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SUBJECTS
User Interface, Menus, Mouse, Speech
Human Memory, Pictures & Text
Visualization Improved by SDS
Leadership is Talking People into Doing
PDF Pictures Not Efficient for Com Metrics KM Takes Too Much Time
1000 Words Pictures SDS Needed Explain Analyse Understand Follow Up
Writing Improves Understanding
Pictures Require Thousand Words Explain Analyse Understand Follow Up
Opportunity Hidden in Plain Sight Comes Dressed in Coveralls Looks Li
Beyond Reach Organizational Memory SDS Analysis Text in Looks Like a
Write Everything at Once Not Needed Write What is Important Come Back

3113 -
3113 -    ..
3114 - Summary/Objective
3115 -
311501 - Follow up ref SDS 21 0000.
311502 -
311503 - Discussed with Ross this evening the challenge of explaining the need
311504 - for the SDS to add "intelligence" to information, when the culture,
311505 - including the business environment, is dominated by pictures and
311506 - dialog, i.e., sight and sound. ref SDS 0 4671  People are oblivious to
311507 - the power of intelligence because they hope to get by with using
311508 - pictures and conversation.
311509 -
311510 -     [On 980803 manager cited this challenge. ref SDS 77 4192]
311512 -  ..
311513 - Strategy is to avoid....
311514 -
311515 -           Descriptions that have Connotations - Hidden Meaning
311516 -
311517 -           writing................ work
311518 -           documentation.......... bureauacracy
311519 -           reporting.............. accountability
311520 -
311521 -
311522 -     ...these lead to the excuse...
311523 -
311525 -                     ..
311526 -                    there's not enough time
311528 -  ..
311529 - Focus on more expressions of...
311530 -
311531 -                        empowerment
311532 -                        understanding
311533 -                        follow up
311534 -                        feedback
311535 -                        planning
311536 -                        knowledge
311537 -                        intelligence
311538 -
311540 -  ..
311541 - These ideas flow from the "Information Highway" and "New World Order"
311542 - concept of "management imploding on itself," that followed review of
311543 - the Van Kasper article on 931008. ref SDS 15 4757.
311544 -
311545 -     [On 960510 developed structure of consciousness supported by SDS
311546 -     ref SDS 56 2222]
311548 -  ..
311549 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 confirming these understandings; included
311550 - background on 940510 researching Lotus Notes. ref SDS 20 9382
311556 -
311557 -
311558 -     [On 940625 worked these ideas into NWO paper. ref SDS 27]
311559 -
311560 -
311562 -  ..
3116 -
3117 -
3118 - Progress
3119 -
311901 - Pictures Require Thousand Words to Understand Meaning Implications
311902 - Fools Gold of Information Impart False Confidence of False Knowledge
311903 - Pictures and Dialog Impart Impressions of Fools Gold
311904 - Intelligence and Analysis Convert Impressions into Knowledge
311905 -
311906 - How can we help people, who crave pictures, conversation and email
311907 - because information provides a fast, easy emotional charge that seems
311908 - to require no mental or physical effort, to obtain a more useful
311909 - cognitive resource of knowledge that comes from "intelligence" that
311910 - connects information into a web of cross-linked patterns of cause and
311911 - effect, organized by time and subject, and aligned with controlling
311912 - forces, per explanation on 930808? ref SDS 9 0008.
311914 -  ..
311915 - The following analysis is summarized in NWO. see for example
311916 - ref OF 3 6824 and further at ref OF 3 9449
311918 -  ..
311919 - Email, speech and pictures sell because of immediate emotional impact
311920 - that imparts a sense of "knowledge."  The popular saying that a
311921 - picture is worth a thousand words, overlooks the corollary that
311922 - understanding a picture requires a lot of analysis, i.e., a thousand
311923 - words, to verify that momentary impressions and implications for
311924 - taking action are accurately aligned with objectives, requirements,
311925 - commitments and history, as previously discussed on 890523.
311926 - ref SDS 1 LU55
311927 -
311928 -      [On 000515 pictures limited representation of multi-dimensional
311929 -      knowledge, ref SDS 91 3R5K, Peirce semiotic strives to capture
311930 -      continuous flow of human thought with exestential graphs.
311931 -      ref SDS 91 Y34F
311933 -       ..
311934 -      [On 010312 pictures need 1000 words to explain. ref SDS 96 Q56M
311936 -       ..
311937 -      [On 010914 analysis of pictures and graphs not effective for
311938 -      handling daily work. ref SDS 99 UU8N
311940 -       ..
311941 -      [On 011102 example effective use of pictures for marketing.
311942 -      ref SDS A1 3D4H
311944 -  ..
311945 - Like conversation, pictures seem to provide instant "knowledge," but
311946 - instead provide only cursory impressions, unguided by analysis of
311947 - objectives, competing ideas and conflicting information that exceed
311948 - momentary span of attention.  An example is the observation on 940504
311949 - by the Honywell rep at Dinwiddi's job that managers want more
311950 - pictures. see ref SDS 19 8956
311951 -
311952 -      [On 940625 worked these ideas into NWO paper. ref SDS 27 0000.]
311954 -       ..
311955 -      [On 941109 editorial by Anthony Lewis in San Francicso Chronicle
311956 -      supported need for more analysis to make sense of constant
311957 -      information from pictures and conversation. ref SDS 28 0000 and
311959 -       ..
311960 -      [On 960321 Landauer's paper on knowledge acquisition seems to
311961 -      support the advantage of writing. ref SDS 48 8590]
311963 -       ..
311964 -      [On 960507 Dave at Intel likes pictures. ref SDS 55 1111]
311966 -       ..
311967 -      [On 980307 Andy Grove at Intel likes analysis. ref SDS 73 3668]
311969 -       ..
311970 -      [On 990121 book on the "hand" expands intellectual creativity.
311971 -      ref SDS 80 0000]
311973 -       ..
311974 -      [On 000515 pictures limited representation of multi-dimensional
311975 -      knowledge, ref SDS A1 3R5K, Peirce semiotic strives to capture
311976 -      continuous flow of human thought with exestential graphs.
311977 -      ref SDS A1 Y34F
311979 -       ..
311980 -      [On 010312 pictures take 1000 words to explain, noted by Eric
311981 -      Armstrong. ref SDS 96 MU62
311983 -       ..
311984 -      [On 060412 outline software explains advantages of writing for
311985 -      explaining meaning of pictures. ref SDS B0 IH3Y
311987 -  ..
