Right ranking
November 29th, 2009Judgments express valuations (as in weightings).
They are a type of dichotomization.
Dichotomies are lies.
Judgments are worse.
Prejudices are the worst.
Welcome to the Club of Liars!
Things just don’t work like that
November 25th, 2009
Oberserving myself . . .
November 18th, 2009I am observing.
I am observing myself.
I am observing myself observing myself.
I am observing myself observing myself observing myself.
. . . and so on and so forth . . .
I am observing myself observing myself … being lazy.
I am observing myself observing myself … being lazy observing myself.
. . .
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Changing assumptions
November 15th, 2009Change an assumption
and save the world.— Heinz von Foerster, 1970
Quoted after Paul Schröder who 2009-11-14 at the Heinz von Foerster Congress 09 said he found this quote several times in his notes.
The Big Red Button
October 18th, 2009[Update 2019-07-20: Game removed since it relied on ancient technology. The YouTube video do not push the big red button shows it in action.]
Liars are telling the truth
October 14th, 2009> > Liars are telling the truth.
> Liar!
See? I told you!
Turning together with/out words
September 7th, 2009Our only apparently unique invention is written language, and there’s lots of evidence that it’s the least effective form of communication we have, and the form most prone to misunderstanding
writes Dave Pollard in his recent blog post Turning Together Without Words.
