Slides from the presentation the 24th of May at TEDx in Toulouse, France.

1. Our moment of freedom
Flemming Funch

11. Abstraction
Event
Perceptions
Mental pictures
Descriptions
Meaning
Theories
Response
〜〜〜〜〜
“hot dog”
“ah, lunch time!”

12. abstract
verb
1. to draw or take away, to remove.
2. to consider as a general quality or characteristic,
apart from specific objects or instances.
3. to make an abstract of, to summarize, to
symbolize ….

13. “The map is not the territory”
Alfred Korzybski

15. “The word is not the thing”
Alfred Korzybski

18. “Between stimulus and response there is a
space. In that space is our power to choose
our response. In our response lies our growth
and our freedom.”
–Viktor E. Frankl

19. “No-one can take from me the ultimate
freedom: freedom to decide how I will respond
to what happens”
–Nelson Mandela

24. “Out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong
doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
Rumi

25. Our moment of freedom
Flemming Funch
Image credits:
• NASA: Earth at night
• Wikipedia: Victor Frankl, Westboro Baptist Church, Updown Court
• Deviant Art: “Crimson stars” by Longfall 1979, “Street People” by Andre Uccetti, “Earth Eye” by Pale Scarlet
• Flickr: “see no evil” by robgallop, “wormhole” by Trinity Halberstadt, Mandela by Spercius, Car by Applesticker
• Matrix from Cydonian.com
• Clip art from clker.com
• Freeway, geograph.org.uk
• Pixabay.com: Lighthouse, by LoboStudioHamburg, Moon by Nuzree,