"Gurdjieff and Steve Jobs" - A Documentary

Online, April 15, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The annual All & Everything International Humanities Conference (25-29 April, 2012) on Friday 27 April 2012 at 9:30AM, presents "Gurdjieff and Steve Jobs," a documentary movie by John Amaral which draws on the insights of George Gurdjieff and neuroscientist Paul McClain, tied together with the work of physicists James Clerk Maxwell and Richard Feynman, to understand the products marketed by Steve Jobs at Apple, Inc. in a new important way essential for the survival of human life.

Said Professor Amaral, "In the 20th Century, George Gurdjieff and Paul McLean independently proposed the idea that we have three functional brains (evolved to digest outside, inside and abstract images). Mr. Gurdjieff identified the second, emotional brain as 'atrophied,' characterizing this as the chief cause of war. The future of human life depends on Man's ability to bridge this gap and to reconcile the rapidly accelerating technological innovation since Maxwell, beginning 1875. Apple, Inc.'s products can generally be understood as focusing, amplifying and facilitating tools for the growth and expansion of emotional-brain capacity. Apple's tremendous success in the marketplace can be seen as an existence-proof of the effectiveness of this strategy. This success may now be in jeopardy.

The ALL & EVERYTHING Conference provides an open, congenial & serious atmosphere for the sharing of researches and investigations of G. I. Gurdjieff's legacy. The Conference seeks to keep the study of the teachings of Gurdjieff relevant to global scientific, spiritual and sociological developments. The Conference includes the presentation of academic papers, individual view papers, seminars on chapters and themes in All & Everything, and relevant cultural events. The Conference is open to the public and registration information is available at www.aandeconference.org.

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Press inquiries may be addressed to Bonnie Phillips at 801-364-8294. Transcripts of the movie may be obtained by sending a request to [email protected]. "Gurdjieff and Steve Jobs" was produced by US College, Inc. (www.usschoolofmusic.com).