[FRIAM] tested wisdom for positive contribution, Prof. Stuart Hill, U Western Sydney: Dan Novak: Rich Murray 2011.06.21

tested wisdom for positive contribution, Prof. Stuart Hill, U Western Sydney: Dan Novak: Rich Murray 2011.06.21 -Original Message- From: Dan Novak [mailto:dno...@etal.uri.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:50 AM To: 'theforu...@listserv.uri.edu' Subject: "Shared -- dare I call it -- WIS

Re: [FRIAM] [sfx: Discuss] Fwd: DuckDuckGo

Owen - I thought this might be of broader interest: This article: http://dontbubble.us/ discusses the "bubble effect" of search engines, where you slowly evolve into a bit of a ghetto. Your search usage creates a profile that can paint you into a corner. After reading the DuckDuckGo article,

Re: [FRIAM] The Uncertainty Tax

Nick -- You may also be familiar with Charles Handy's book "The Gods of Management", which expands the Apollonians and Dionysians to a couple of other dimensions: Zeus, to express the "power" cult of personality around a founder/visionary, and Athena, the idea of a distributed meritocracy based

Re: [FRIAM] The Uncertainty Tax

Tory Spoken like a Dionysian! Nick -Original Message- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Victoria Hughes Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:19 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Uncertainty Tax Int

Re: [FRIAM] The Uncertainty Tax

Interesting way to parse an 'us versus them' situation. From my study and work with creatives, Dionysians are the classic artist type: great ideas, spontaneous behaviour, courting risk and adventure, off on their own and near an edge. Edges are interesting, because change happens there, and

Re: [FRIAM] The Uncertainty Tax

"our respective lenses" You have your Apollonians and your Dionysians; Apollonians are your planters, your gardeners, your planners. They can defer pleasure because, for them, the future seems assured. Dionysians are your impulsive types: they grab pleasure and excitement now because the future

Re: [FRIAM] The Uncertainty Tax

I know we all have our respective lenses through which we view the world and that these lenses determine the explanations to which we are most receptive, but if Mr. Friedman is talking about an inability to switch house as a reason some people aren't able to take new jobs, it would seem appropri

[FRIAM] Government regulations

Today's Freakonomics bloghas an interesting post about government regulations. It contrasts new FDA regulations about sunscreen to a proposed new rule from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Re: [FRIAM] Justice Goes Global - NYTimes.com

Thanks for this Owen. I have watched the Charlie Rose interview and am on to the first lecture. Jen On 6/20/2011 6:03 PM, Owen Densmore wrote: I'm oddly fortunate to have roughly 1.25 hr/day to listen/look at interesting talks (due to required exercise). Charlie Rose is a frequent source, and