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Seven ways to …

Posted on April 8, 2022 by x28

Prompted by a question on Twitter, I assembled some suggestions for “balancing towards more ‘right-hemisphere’ thinking”.
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Posted in 22, Cognitive Styles | 5 Comments

Figure it out

Posted on March 25, 2022 by x28

It is a wonderful book about understanding. There are rich, comprehensive, very plausible descriptions of how we understand by associations, with external representations, and through interactions.
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Posted in 51, Visualization | Tagged | 1 Comment

Bates vs. Downes

Posted on March 1, 2022 by x28

Connectivism is difficult to understand without the level of ‘concepts’. Of course concepts are just folk psychology, but this can serve as ‘shorthand’.
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#ethics21 Week 4: many concepts

Posted on November 7, 2021 by x28

This week has brought plenty of ethical concepts, and I need to share how interesting I found it to put them all on a map and connect them.
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Collapsing

Posted on August 29, 2021 by x28

The whole idea of wrapped/ collapsed/ congealed may again seem like a rip-off… Continue reading →

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Limit case

Posted on August 27, 2021 by x28

In his new book, McGilchrist applies the concept of the limit case to a large variety of relationships.
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The Extended Mind

Posted on July 8, 2021 by x28

Offload the material and see it anew — great advice for using the “Extended Mind”.
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Posted in 57, Personal Productivity | Tagged | 1 Comment

Seeming rip-off

Posted on July 4, 2021 by x28

Some writing of mine might seem like I had been inspired by a book that I did not cite or acknowledge. But I had not read it before.
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Posted in 56, Misc | 2 Comments

Distant Associations

Posted on April 12, 2021 by x28

What kind of knowledge, understanding, and skills is necessary for people, jobs, and society, given that technology takes giant steps to compete with us in ever more aspects? I think it is the ability to come up with an associative connection between distinct areas.
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Predictions

Posted on December 31, 2020 by x28

My prediction for the upcoming year.
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Posted in 57, Tools | Tagged | 2 Comments