311988 - SDS shows a lot of text which looks like a lot of work that is not
311989 - emotionally attractive like pictures and graphical interfaces for
311990 - wordprocessing.  Text is not entertaining, personable, nor immediate
311991 - like a speech, dilog and conversation.  Like many of life's big
311992 - chances, people overlook SDS because opportunity comes...
311994 -              ..
311995 -             Dressed in coveralls and looks like work!
311996 -
311998 -  ..
311999 - So initially SDS seems unappealing because it is unnattractive (see
312000 - POIMS paper at ref OF 1 0959 on "pretty things" sell).
312001 -
312002 -     [On 040214 cultural inertia resists improvement because ideas for
312003 -     saving time and money are hidden in plain sight by the fog of war
312004 -     from information overload; in the heat of battle attention is on
312005 -     solving immediate problems; when popular methods and approved
312006 -     technology are inadequate, economic and social pressure to retain
312007 -     position, prestige and payment drives conformity to be a "team
312008 -     player" giving in to bad management that ignores objectives and
312009 -     dismisses requirements, commitments and regulations that seem like
312010 -     unnecessary overkill when compliance requires improving the work;
312011 -     delivering "fools gold" doing familiar things in familiar ways is
312012 -     always fast and easy compared to opportunity that comes dressed in
312013 -     coveralls and looks like work to retool skills and use the right
312014 -     tools for saving lives, time and money. ref SDS A3 8R4J
312016 -  ..
312017 - Yet managers do not make decisions by handing people a picture.
312019 -  ..
312020 - Decisions are based on analysis of risk and opportunity based upon
312021 - correlations, implications and nuance of objectives, requirements and
312022 - commitments.
312024 -  ..
312025 - The meaning and implications of pictures and diagrams are ultimately
312026 - expressed and analysed through discussion, writing and mathamatics.
312027 - Mathamatics is slow, rigid and narrow.  Discussion and writing are
312028 - flexible and expansive in forming analysis.  Writing is more permanent
312029 - than talking, but is slower.
312031 -  ..
312032 - Talking is fast and easy.  Listening through the biology of hearing
312033 - doesn't seem to take a lot of effort and seems to require no more time
312034 - than talking. Email similarly, offers a stream of conscious emotional
312035 - release of energy in the moment that is unfettered by feedback that
312036 - requires verifying understanding.
312038 -  ..
312039 - That is why managers spend most of their time talking, per telecon
312040 - with Morris on 890809, ref SDS 3 5930, and review of HBR article on
312041 - 940510. ref SDS 21 0034
312043 -  ..
312044 - People like to talk, it is personable and cheap.
312046 -  ..
312047 - Talking and listening are, therefore, sold as a cheap and easy way to
312048 - "expedite" the work.  However, the homilie....
312049 -
312050 -
312051 -                         talk is cheap
312052 -
312053 -
312054 - ....reflects the huge risk of reliance on conversation for making
312055 - decisions, because "listening" requires accurately understanding, and
312056 - taking timely action to follow up.  On 890809 listening is a weakness
312057 - of communication through conversation. ref SDS 3 CJ9J
312058 -
312059 -     [On 950426 executive training reviewed. ref SDS 34 4392]
312061 -      ..
312062 -     [On 971229 management training film promotes better talking and
312063 -     listening. ref SDS 71 0000]
312064 -
312065 -
312066 -
3121 -

SUBJECTS
Lawyers Ask Trick Questions Second Guess
Talk Cheap, Need SDS to Invest

3404 -
340501 -  ..
340502 - Lawyers Ask Trick Questions Second Guess Because Guessing is Weak
340503 -
340504 - Discussion is transitory and discursive unless it is captured and
340505 - tested for alignment, as occurs in the legal arena.  People don't like
340506 - the legal arena, because it exposes the weakness of reliance on
340507 - conversation for managing on the "cheap."  The idea of having to do
340508 - more than talk is unpleasant.  It fosters denial and complaints that
340509 - lawyers "second-guess" and "ask trick questions," explained in NWO.
340510 - ref OF 3 0899
340511 -
340512 -    [On 980307 Andy Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive" says that
340513 -    executives deny the magnitude of the problems they face, especially
340514 -    when it requires changing work practices. ref SDS 72 2044]
340516 -  ..
340517 - What actually expedites the work is good decisions and this takes
340518 - intelligence, which is not cheap.
340519 -
340520 - "Intelligence" requires effective listening, explained in POIMS,
340521 - ref OF 1 1298, from work on 890809. ref SDS 3 CJ9J  Listening is also
340522 - discussed in NWO.
340524 -  ..
340525 - We want others to listen to us, but no one wants to invest time for
340526 - feedback metrics that establish good listening.  Additionally, people
340527 - fear accountability from copious notes and analysis that make
340528 - listening effective for accurate understanding and timely follow up.
340529 -
340530 -    [On 980307 Andy Grove, CEO of Intel, uses copious notes to remove
340531 -    ambiguity of mental maps. ref SDS 73 3668]
340533 -     ..
340534 -    [On 980405 research on fear of accountability, ref SDS 75 5065,
340535 -    yielded ideas for solution. ref SDS 75 3307]
340537 -  ..
340538 - SDS makes it faster and easier, i.e., cheaper, to capture daily dialog
340539 - and other business information as "feedback metrics" for listening,
340540 - and to align communication with objectives, commitments, requirements,
340541 - contracts, law, regulation, policy and so on.
340543 -  ..
340544 - This comprises a continual experience machine. that generates
340545 - "intellectual capital," "knowledge" and "intelligence," explained in
340546 - the NWO paper. ref OF 3 3007
340548 -  ..
340549 - The words people say are the window through which the conscious mind
340550 - views (thinks, analyses and reflects about) its sub-conscious
340551 - impressions, beliefs, values, paradigms derived from direct sensory
340552 - perception (see, hear, smell, feel) and experience in the world.
340553 -
340554 -     [On 960510 developed structure of consciousness supported by SDS
340555 -     ref SDS 56 2222]
340557 -  ..
340558 - SDS "manages" these words to create deeper understanding of experience
340559 - (i.e., what we have done and thought), so that we can avoid actions
340560 - that harm our real interests. ref OF 1 1299  It exposes our thoughts
340561 - and permits adjustments, explained on 920808. ref SDS 9 0877 and
340562 - ref SDS 9 0008
340563 -
340564 -       [On 950223 explained "metrics" in telecon with Morris.
340565 -       ref SDS 30 3164.]
340567 -        ..
340568 -       [On 960518 meaning drift defined. ref SDS 57 3734]
340570 -        ..
