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Seth's Blog: The Billion-Dollar T-Shirt
15 December 07 06:37 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

Ontological uncertainty exists when, even if you perfectly know and understand the environment you're in, you still can't predict the impact of your actions because the system is changing faster than the ripple effects of your actions can play out. This Read More...

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When information is not scarce, what does it mean to know?
16 November 07 05:10 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Another very interesting video here from the folks at Kansas State University that did the Academia 2.0 post and initial response . (BTW, the first video on the linked page IS the Academia 2.0 video, so be sure scroll down to the second video.) Similar Read More...

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Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 3: Strategies for Reinforcing Loops and the Hive Mind
20 June 07 03:59 PM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Here's a conundrum: if knowledge is personal, how do I benefit from what you "know"?  Read More...

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Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 2: Knowledge is personal
20 June 07 05:34 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg In the natural world, few (if any) things grow without limits.  In the case of information Read More...

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Computing Is A Liberal Art, Part 1: Education Inflation
20 June 07 01:59 AM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   

Technorati Tags: innovation , systems thinking , complexity science , adaptive , change , learning , Popfly , computing is a liberal art , knowledge , cyborg Education Inflation   Most of us are familiar with the rising cost of education/tuition Read More...

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Vicarious reputation growing from a virtual economy for reputation system points?
17 February 07 01:03 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

It's an interesting idea that Josh Ledgard learned is being used in China, and blogged about here . I like that it tries to make the reputation system points more useful/valuable, and encourages people to ask questions they really want answered -- that Read More...

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Ontological Uncertainty and Innovation
27 November 06 10:28 PM | john.mullinax | 4 Comments   

Thought folks might find this 2004 working paper from David A. Lane and Robert Maxfield at the Sante Fe Institute of interest: http://www.santafe.edu/research/publications/workingpapers/04-06-014.pdf . It’s a little dense, to say the least, so I posted Read More...

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