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Reading: How to Change Your Mind
For your reading list. “How to Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan. Continue reading
Category: Systems
Systems thinking, systems analysis, dynamic systems, systems engineering, all things systems…
Of Fish and Water
In our element we get it right most of the time. At least we behave consistently and in alignment with expectations in that particular space. Outside of our zone of familiarity god-only-knows what nonsense we’ll conjure up. Continue reading
What We Actually Know
I hate to break this to you, but you are not omniscient. Perhaps more disturbing, you can’t be. This is a point that many humans seem to like to ignore. Choosing to believe that even if they don’t know everything now, they certainly could if they put their minds to … Continue reading
CHON: Experimental validation of an old idea
The CHON Vat. Continue reading
The Implications of Arithmetic
What if we learned division first? Continue reading
Believing and Acting Beings
I updated the sketch from last week’s post so that it now looks like the sketch on the right (click on it to make it larger). Here are the changes… I replaced physics with reality in an attempt to be a little less obtuse. I also added “(Expectations)” to Beliefs. … Continue reading
Frameworks
The human body is a great source of metaphors. One of my favorites is how the framework of our skeletons is “fleshed out” with the necessary tissues to create a human that might be just like you. The framework/”tissue” pattern is likely repeated in more places than we realize, but … Continue reading
Reframing
Understanding the current political insanity is helped by understanding the broader forces in play. This post by Gail Tverberg is helpful. Likes(0)Dislikes(0) Continue reading
Engineering 101
All technologies are nothing more than applying energy to rearrange atoms and/or bits1 within a system of constraints. Engineering is the discipline of understanding and applying those constraints in order to create systems that solve problems. Beyond this you’re specializing. Likes(0)Dislikes(0) Continue reading
Intelligence
A system is considered to be intelligent if it more or less reliably produces a desirable outcome from a range of unexpected circumstances. A system is considered to be a machine if it more or less reliably produces a desirable outcome from a range of anticipated circumstances. Likes(0)Dislikes(0) Continue reading