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A touch of intellectual humility

Being open to the limitations of their knowledge can help researchers tofoster interdisciplinary and cross-cultural collaborations. Intellectual humility involves “the owning of one’s cognitive limitations, a healthy recognition of one’s intellectual debts to others, and low concern for intellectual domination and certain kinds of social status”. That translates to recognizing the limitations of one’s beliefs…

walterstiers

2023-10-04

#sense-making, Biology of Information, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens

a call for transformative, inclusive, and integrative approaches for learning and relearning in the Anthropocene

“The students will have an understanding and empathy that they will hold in their minds and hearts due to the spiritual and cultural teachings they are learning through the land. They will have a new lens.” Joy Joseph-McCullough, Squamish Nation Fuelled by the intersecting challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and profound social, economic,…

walterstiers

2023-10-03

Biology of Information, Life Ideas, Social-Technical

#EconomicBehavior, #TheInformationLens

Stikstof – is het echt de landbouw?

Net een erg leuk, inzichtelijk en compact boek gevonden over het Nederlandse Stikstof verhaal, waar ook Vlaanderen nog veel uit kan leren, en misschien zelfs kan handelen. Thomas Oudman heeft recent “Uit de Shit – Een pleidooi voor meer boeren en minder vee” gepubliceerd. Zijn betoog: Het kán: de stikstofcrisis oplossen en boeren perspectief geven.…

walterstiers

2023-09-12

#sense-making, #stakeholder economy, #Wicked, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Policy, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #EconomicBehavior, #StakeholderEconomy, #TheInformationLens

Evolution of cognitive biases

Peter S. Park published a very interesting research on decisions and inference: “The evolution of cognitive biases in human learning”. Some text snippets I like to share: Cognitive biases like underinference, the hard-easy effect, and recurrently non-monotonic confidence are evolutionarily puzzling when viewed as persistent flaws in how people learn from environmental feedback. To explain…

walterstiers

2023-09-04

#sense-making, #Sensemaking, Active Inference, Biology of Information, Complexity, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens

TAP – The Adjecent Possible

From the astonishing evolutionary advances of the Cambrian explosion to our present-day computing revolution, the trend of dramatic growth after periods of stability can be explained through the theory of the “adjacent possible,” says theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman. Tracing the arc of human history through the tools and technologies we’ve invented, he explains the impact…

walterstiers

2023-08-29

#Sensemaking, Biology of Information, Complexity, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Science, Social-Technical, Sustainability

#DecisionIntelligence, #emergence, #TheInformationLens

Beware of rule 10

I know I fail on the key objective of this great article, but still try to do my best within my possibilities. “Ten simple rules for scientists engaging in science communication” has a great overview of how to communicate, written by Brittney G. Borowiec, a postdoctoral fellow and freelance science writer and editor. There are…

walterstiers

2023-08-28

Life Ideas, Social-Technical

#TheInformationLens

The computational power of the human brain

Peter J. Gebicke-Haerter published a great review article with this title. I selected some snippets and the key conclusion: At the end of the 20th century, analog systems in computer science have been widely replaced by digital systems due to their higher computing power. Nevertheless, the question keeps being intriguing until now: is the brain…

walterstiers

2023-08-28

Biology of Information, Complexity, Information Technology, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Science

#DecisionIntelligence, #emergence, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens

Conducting unveiled

“Conducting unveiled: Sharing Simon Rattle’s Vision through Revolutionary EyeTracking Glasses” is a wonderfull story, I would like to share. “Split second shifts give the conductor and musicians a chance to anticipate the next move, but on a much larger, integrally collective scale.” This story brings together some together some topics already touched before, like conducting…

walterstiers

2023-08-27

#sense-making, Active Inference, Biology of Information, Complexity, Information Technology, Innovation Games, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Science, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #emergence, #TheInformationLens

