophy. Most of the scriptures are in the format of instructions on how to achieve success in business and personal life using neo-tech.

Another supporter of the neo-tech philosophy is the Scottish writer Alan Grant , who presented his personal reading of the "neo-tech" system in the underground comic series Anarky, which he wrote.

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  • Frank R. Wallace, The Neo-Tech Discovery , (German version: The Neo-Tech Discovery ) Neo-Tech Publishing, 1975.
  • Charles Beeler, Wolf Kahn, Strange City: The Future of Neo-Tech , Xlibris 2000, ISBN 0738822701 .
  • critical Usenet contribution

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personal data
SURNAME Ward, Wallace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wallace, Frank R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist and self-help author
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2006