340571 -       [On 991101 meaning drift explained in relation to common sense
340572 -       of confusion, that makes communication the biggest risk in
340573 -       enterprise, is avoided by alignment. ref SDS 88 2800 and,
340574 -       ref SDS 88 1448]
340575 -
340576 -
340577 -
340578 -
3406 -

SUBJECTS
Information Processed Immediately from Receiving Sight Sound Action
Forage on Information Gratifies Senses, Reduces Time to Create Knowle
Graze on Information Culture of Knowledge Transitions from IT to Inve
Forage on Information Culture of Knowledge Transitions from IT to Inv
Information Overload, Deliberative Analysis
Knowledge Worker Communication Manager
Com Manager Different Tasks from Traditional Management
Information Consumed Immediately Overload Prevents Creating Knowledge
Speech Dominate Force of Culture because Communication Fosters Commun

6111 -
611201 -  ..
611202 - Information Sensory Perception Processed Immediately, Garden of Eden
611203 - Pictures and Conversation Provide Fools Gold of Sight and Sound
611204 - Malady of False Knowledge - Sight and Sound Mask Need for Analysis
611205 -
611206 - Follow up ref SDS 9 0877.
611207 -
611208 - Conscious span of attention is biologically driven, in the moment, by
611209 - absorbing sight and sound without deliberate analysis, per above.
611210 - ref SDS 0 4933  For example, on 890809 executives are frustrated
611211 - because people do not listen, ref SDS 3 CJ9J, but overlook that
611212 - biological hearing does not provide understanding and follow up that
611213 - people hope to occur, as explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 1298
611214 -
611215 -      [On 010312 pictures need 1000 words to explain. ref SDS 96 Q56M
611217 -       ..
611218 -      [On 010914 analysis of pictures and graphs not effective for
611219 -      handling daily work. ref SDS 99 UU8N
611221 -  ..
611222 - Stated another way, the mind processes information from sight and
611223 - sound immediately; whereas, converting information into knowledge
611224 - takes time to create and test (debug) connections of cause and effect.
611225 - ref OF 1 5795  Therefore, if the mind is constantly receiving and
611226 - sending information, then, like a zebra grazing on the African
611227 - savanna, or early hunter gatherers foraging in a garden of eden, there
611228 - is no time, nor evident need, i.e., demand, to invest time for
611229 - creating knowledge.
611230 -
611231 -       [On 001028 report Welch enables KM using architecture human
611232 -       thinking. ref SDS 93 BD2P
611234 -  ..
611235 - Drucker argues analysis is a core responsibility of management.
611237 -  ..
611238 - Analysis is aided by the SDS design integrating time and information
611239 - to improve alphabet technology, explained in POIMS, ref OF 1 5418, for
611240 - writing the story of daily experience, which comprises history,
611241 - ref OF 1 2301, and maintaining chronology that imparts understanding
611242 - of cause and effect. ref OF 1 2160
611244 -  ..
611245 - Drucker explains the problem of information overload with the analogy
611246 - of over eating when left alone in a candy store, reviewed on 931130.
611247 - ref SDS 16 TP7F  Below, Kissinger explains need for analysis to make
611248 - information meaningful, ref SDS 0 3399, under conditions of limited
611249 - time. ref SDS 0 6480
611251 -  ..
611252 - Deliberative analysis using alpyhabet technology, explained below,
611253 - ref SDS 0 8854, takes time to use hands, sight and hearing in applying
611254 - alphabet technology to construct and craft a coherent story that
611255 - explains new information in relation to prior experience, objectives,
611256 - requirements and commitments, see POIMS. ref OF 1 5418 and ref OF 1
611257 - 3742
611259 -  ..
611260 - Deliberative analysis adds intelligence to organizational memory, as
611261 - explained on 890809. ref SDS 2 MT7O  Aligning action items with the
611262 - context of history, organic subject structure, requirements and
611263 - commitments strengthens understanding that makes management effective.
611264 - Adding multiple summaries conveys meaning quickly, and feedback
611265 - increases accuracy of knowledge derived from the daily streams of
611266 - information.
611268 -  ..
611269 - NWO explains human mental biology is driven to react on impulse by
611270 - consuming information immediately in the conscious span of attention
611271 - in order to survive under evolving dynamics moment to moment.
611272 - ref OF 3 0863  Survival places a preimum on quickly processing
611273 - information from sight and sound using common sense through the
611274 - biological senses of seeing, hearing, speaking, etc.  ref OF 3 271T
611275 -
611276 -       [On 990329 mental mistakes are "feature not a bug" Steven
611277 -       Pinker. ref SDS 84 3723
611279 -  ..
611280 - Common sense is explained in NWO as drawing spontaneously on rules of
611281 - action that offer the best fit pattern of momentary impressions in the
611282 - time available for recognizing alignment. ref OF 3 4235
611283 -
611284 -       [On 990303 limited span of attention can manage at most 7
611285 -       subjects; recodes information. ref SDS 83 6120
611287 -  ..
611288 - Mental biology has a secondary system, commonly called a subconscious,
611289 - that processes information beyond the moment, by creating connections
611290 - of cause and effect according to context that are stored as stories,
611291 - lessons learned, experience and "knowledge," ref OF 3 4925, and used
611292 - by the conscous span of attention for quickly reacting to new
611293 - information from sight and sound based on rules of action called
611294 - paradigms that enable survival.
611296 -  ..
611297 - The human mind interprets pictures and speech by continual
611298 - associations with experience from other pictures and prior speech and
611299 - drawing inferences of correlations, implications and nuance that
611300 - apply, adjust and expand paradigms, rules, belief, past experience and
611301 - huge a body of knowledge far beyond the confines of a particular
611302 - picture or discussion.
611303 -
611304 -       [On 010914 letter to SRI explains pictures, text, time and
611305 -       intelligence. ref SDS 99 489J
611307 -  ..
611308 - Language in text and narrative for analysis is a powerful, flexible
611309 - window into the mind's interpretation than can be achieved by drawing
611310 - pictures.  It is very difficult to draw a picture of a concept, or
611311 - create pictures that convey the meaning of this paragraph, yet people
611312 - readily draw useful meaning from the text using alphabet technology,
611313 - reviewed below. ref SDS 0 8854
611315 -  ..
611316 - Constantly handling information through talking, listening, observing
611317 - and email, however, crowds out time for constructing connections to
611318 - understand cause and effect that makes experience valuable for growing
611319 - new knowledge. ref OF 3 14IA and ref OF 3 RUPW
611320 -
611321 -       [On 970811 study reports information overload diminishes
611322 -       learning, memory. ref SDS 67 1111
611324 -      ..