Humor – Filosofie

“Een kleine filosofie van de humor” door de Zwitserse filosoof Yves Bossart neemt ons mee op een even reis door de wereld van de humor. Volgens Ludwig Wittgenstein is humor geen stemming, maar een heuse levenshouding. Humor ontregelt én stelt ons in staat om enige afstand te nemen en zaken ter discussie te stellen. Umberto Eco…

walterstiers

2023-08-22

#Sensemaking, Creative Thinking, Life Ideas

#TheInformationLens

Paul Verhaeghe – Onbehagen

“Onbehagen”, het recente boek van Paul Verhaeghe, is een meesterlijke studie van hoe onze cultuur en samenleving inwerken op ons geestelijk welbevindenOndanks de welvaart op alle vlakken heerst er een groot onbehagen in onze maatschappij. Dit gevoel is van alle tijden en maakt deel uit van ons mens-zijn. Paul Verhaeghe laat in dit boek zien…

walterstiers

2023-08-22

#stakeholder economy, #Wicked, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Policy, Social-Technical, Sustainability

#EconomicBehavior, #ProblemSolvingMind, #StakeholderEconomy, #TheInformationLens

Harris Hawks Optimization

The Harris hawk optimizer is a recent population-based metaheuristics algorithm that simulates the hunting behavior of hawks. This swarm-based optimizer performs the optimization procedure using a novel way of exploration and exploitation and the multiphases of search. A review research focuses on the applications and developments of the recent well-established robust optimizer Harris hawk optimizer…

walterstiers

2023-08-10

Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Science

#DecisionIntelligence, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens

Wicked7 – looking for “Regenerative” solution

12 jul 2022, TedX@Athens. Christian Sarkar makes bold statements: Globalization has failed. Income inequality has exploded. COVID hasn’t disappeared yet. And War is at the gate. What can be done in your neighborhood, in your city? We learn the lessons of regeneration from Palermo, Sicily – and the (website and) book by Christian Sarkar, Philip…

walterstiers

2023-08-10

#Sensemaking, #stakeholder economy, #Wicked, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Life Ideas, Policy, Sustainability, Uncategorized

#DecisionIntelligence, #ProblemSolvingMind, #StakeholderEconomy, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

What If – Causal Inference (free)

Miguel Hernán made a revision of book “Causal Inference: What If” is available for download. The book provides a cohesive presentation of concepts of, and methods for, causal inference. Much of this material is currently scattered across journals in several disciplines or confined to technical articles. The authors expect that the book will be of…

walterstiers

2023-08-10

Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Science

#DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens

A top-down, bottom-up model of circuit function for anxiety and depression.

A great review article describes the bottom-up and top-down processing from Marr’s computational-algorithmic-implementation perspective to understand depressive and anxious disease states. The review illustrate examples of bottom-up processing as basolateral amygdala signaling and projections and top-down processing as medial prefrontal cortex internal signaling and projections. Understanding these internal processing dynamics can help us better model…

walterstiers

2023-08-06

Biology of Information, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Neurobiology/psychology, Science

#DecisionIntelligence, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens

Design for Well-Being and Sustainability

Design for Well-Being and Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework of the Peer-to-Peer Sharing and Reuse Platform in the Circular Economy investigates how to infuse well-being components into the circular economy. Based on the literature review, it organized and analyzed the extant evidence of related well-being-based research to develop an ecosystem model of a sustainable product–service system…

walterstiers

2023-08-06

#sense-making, Active Inference, AI, Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Policy, Science, Social-Technical

#ActiveInference, #DecisionIntelligence, #emergence, #HumanAI, #TheInformationLens

“Fitness” Beats “Truth”

The “Fitness-Beats-Truth Theorem” provides a quantitative measure of the extent to which the fitness-only strategy dominates the truth strategy, and of how this dominance increases with the size of the perceptual space. The FBT Theorem supports the Interface Theory of Perception. The Interface Theory of Perception is discussed and described in detail in 2015 by…

walterstiers

2023-07-23

#sense-making, #Wicked, Active Inference, Biology of Information, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology

#ActiveInference, #DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens, #Wicked

Walking in nature is probably the highest ROI activity I have in my life.

