Re: Absent Hoisting or a Deeper Problem; A Question about Id

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Posted by sub
2005-12-11 15:06:08

> Even though your writing is data-based, emerging from the data and thoughts you have, you eventually want to end up in some kind of linear structure with a limited number of items. On the other hand, the information store wouldn’t need the same kind of goal-directed structure…

I comprehend and agree with your line of argument, however: my own profession and overall interests and occupations have to do with finding patterns, similarities and relationships between quite diverse issues and areas, i.e. business, environment, social interactions, psychology, spirituality etc.

In short, I work in a highly “non-linear” domain where I rely on synergies to produce any kind of useful output. For those synergies to take form, I require a bird’s eye view of things much more than accurate details; those can be filled in later.

In that sense, I’d say that I start the other way around from a classic researcher; I start with a concept, describe it and then reform it so that it fits in with reality; the creation of the concept itself though is triggered by “seeing something” within a multitude of sources.

> If you go to Google’s playground, you’ll also see some interesting emerging technologies, which will help people find information which is relevant in a certain context. I think that we’re going to see a lot happen in this area within the next 3-5 years.

I agree; however, I do not think that “personal information stores will become obsolete” because subjectivity is the basis of our individual sense of reality—and worth.

alx

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