611325 -     The brain uses sensory information to meet biological necessities.
611326 -     Knowledge takes time to form connections of cause and effect.
611327 -     Talking is a reactive activity that requires immediate use of
611328 -     information, and therefore conveys belief that information is the
611329 -     primary resource needed for life. ref OF 3 4D3O
611330 -
611331 -        [On 010517 difference between information and knowledge
611332 -        reviewed at SRI. ref SDS 97 RL5F
611334 -      ..
611335 -     Speech is dominate force in human life.  Pauses in speech are not
611336 -     tolerated because talking is reactive; speaking spontaneously
611337 -     connotes power to meet immediate danger, and it is entertaining.
611338 -     ref OF 3 4D3O  Similar point is made in POIMS. ref OF 1 5106
611339 -
611340 -        [On 991108 speech requires continual exchange to avoid pauses.
611341 -        because this connotes power to meet immediate danger, and to
611342 -        entertain. ref SDS 89 4505
611344 -         ..
611345 -        [On 001219 explained process of using SDS. ref SDS 95 BV8R
611347 -      ..
611348 -     Listening is a common remedy proposed for improving communication,
611349 -     but overlooks the distinction between biological hearing that
611350 -     seems to take no time, no investment, indeed only earnest, or as
611351 -     Covey proposes, empathy, on 921205, ref SDS 12 5903, whereas what
611352 -     people want when they ask people to "listen" is to understand and
611353 -     follow up to take desired and effective action, as explained on
611354 -     890809. ref SDS 3 CJ9J  Because, when people don't listen by
611355 -     taking correct and effective action, loss, conflict, crisis and
611356 -     calamity ensue. ref SDS 3 126J
611357 -
611359 -  ..
611360 - It, also, takes time to organize information according to human needs
611361 - and objectives, i.e., subjects.  More time is needed to connect
611362 - information into chronologies of cause and effect.  Additional effort
611363 - to process information provides added value by balancing competing
611364 - interests, unlike sight and sound, i.e., pictures and dialog, which
611365 - are used instantly by the mind.  The result is increased knowledge,
611366 - wisdom and vision, explained in the NWO paper, ref OF 3 5846, and
611367 - POIMS. ref OF 1 0561
611368 -
611369 -       [On 990924 deferred damages from reliance on information prevent
611370 -       recognizing benefits of investing time to create intellectual
611371 -       capital, also, called knowledge. ref SDS 87 5576
611373 -        ..
611374 -       [On 991108 alphabet technology was created to solve inherent
611375 -       weaknesses of oral communication. ref SDS 89 7426]
611377 -        ..
611378 -       [On 001202 IT produces immediate rewards, KM rewards are
611379 -       deferred. ref SDS 94 JY9F
611381 -  ..
611382 - More time devoted to receiving pictures and sound necessarily reduces
611383 - the time for analysis that makes information useful.  This presents an
611384 - insidious paradox developing in the market that impacts the management
611385 - process.
611386 -
611387 -       [On 940625 applied these ideas to NWO paper. ref SDS 27 0000.]
611389 -        ..
611390 -       [On 960321 Dr. Landauer's paper on knowledge acquisition using
611391 -       his LSA model, ref SDS 48 8888, and on the value of writing to
611392 -       discover meaning. ref SDS 48 8590]
611394 -        ..
611395 -       [On 969518 Landauer's explanation of "meaning drift" supports
611396 -       need for adding "metric" to daily business communications. ref
611397 -       SDS 25 3734]
611399 -        ..
611400 -       [On 960307 developed plan for Dave Bounchristiani to explain at
611401 -       the Asilomar Conference the frailty of human memory and offer a
611402 -       concept of Concurrent Discovery that uses technology to solve
611403 -       the malady of false knowledge. ref SDS 46 1594
611405 -        ..
611406 -       [On 960409 article in Time on converting water into wine, ref
611407 -       SDS 19 7211, analysis of knowledge, common sense, wisdom and
611408 -       vision are at ref SDS 37 8301, ref SDS 37 8402.]
611410 -        ..
611411 -       [On 970811 study reports information overload diminishes
611412 -       learning, memory. ref SDS 67 1111
611414 -        ..
611415 -       [On 970829 "Managing Toward Accountability" says limited span of
611416 -       attention as risk of managing by conversation. ref SDS 68 4476]
611418 -        ..
611419 -       [On 980307 Andy Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive" sets
611420 -       out danger of relying on impressions from conversation and
611421 -       recommends analysis to avoid ambiguity. ref SDS 73 3668]
611423 -        ..
611424 -       [On 990202 USACE District Counsel asks about integrating
611425 -       pictures into SDS data base. ref SDS 81 7377]
611426 -
611427 -
611428 -
611429 -
6115 -

SUBJECTS
Comedy of Errors Caused by Meaning Drift Murphy's Law

6603 -
660401 -     ..
660402 -    Feel Good Management is a Comedy of Errors
660403 -    Information Highway without Intelligence Leads to Murphy's Law
660404 -
660405 -    Since people like pictures, because they seem like a quick and easy
660406 -    path to "understanding," ref SDS 0 4671, market forces produce
660407 -    technology that improves the speed and quality of pictures and
660408 -    sound, e.g., copy machines, telephones, fax, television.
660410 -     ..
660411 -    Email is a modern technology that, also, seems to bring fast and
660412 -    easy information that is useful in the moment.
660413 -
660414 -      [On 010312 pictures need 1000 words to explain. ref SDS 96 Q56M
660415 -
660416 -      [On 010914 analysis of pictures and graphs not effective for
660417 -      handling daily work. ref SDS 99 UU8N
660419 -     ..
660420 -    Self-reinforcement between the hunger for pictures and sound, and
660421 -    the gratification of that hunger by industry, creates a strong
660422 -    aversion to SDS because it manages text which seems the opposite of
660423 -    what people want, and the antithesis of "advanced technology."
660425 -     ..
660426 -    Since pictures actually create instant "impressions" that cause
660427 -    emotionally charged "beliefs" in a New World Order dominated by the
660428 -    malady of false knowledge, see POIMS, ref OF 1 8774, and NWO,
660429 -    ref OF 3 23IK, the result is a continual stream of inexplicable
660430 -    problems, conflicts, frustration, anger and losses, ref OF 3 8218,
660431 -    that are blamed on Murphy's Law, see....