Feeling stuck? Go for a walk. There is no mental block strong enough to outlast the power of a 30-minute walk. It’s a fact that some of your most creative moments come during periods of boredom. • On a walk • In the shower • Driving in silence • At dinner by yourself You’re bored,…

walterstiers

2023-07-22

Life Ideas, Walking

#ProblemSolvingMind

What Do I Do …

Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin) is a scientist at Tufts University; his lab studies anatomical and behavioral decision-making at multiple scales of biological, artificial, and hybrid systems. Today, Michael posted 2 simple flowcharts, worthwhile sharing. “Many thoughtful people get destabilized by deep questions of science & philosophy – what are the implications for how to live life?…

walterstiers

2023-07-17

#Sensemaking, Biology of Information, Creative Thinking, Life Ideas, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens

coffee, nope ….

I used to drink it, long time ago, a little bit… coffee. I’m happy without – and the evidences are being presented more and more. Coffee consumption decreases the connectivity of the posterior Default Mode Network (DMN) at rest. The obvious clear title of a recent paper. A very readable summary is offered by Frontiers…

walterstiers

2023-07-17

Biology of Information, Life Ideas, Social-Technical

The Physics of Survival

Please enjoy the fascinating discussion of the free energy principle with Dr. Maxwell Ramstead, a leading thinker exploring the intersection of math, physics, and philosophy and Director of Research at VERSES. The 2 hour discussion includes great details on FEP. The FEP was proposed by renowned neuroscientist Karl Friston, this principle offers a unifying theory…

walterstiers

2023-07-17

Active Inference, AI, Biology of Information, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Life Ideas, Neurobiology/psychology, Science, Uncategorized

#ActiveInference, #DecisionIntelligence, #HumanAI, #TheInformationLens

Complexity, Entropy & the Physics of Information

The specter of information is haunting sciences. With these words, Wojciech H. Zurek invited fellow scientists to attend the 1989 Santa Fe Institute workshop on which this proceedings volume is based. Thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, the quantum theory of measurement, the physics of computation, dynamical systems, molecular biology, and computer science — information remains central to the…

walterstiers

2023-07-13

Biology of Information, Information Technology, Science

#PhysicsOfInformation, #Wicked

How Constraints Create Coherence

This entry is a pointer to the long-expected work of Alicia Juarrero: Context Changes Everything, How Constraints Create Coherence how the concepts of constraints provide a way to rethink relationships, opening the way to intentional, meaningful causation. Grounding her work in the problem of causation, Alicia Juarrerochallenges previously held beliefs that only forceful impacts are…

walterstiers

2023-07-12

#Cynefin, #sense-making, Biology of Information, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #ProblemSolvingMind, #TheInformationLens

Some Advise on AI (research)

“Look for somewhere that you think everybody’s doing it wrong.” Geoffrey Hinton Pioneering artificial-intelligence researcher Geoffrey Hinton, who quit his job at Google so he can speak freely about the dangers of the technology, says young researchers should trust their intuition to find alternative ways of doing things. (University of Toronto video | 46 min…

walterstiers

2023-06-30

#sense-making, AI, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology, Life Ideas, Science, Social-Technical

#DecisionIntelligence, #TheInformationLens

AI can distort human beliefs

Without a zone of uncertainty plus other troubling features, generative AI is poised to amplify bias and falsehoods, distort human perception. Individual humans form their beliefs by sampling a small subset of the available data in the world. Once those beliefs are formed with high certainty, they can become stubborn to revise. Fabrication and bias…

walterstiers

2023-06-23

#Sensemaking, AI, Complexity, Information Technology, Science

#HumanAI, #TheInformationLens