The WELL: pre.vue.116: What do you REALLY believe?

#27: monster (smash) Fri 11 Jan 08 22:59

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:59:00 PST

> I believe the WELL interface design is shit.

Fortunately, the content almost completely makes up for it. [Read entire topic]

#26: it's time for a colorful metaphor (jmcarlin) Sun 6 Jan 08 11:02

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:02:00 PST

> I believe the WELL interface design is shit.

What is an example of good interface design? [Read entire topic]

#25: Idea Hamster On Speed (randomize27) Sun 6 Jan 08 10:06

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:06:00 PST

I believe Engaged is good enough for me, and the Well is a fantastic place to hang out. [Read entire topic]

#24: Max Hodges (maxhodges) Sun 6 Jan 08 06:53

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:53:00 PST

I believe the WELL interface design is shit. [Read entire topic]

#23: Roger Ganas (rujoganas) Sat 20 Oct 07 18:55

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:55:00 PDT

#20<improve our perception of reality>

No one-size-fits-all "reality" for this ego. Life's more interesting than that. [Read entire topic]

#22: fluted pan (satyr) Sat 6 Oct 07 15:26

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:26:00 PDT

> BTW, ego suppression doesn't feel "natural" to most of us.

As I understand it, the "ego" is supposed to be a mediator between the superego and the id. Somehow suppressing the mediator seems like a bad idea. [Read entire topic]

#21: . (rujoganas) Fri 5 Oct 07 09:14

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:14:00 PDT

<#16> someone will come..to show the way..

(no "rapture" ref. intended or implied -R) [Read entire topic]

#20: Cupido, Ergo Denego (robertflink) Fri 21 Jul 06 19:12

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:12:00 PDT

>Changing how we think and talk accomplishes little by itself, except as it can lead to changing our behavior, and except as it changes the framework that serves as the background for the next generation, who are more likely to behave differently.<

Great point. We can change our point of view and/ or attitude toward reality. We can also select different analytical tools including terminology that will improve our perception of reality. All such actions, however, require some degree of ego suppression which can be impossible for some and difficult for the rest of us.

BTW, ego suppression doesn't feel "natural" to most of us. [Read entire topic]

#19: fluted pan (satyr) Thu 20 Jul 06 11:46

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:46:00 PDT

> I believe humans spend too much effort on formulating, elaborating on > and defending beliefs and too little effort observing the world.

Learning by observing and/or direct experience is great, but it takes time, and, given the linguistic capability for doing so, it's so much easier to tell a story, or to combine a story with a surrogate experience, like a game, than it is to arrange for every child to learn everything they need to learn through observation and experience. A consequence of this is that we come to rely habitually on language and too often neglect to ground what's learned in direct experience.

> This comes in, in significant part, from the seductive idea that we can > change the world by how we think and/or talk about it.

The idea of the magical word has been around for a very long time, and probably developed alongside language itself.

Changing how we think and talk accomplishes little by itself, except as it can lead to changing our behavior, and except as it changes the framework that serves as the background for the next generation, who are more likely to behave differently. [Read entire topic]

#18: Cogito, Ergo Spero (robertflink) Wed 19 Jul 06 05:20

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:20:00 PDT

I believe humans spend too much effort on formulating, elaborating on and defending beliefs and too little effort observing the world. This comes in, in significant part, from the seductive idea that we can change the world by how we think and/or talk about it.

We are vulnerable to such seduction, in part, because our egos function in ways that we are, at best, barely conscious of . We also exist in a social context that prefers certainty to the contingency that is fundamental to sound observation.

These characteristics are among those that have brought us to our current state of development, such as it is. It is an open question as to how well they will serve us in the future. [Read entire topic]

The WELL: pre.vue.116: What do you *REALLY* believe?