660432 -
660433 -              POIMS...................... ref OF 1 0307
660434 -              NWO........................ ref OF 3 9449
660436 -        ..
660437 -       [On 950721 Dr. Landauer's book on "The Trouble with Computers"
660438 -       explains why market forces are slow to yield technology that
660439 -       improves real productivity. ref SDS 35 2004]
660441 -     ..
660442 -    This makes "management" a comedy of errors reducing productivity
660443 -    which can only be overcome by success in reducing the number of
660444 -    issues that require management attention.
660445 -
660446 -       [On 951012 used idea of "knowledge creep" ref SDS 41 9403 and
660447 -       ref SDS 41 8488, supported by Landauer's "meaning drift" on
660448 -       960518. ref SDS 57 3734]
660450 -        ..
660451 -       [On 980613 articles in Today's Engineer cite information
660452 -       overload as "new reality" that reduces productivity. ref SDS 76
660453 -       3499]
660455 -     ..
660456 -    Murphy's Law provides a convenient form of denial that avoids
660457 -    accountability for the constant stream of mistakes that occur
660458 -    everyday under the popular practice of "Feel Good" management. see
660459 -    911123, ref SDS 7 1331,
660461 -     ..
660462 -    Denial is the natural way of relieving the burden of guilt because
660463 -    accountability does not feel good.
660464 -
660465 -
660466 -
660467 -
6605 -

SUBJECTS
Analysis Alignment Organization Intelligence Proactive Problem Handli
Fear Accountability Proactive Problem Handling Resisted Small Problem
Kissinger, Henry Book Diplomacy People Hold Strong Views Do Not Know
Information Overload Endemic to Modern Society CBS News
Information Overload Makes Government Alice in Wonderland Continual
Kissinger Henry Book "Diplomacy" Alice in Wonderland of Bumbling No

8808 -
880901 -  ..
880902 - Henry Kissinger's Book "Diplomacy"
880903 - Alice in Wonderland of Bumbling No Time to Say Hello Nor to Understand
880904 - Bumbling Major Challenge to Connect Dots for Large Organizations
880905 -
880906 - The overwhelming urge to omit analysis that adds organization,
880907 - alignment, summary and feedback to information is excused on the
880908 - grounds that limited time makes intelligence seem like overkill,
880909 - illustrated by the record on 891027, ref SDS 4 9M6G, and so justifies
880910 - reliance on information from conversation, pictures and email that
880911 - impart cursory stream-of-conscious understanding of fleeting
880912 - impressions and feelings, per above. ref SDS 0 4933  This innate
880913 - biological drive increases the need for Communication Metrics as a
880914 - check against the spontaneous, "Alice in Wonderland" world of "false
880915 - knowledge" (see POIMS, ref OF 8 8774), which Henry Kissinger cites in
880916 - commenting on his book, "Diplomacy."  In a recent television
880917 - interview, Kissinger noted the new world order of chronic information
880918 - overload, explained in NWO, ref OF 14 1675, causes a dynamic where
880919 - people have strong feelings from constant meetings, calls, documents
880920 - and news media, but do not know why, because constant information
880921 - leaves no time for analysis, which forces people to rely on innate
880922 - human memory that is fragile and momentary.  This makes understanding
880923 - that drives decision making cursory, impulsive, and fleeting, (see
880924 - bottom of p. 833 in Kissinger's book "Diplomacy" at ref OF 5 2055),
880925 - because "Alice in Wonderland" has no time even to say "Hello," and so
880926 - there is even less time for deliberation.
880927 -
880928 -     [On 980307 continual bumbling from the "fog of war" because only
880929 -     CEO can allocate time to work intelligently; everyone else is
880930 -     following orders to attend the next meeting, reviewing Grove's
880931 -     book, ref SDS 73 7R5J; Grove explains solution writing copious
880932 -     notes that avoid ambiguity of mental maps. ref SDS 73 3668
880934 -      ..
880935 -     [On 970707 USAFIT reports management degrades to entropy when
880936 -     information overload overwhelms people, causing big projects to
880937 -     fail to loss of command and control. ref SDS 66 0108
880939 -      ..
880940 -     [On 050517 case study cognitive overhead shows culture resists due
880941 -     diligence to collaborate, communicate, investigate, study,
880942 -     analyse, and verify accuracy that levearages experience for taking
880943 -     effective action, because people do not have time to think.
880944 -     ref SDS A7 PY4U
880946 -      ..
880947 -     [On 040620 Knowledge Management practice says thinking about good
880948 -     intentions more important than taking action, and talking about
880949 -     Knowledge Management is doing something about it. ref SDS A5 PY3O
880951 -  ..
880952 - The fragility of innate human memory is shown by the record on 940327
880953 - reporting that people cannot remember dates that impart understanding
880954 - chronology of cause and effect. ref SDS 18 J496  POIMS explains how
880955 - SDS links and flexible structure augment intelligence to solve the
880956 - problem. ref OF 10 3I8M  Better memory enables deliberative analysis,
880957 - also, described in POIMS. ref OF 9 2300
880958 -
880959 -     [On 010916 SDS enables amazing memory. ref SDS A0 0001
880961 -      ..
880962 -     [On 020504 study shows professional standards for communication
880963 -     practices and requirements on good management specified in FAR,
880964 -     ISO, Health Care, Covey, Drucker, law, contract notice provisions,
880965 -     and 2,000 years of literacy for contemporaneous documentation for
880966 -     alignment and feedback to work intelligently, quickly, and
880967 -     accurately are ignored in government, business, health care, every
880968 -     sector. ref SDS A2 NS6F
880970 -      ..
880971 -     [On 040505 Paris peace conference in 1919 heads of state began
880972 -     holding meetings hoping to avoid keeping records, but found the
880973 -     top people in the world could not remember enough to perform daily
880974 -     work; eventually leadership yielded to an even stronger fear of
880975 -     accountable for failing to get anything done, and so a record of
880976 -     organizational memory was prepared and this change in management
880977 -     practice yielded results that expedited progress. ref SDS A4 MQ49
880979 -      ..
880980 -     [On 041012 medical management exasperating because staff fail to
880981 -     invest time for organizing the record, causing mistakes, delay and
880982 -     cost escalation. ref SDS A6 NV49
880984 -  ..
880985 - Below, television fosters a culture of pictures that restrains the
880986 - habit of analysis, ref SDS 0 3399, despite Covey's call on 921205 for
880987 - people to form good habits of keeping a diary to "sharpen the saw" of
880988 - understanding. ref SDS 12 2229
880989 -
880990 -     [On 980307 Andy Grove's book says copious notes essential to avoid
880991 -     ambiguity of mental maps that cause mistakes. ref SDS 73 3668
880993 -  ..
