Category: Decision Intelligence

• 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

• Less = More, “Lets Kill”

  One of the great readings recently was the article from Adams, G.S., Converse, B.A., Hales, A.H. et al. in Nature: People systematically overlook subtractive changes. The summary video, clearly marks the point: Experiments show that people default to adding as a solution in various situations. It appears to be an uncommon insight. When solving problems, people prefer adding…

  walterstiers

  2021-10-06

  Biology of Information, Complexity, Creative Thinking, Decision Intelligence, Design Thinking

  #TheInformationLens

• We do not only need multi-stakeholder, there is also an urgent need to reflect about future generations: “Being a Good Ancestor.”

  I just finished a nice reading on how we might motivate ourselves to think about a sustainable future. “The Good Ancestor” from Roman Krznaric is great in helping us to understand the urgent need to stop living in the tiranny of the now, and working toward long term thinking and intergenerational justice. Roman has strong…

  walterstiers

  2021-09-30

  #stakeholder economy, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Life Ideas, Sustainability

• Decision-making Uncertainties.

  One Earth has a great article on decision-making for complex systems under uncertainties. “Identifying uncertainties in scenarios and models of socio-ecological systems in support of decision-making“There are many sources of uncertainty in scenarios and models of socio-ecological systems, and understanding these uncertainties is critical in supporting informed decision-making about the management of natural resources.  Three…

  walterstiers

  2021-09-27

  Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Science, Social-Technical, Sustainability

• Article: Circles of dialogue of wisdom

  Another open access article, worth reading for the approach taken to solve complex issues with stakeholders in different disciplines and cultures. Breaking monologues in collaborative research: bridging knowledge systems through a listening-based dialogue of wisdom approachSustainability Science Vol.16(3), 2021 The urgent need to address the sustainability issues of the Anthropocene requires a dialogue capable of…

  walterstiers

  2021-09-17

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

  #StakeholderEconomy

• Skills in Space

  Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought is a great book by Barbara Tversky.  In this book, she argues that spatial thinking is the foundation of all thought, including abstract thinking. When there are too many thoughts to hold in mind, we put those thoughts into the world in various ways, and the way we put…

  walterstiers

  2021-08-22

  AI, Biology of Information, Decision Intelligence

• Does the quality of “Smart Information Processing” connect with the Default Mode Network ?

  I was triggered by an article in Nature, explaining the atypical connectome hierarchy in ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). ASD is characterized by atypical sensory processing, while and deficits in high-level cognitive and social functions, including impairments in Theory of Mind and predictive abilities. The article points out that ASD might emerge from disturbances in macroscale cortical…

  walterstiers

  2021-08-22

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

• The Information Lens – helping to correct the failure of the Perceptron

  In the rich history of information processing, the idea of the perceptron occurred, based on the founding ideas of the artificial neuron (McCulloch and Pitts, 1943). Including the available knowledge of learning, Frank Rosenblatt constructed the perceptron devices, building the first of artificial learning machines, and as such creating the first neural nets in 1957. As referenced in “Calling Bullshit” (Ch. 8, intro),…

  walterstiers

  2021-08-22

  AI, Biology of Information, Complexity, Decision Intelligence, Information Technology