Author: walterstiers

• Refocus your “Information Lens” everytime again…

  A great comment appeared today on the site of Nature:Decision makers need constantly updated evidence synthesis “Science does not stand still; neither should its synthesis and translation into action.” Startin with a focus on COVID-19, it clearly states the wider importance: Evidence synthesis .. helps to tackle questions in education, economics, environment, criminal justice, global…

  walterstiers

  2021-12-15

  Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Science

  #DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens

• Binary “Space-Time decisions” accumulate

  There was this great article in PNAS, recently: The geometry of decision-making in individuals and collectives. Luis M. Rocha posted a perfect summary on twitter: In biology, complex dynamics so often lead to binary (thresholded/critical) decision: “we predict that the brain repeatedly breaks multichoice decisions into a series of binary decisions in space–time”.

  walterstiers

  2021-12-15

  Active Inference, Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Neurobiology/psychology, Science

  #DecisionIntelligence, #ProblemSolvingMind

• “it’s a walk in the park”

  “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery” The phrases “It’s not rocket science” and “It’s not brain surgery” are commonly and interchangeably used for tasks or concepts that are easy Using such phrases suggests that both specialties are put on a pedestal of being difficult or requiring exceptional cognitive abilities Whether they are…

  walterstiers

  2021-12-14

  Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Science

  #DecisionIntelligence, #Neuroscience, #Rocketscience

• Wetenschap of overtuiging?Democratie en kapitalisme – wat is er nu gaande

  Prof Koen Schoors gebruikt in zijn lezing bij de Universiteit Vlaanderen, “Kan een democratie bestaan zonder kapitalisme?“ (ook beschikbaar als podcast en in een krantenartikel) een aantal veronderstellingen die hij niet verduidelijkt. Dit is jammer, want meer uitleg had de toehoorder doen begrijpen dat de onderbouw ontbreekt. Ondertussen is in de wetenschap voldoende inzicht om…

  walterstiers

  2021-12-13

  #stakeholder economy, Biology of Information, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Social-Technical, Sustainability

  #DecisionIntelligence, #StakeholderEconomy, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

• Individual differences in information-seeking

  Vast amounts of personalized information are now available to individuals. A vital research challenge is to establish how people decide what information they wish to obtain.  People’s decisions about whether to seek or avoid information are related to an integration of the – instrumental value, – hedonic value and – cognitive value of information. Individual…

  walterstiers

  2021-12-03

  Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Social-Technical

  #DecisionIntelligence

• The Power Of Us – Group Decisions @ “Behavior Change For Good”

  Jay Van Bavel, and Dominic Packer have written a new book titled, The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities to Improve Performance, Increase Cooperation, and Promote Social Harmony. It examines how group affiliations influence behavior and inspire both personal and social change. During the BEHAVIOR CHANGE FOR GOOD INITIATIVE interview, Van Bavel talks about why he and…

  walterstiers

  2021-11-24

  Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Neurobiology/psychology, Social-Technical

  #DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens

• Knowledge Defies Entropy

  The SantaFe Institue SFIPress has the great theme of Knowledge defies entropy. Just released is the publication The Complex Alternative: Complexity Scientists on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Most papers in the first (of three) part were available as on-line posts in the “Transmission series“, dedicated to the reflections and research based on the COVID-19 pandemic. Also…

  walterstiers

  2021-11-09

  Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Social-Technical

  #DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

• Use complexity as a weapon … (but you might fail)

  From Tunnel Vision to Lateral Vision – In the Media & Elsewhere with Gillian Tett, a very short vido speech shared by the Sante Fe Institute, has a very nice reflection on why society accepts crisises like the financial-2008 Use complexity as a weapon The closing statement of the short fragment tells it all: “If…

  walterstiers

  2021-11-09

  Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Social-Technical

• World Model – “Free Energy” Selections of Perception & Policy

  During their lives humans constantly interact with the physical environment, as well as with themselves and others.World model learning and inference are crucial concepts in brain and cognitive science, as well as in AI and robotics. The outstanding challenges of building a generalpurpose AI needs world modelling and probabilistic inference, needed to realise a brain-like…

  walterstiers

  2021-10-29

  AI, Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Neurobiology/psychology, Science, Uncategorized

  #DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

• Designing for Human-AI interaction is hard. (So steal like an artist :-)

  Following is and interesting article/blog , and just “stolen like an artist” from https://www.simonoregan.com/short-thoughts/the-design-difficulties-of-human-ai-interaction Designing for Human-AI interaction is hard. Here Yang et al. catalog where designers run into problems when applying the traditional 4Ds process to designing AI systems. These difficulties can be broadly attributed to two sources: This uncertainty and complexity combination then…

  walterstiers

  2021-10-29

  AI, Biology of Information, Creative Thinking, Design Thinking, Information Technology

  #HumanAI, #TheInformationLens