880994 - Kissinger's concern that people omit analysis aligns with a report on
880995 - 921127 that small, inconsequential details cause major problems.
880996 - ref SDS 11 0674  Jeromy Campbell explains that people pay a price for
880997 - relying on common sense to expand information for decisions rather
880998 - than use organizational memory to align communication with daily work.
881000 -  ..
881001 - An example is the explosion of the Columbia Space Shuttle caused by
881002 - failed communication, reported at Cal Tech on 921021, ref SDS 10 4499
881003 - People are so frustrated by complexity of communication that causes
881004 - continual bumbling that it cannot even be discussed at professional
881005 - seminars on improving management. ref SDS 10 A252
881006 -
881007 -     [...in another record today, IBM cannot plan effectively, for
881008 -     example agreements are abandoned when new managers are assigned.
881009 -     ref SDS 24 JT7G
881011 -  ..
881012 - An invidious aspect of false knowledge, (see POIMS, ref OF 1 8316), is
881013 - limited span of attention, commonly called mental "blind spots" that
881014 - cause people to overlook critical details, reviewed today from an
881015 - article in Scientific American. ref SDS 25 0020
881017 -  ..
881018 - Limited span of attention and limited time to understand and maintain
881019 - alignment causes feelings to become disconnected in the mind from
881020 - history and experience of circumstances that creates feelings, and
881021 - justifies application to different circumstances. ref SDS 0 4671
881022 -
881023 -     [On 950327 defined Communication Metrics, examples of continual
881024 -     miscommunication, i.e., Alice in Wonderland. ref SDS 31 0200]
881026 -      ..
881027 -     [On 950407 examples from work with S&C Ford. ref SDS 32 7777]
881029 -      ..
881030 -     [On 950417 Robert MacNamera concurs in his book "In Retrospect.
881031 -     ref SDS 33 5872.
881033 -      ..
881034 -     [On 950721 management standards require methods for tracing
881035 -     decisions to original sources. ref SDS 36 1740]
881037 -      ..
881038 -     [On 951026 organizations unable to accomplish tracability to
881039 -     original sources due to information overload. ref SDS 42 3245]
881041 -      ..
881042 -     [On 951103 proactive intelligence discover and fix small mistakes
881043 -     to avoid big problems, is psychologically demanding, conflicts
881044 -     with feel good management. ref SDS 43 VC4G
881046 -      ..
881047 -     [On 960103 Morris indicated executives like to get information by
881048 -     visuals in order to save time. ref SDS 44 3411]
881050 -      ..
881051 -     [On 960224 example losing agenda for event. ref SDS 45 7400
881053 -      ..
881054 -     [On 960430 "bumbling" causes Alice in Wonderland. ref SDS 52 7008;
881055 -     more examples from record defining Communication Metrics on
881056 -     950327. ref SDS 31 0200]
881058 -      ..
881059 -     [On 960507 David Vannier indicated Intel wants to use visuals in
881060 -     place of analysis. ref SDS 54 1111]
881062 -      ..
881063 -     [On 960920 managers prefer to omit analysis of daily management
881064 -     details in order to save time. ref SDS 61 9530]
881066 -      ..
881067 -     [On 970523 Unisys losing money due to lack of understanding, see
881068 -     ref SDS 65 7592]
881070 -      ..
881071 -     [On 970829 reviewed limited span of attention from management
881072 -     text. ref SDS 68 4476]
881074 -      ..
881075 -     [On 980307 Andy Grove's book says new realities of business
881076 -     require managers to adopt better methods. ref SDS 73 3151]
881078 -      ..
881079 -     [On 980403 managers fear accountability. ref SDS 74 6581]
881081 -      ..
881082 -     [On 980815 article foreign policy failures caused by too much
881083 -     information, not enough understanding. ref SDS 78 1173]
881085 -      ..
881086 -     [On 980817 Ross does not have time to think. ref SDS 79 5313]
881088 -      ..
881089 -     [On 990202 USACE District Counsel asks about integrating pictures
881090 -     into SDS data base. ref SDS 81 7377]
881092 -      ..
881093 -     [On 990303 scientific paper that humans have limited capacity to
881094 -     process information. ref SDS 83 6120]
881096 -      ..
881097 -     [On 990510 USACE converting documents to pictures, using PDF
881098 -     technology, instead of creating connections. ref SDS 85 B3P5
881100 -      ..
881101 -     [On 000331 LANL using PDF pictures. ref SDS 90 3895
881103 -      ..
881104 -     [On 010619 government contract agency striving to improve literacy
881105 -     for better analysis. ref SDS 98 KWSQ
881107 -      ..
881108 -     [On 050722 example common scenarios comedy of errors on big DOD
881109 -     project getting fouled up; management degrades to entropy because
881110 -     nobody has command and control of the record. ref SDS A8 PK6Y
881112 -      ..
881113 -     [On 050923 doctor reports error in patient history came from
881114 -     remembering a record or comment incorrectly that can no longer be
881115 -     found, and so cannot be cited for verification; and notes that
881116 -     Millie tried to get evaluation during the year 2003 of
881117 -     episodically expanding inflammation in the left breast but it took
881118 -     a long time for the medical system to perform a biopsy that
881119 -     eventually discovered IBC in April of 2004. ref SDS A9 4N5J
881121 -  ..
881122 - Dr. Kissinger has stated in interviews that his generation, and those
881123 - who came before the era of television, were more analytically inclined
881124 - because they were forced into the habit of investing time for reading
881125 - and writing, as the only means of interacting with the larger world of
881126 - events and ideas.  Kissinger argues that reliance on literacy that
881127 - engages the mind in deliberately constructing analysis through writing
881128 - provides an order of magnitude increase in understanding relative to
881129 - passively absorbing pictures and sound, and engaging in continuous
881130 - conversation, as occurs in typical meetings.  see analysis above.
881131 - ref SDS 0 4671
881132 -
881133 -     [On 950204 SDS adds firepower to strengthen analysis by thinking
881134 -     through writing. ref SDS 29 4995 and on how memory is aided to
881135 -     improve reading and writing. ref SDS 29 7499
881137 -      ..
881138 -     [On 950911 Toffler's who authored "Future Shock" promote need for
881139 -     continual learning, and developing meta skills of thinking and
881140 -     analysis. ref SDS 38 2222
881142 -      ..
