social fractals
Acknowledging that cognition can be built to be steeped deeply in binaries helps me understand why our attempts to bridge with empathy fails. They literally cannot see other options. If we want something different, we have to shut down their access to think they can make decisions for us. This
start here
We all like to be well regarded. It's part of being social, which humanity is in a big way. School tells us to get good grades; good grades are mostly (not entirely!) based on good memory. So if you pay attention, you see the path. To get those
social fractals
What happens if we stop enabling people to learn, and focus on profit-building for a few?
concepts
Where we are is not where we will always be. The only way that the status quo remains is with intense energy and pressure to maintain it. Entropy is fundamental to our universe. That also means, we don’t have to wait for the big systems to change. We change
information literacy
People are information beings. Our civilization is created from shared information with practical application — part know-how, part doing.
social fractals
social fractals
Something has been resonating in my brain since I called the last post ‘done’, specifically this statement:
information literacy
As I caught up with news this morning, I found myself wanting to add to my last piece…which I also did yesterday. I took three things away…
social fractals
*That makes sense from an information architecture and cognitive behavior point of view, and triangulated against what I saw first hand
social fractals
Simplicity is only a way into a problem set. It’s like a broken clock: perfection in a timey context; otherwise, anywhere from a little to…
abstractions
Taxonomy discussions might be boring according to some perspectives, but they are periodically necessary. They can easily become fraught…
social fractals