881143 -     [On 960911 communication consultant used training exercises to
881144 -     show people draw different meanings from conversation and meetings
881145 -     that lead to misunderstandings. ref SDS 60 3421]
881147 -      ..
881148 -     [On 960920 managers prefer to omit analysis of daily management
881149 -     details. ref SDS 61 9530]
881151 -      ..
881152 -     [On 970829 management text book describes "data explosion"
881153 -     impairing communication, ref SDS 68 2878.]
881155 -      ..
881156 -     [On 971229 communication consultant used "telephone game" to show
881157 -     management is a game of "guess and gossip." ref SDS 70 1526]
881159 -      ..
881160 -     [See Andy Grove's book reviewed on 980307 describing strategic
881161 -     inflection points that signify new realities which require strong
881162 -     leadership to navigate successfully. ref SDS 72 2680]
881164 -      ..
881165 -     [On 980403 managers fear accountability. ref SDS 74 6581]
881167 -      ..
881168 -     [On 980613 articles in Today's Engineer cite information overload
881169 -     as "new reality" that reduces productivity. ref SDS 76 3499]
881171 -      ..
881172 -     [On 980803 Max at CESPn cited this challenge. ref SDS 77 4192]
881174 -      ..
881175 -     [On 980815 article foreign policy failures caused by too much
881176 -     information, not enough understanding. ref SDS 78 1173]
881177 -
881179 -     ..
881180 -    Diplomacy, Henry A. Kissenger; Simon & Shuster, 1994
881181 -
881182 -    "The emerging international system is far more complex than any
881183 -    previously encountered by American diplomacy. Foreign policy has to
881184 -    be conducted by a political system that emphasizes the immediate
881185 -    and provides few incentives for the long range. Its leaders are
881186 -    obliged to deal with constituencies that tend to receive their
881187 -    information via visual images.
881189 -     ..
881190 -    All this puts a premium on emotion and on the mood of the moment at
881191 -    a time that demands rethinking of priorities and an analysis of
881192 -    capabilities." p. 833-834, ref OF 5 line 2054
881193 -
881195 -     ..
881196 -    Leadership Not Enough Time to Be Confused
881197 -    Second Guessing is Not Available to Leaders
881198 -    Leadership Aide and Technology Reduce Guess Work
881199 -
881200 -    Kissinger poses on page 26, ref OF 5 514J, the challenge of the New
881201 -    World Oder distinguishing between the analyst as an observer, such
881202 -    as a reporter or policy professor, and the "man of action," who
881203 -    must make decisions, in his case a statesman.  The analyst can take
881204 -    all the time needed for a clear conclusion; the overwhelming
881205 -    challenge to the statesman is the pressure of time.  The analyst
881206 -    runs no risk without authority and responsibility.  If his
881207 -    conclusions prove wrong, he can write another treatise.  The
881208 -    statesman is permitted only one guess; his mistakes are
881209 -    irretrievable.  The analyst has available to him all the facts; he
881210 -    will be judged on his intellectual power.  The statesman must act
881211 -    on assessments that cannot be proved at the time he is making them.
881213 -     ..
881214 -    The same argument applies to second guessing in litigation.  The
881215 -    challenge is how to add a greater measure of intelligence to daily
881216 -    affairs.
881218 -     ..
881219 -    This seems to support SDS capability for concurrent discovery that
881220 -    enables deliberative analysis to support leadership, per above.
881221 -    ref SDS 0 3U7J  It offers a role for technology to aid the analyst
881222 -    by permiting faster more thorough connections with past
881223 -    understandings to construct patterns of experience showing more
881224 -    clearly relevant case histories.  This can remove some of the
881225 -    guessing and replace it with knowledge, wisdom and vision.
881226 -
881227 -       [On 950417 Robert MacNamera's book "In Retrospect, see
881228 -       ref SDS 33 8830, and ref SDS 33 5872.]
881230 -        ..
881231 -       [See speech broadcast by George Shultz, ref SDS 64 8502.]
881233 -        ..
881234 -       [See book data explosion impairs communication. ref SDS 68 2878]
881235 -          ..
881236 -       Johanna Neuman's book ref SDS 47 9405, used for the
881237 -       Asilomar Conference in 1996 at ref SDS 50 0806 and on the need
881238 -       for more analysis at ref SDS 53 7008.]
881240 -        ..
881241 -       [See "Truth is Moving Target" in paper on "Dialog, Documents and
881242 -       Human Memory, at ref SDS 58 5678.]
881244 -        ..
881245 -       [On 950327 definition of Communication Metrics shows examples of
881246 -       failed "intelligence." ref SDS 62 2378.]
881248 -        ..
881249 -       [On 970707 paper by Air Force Institute of Technology on
881250 -       Entropic Cost Model correlates cost growth with information
881251 -       entropy (disorder), ref SDS 66 0108.]
881253 -        ..
881254 -       [On 970910 executives do not have enough time to think. see
881255 -       record at ref SDS 69 3479.]
881257 -        ..
881258 -       [On 980815 article foreign policy failures caused by too much
881259 -       information, not enough understanding. ref SDS 78 1173]
881260 -
881261 -
881262 -
8813 -

SUBJECTS
Alphabet Technology Connects Small Meanings into Larger Understanding
Knowledge Connecting Similar Patterns of Experience Over Time Imparts
Pictures Create Impulsive Impressions
Understanding Context Positions Information Sources and Times Showing
Story Aids Understanding
Once Upon a Time Stories Begin by Imparting Cause and Effect
Then What Happened Most Common Question Time Imparts Cause and Effect
Analysis Listening Understanding Follow Up Make Communication Getting
Literacy Time for Reading Writing Making Connections Add Intelligence

AZ11 -
AZ1201 -  ..
AZ1202 - Alphabet Uses Small Pictures to Create Information: "Big Picture"
AZ1203 - SDS Leverages Power of Mind to Connect Information into Context
AZ1204 -
AZ1205 - Written analysis is a 5,000 year technology for connecting "pictures"
AZ1206 - (letters, numbers, punctuation) into succeeding levels of detail
AZ1207 - (words, sentences, paragraphs, outlines, notes), per research on
AZ1208 - 930112, ref SDS 13 3443, and earlier on Campbell's explanation of
AZ1209 - connectionist theory in cognitive science. ref SDS 5 6006  This solves
AZ1210 - Kissinger's worry about "Alice in Wonderland" management of continual
AZ1211 - bumbling. ref SDS 0 4238
AZ1212 -
AZ1213 -     [On 940611 alphabet paradigm shift shows power of deferred
AZ1214 -     rewards, adults make children invest in their future. ref SDS 26
AZ1215 -     9044]
AZ1217 -      ..
AZ1218 -     [On 950927 explained history of alphabet technology at meeting
AZ1219 -     with Intel. ref SDS 40 6461]
AZ1221 -      ..
AZ1222 -     [On 991108 history of alphabet technology. ref SDS 89 5628]
AZ1224 -      ..
AZ1225 -     [On 010312 pictures require a thousand words to analyse with
AZ1226 -     alphabet technology. ref SDS 96 Q56M
AZ1228 -      ..
AZ1229 -     [On 071113 Jack Park submits paper explaining power of alphabet
AZ1230 -     technology to advance civilization. ref SDS B1 PH4K
AZ1232 -  ..
AZ1233 - Alphabet technology connects small meanings into larger understandings
AZ1234 - that strengthen human thinking by producing an objective rendering of
AZ1235 - subjective mental analysis, which can be shaped, crafted and
AZ1236 - preserved, was reviewed on
AZ1237 -
AZ1238 -            910221................ ref SDS 6 OP7M
AZ1239 -            920122................ ref SDS 8 3821
AZ1241 -  ..
AZ1242 - Analysis is a key component of "intelligence" ref OF 1 0367, also,
AZ1243 - called "reporting," in POIMS. ref OF 1 2300
AZ1245 -  ..
AZ1246 - Analysis is also explained in NWO. ref OF 3 01EH, and on alphabet
AZ1247 - technology that aids story telling. ref OF 3 0846
AZ1249 -  ..
AZ1250 - Peter Drucker points out that "analysis" is a critical responsibility
AZ1251 - of management, reviewed on 931130, ref SDS 17 7911, reflecting Covey's
AZ1252 - call for seeking first to "understand" by keeping a daily journal.
AZ1253 - ref SDS 12 2231
AZ1255 -  ..
AZ1256 - SDS significantly strengthens written analysis through a design that
AZ1257 - integrates thinking and doing, see POIMS, ref OF 1 2049, so it is fast
AZ1258 - and easy to capture organnizational memory, and draw only relevant
AZ1259 - information, when needed for analysis. ref OF 1 3742
AZ1260 -
AZ1261 -      [On 000709 Bill DeHart reported experience at PG&E showing SDS
AZ1262 -      has a natural organization that works better than other methods.
AZ1263 -      ref SDS 92 1029
AZ1265 -  ..
AZ1266 - Analysis develops a coherent story that helps the mind understand
AZ1267 - correlations, implications and nuance on daily events, and information
AZ1268 - from all sources.  The story, or "report," explains action taken, and
AZ1269 - assesses risks of further action, or taking no action, relative power
AZ1270 - relationships, commonly called politics, as well as personal and
AZ1271 - organizational objectives, requirements and commitments, hence POIMS.
AZ1272 - ref OF 1 6221
AZ1274 -  ..
AZ1275 - On 900303 research on human mental biology indicates "stories" are a
AZ1276 - powerful form of understanding. ref SDS 5 3016  Thus, people ask....
AZ1277 -
AZ1278 -
AZ1279 -                        What's the story?
AZ1280 -
AZ1281 -
AZ1282 - ....so analysis to aid intelligence in building useful knowledge
AZ1283 - requires continual writing of a coherent story.
AZ1285 -  ..
AZ1286 - The importance of time that imparts sequence is evident from cultural
AZ1287 - practice that begins stories with....
AZ1288 -
AZ1289 -
AZ1290 -                         Once upon a time
AZ1292 -  ..
AZ1293 - Since the human brain primarily reasons from paradigms formed by
AZ1294 - accumulating experience that imparts cause and effect, people commonly
AZ1295 - ask when hearing a story.....
AZ1296 -
AZ1297 -
AZ1298 -                        Then what happened?
AZ1299 -
AZ1300 -
AZ1301 - ....which reflects the SDS design that integrates time (past, present
AZ1302 - and future) with information through the "intelligence" cycle that
AZ1303 - converts information into knowledge to strengthen management.
AZ1304 - ref OF 1 6649
AZ1306 -  ..
AZ1307 - SDS provides a flexible structure for connecting data and information
AZ1308 - with objectives, requirements and commitments (values) into stories
AZ1309 - (i.e., history, case studies) that are linked to form sequences based
AZ1310 - on the context of time.  This builds chronologies of organic structure
AZ1311 - based on subjects that comprise knowledge about the world, per
AZ1312 - analysis on 920808, ref SDS 9 0008, and discussion on 930921
AZ1313 - explaining SDS record structure is an organizing strategy to integrate
AZ1314 - time with information. ref SDS 14 3940  This provides a rich
AZ1315 - environment that improves written analysis for understanding cause and
AZ1316 - effect commonly called...
AZ1317 -
AZ1319 -                                ..
AZ1320 -                               meaning
AZ1321 -
AZ1322 -     ...and...
AZ1323 -
AZ1325 -                           ..
AZ1326 -                          context management
AZ1327 -
AZ1328 -
AZ1329 - ...which solves the problem cited by Kissinger above. ref SDS 0 4238
AZ1330 -
AZ1331 -
AZ1333 -  ..
AZ1334 - On 950925 technology emulates human cognition for using alphabet
AZ1335 - technology that builds larger meanings from small meaning. ref SDS 39
AZ1336 - 2632
AZ1337 -
AZ1338 -     [On 960321 meaning and context are central questions of cognitive
AZ1339 -     science. ref SDS 48 2882 and ref SDS 48 5588]
AZ1341 -  ..
AZ1342 - No such consideration occurs in absorbing conversation and in viewing
AZ1343 - events and pictures; impressions impact emotions immediatley, even
AZ1344 - when erroneous, per analysis above on "False Knowledge." ref SDS 0
AZ1345 - 4671
AZ1347 -  ..
AZ1348 - However, the time and effort required to write forces consideration of
AZ1349 - prior impressions. The practice of writing results in "impressions"
AZ1350 - only as a reward for exercising the mind (see POIMS ref OF 1 line
AZ1351 - 502). These impressions can be traced in order to understand the
AZ1352 - reasoning, facts and history that caused them.
AZ1353 -        ..
AZ1354 -     See also Prodigy dialogs on writing at ref SDS 13 9405.
AZ1356 -      ..
AZ1357 -     [On 950721 ISO requirement for traceability, ref SDS 36 1740.]
AZ1359 -      ..
AZ1360 -     [On 950927 alphabet most powerful technology at Intel. ref SDS 40
AZ1361 -     6461]
AZ1363 -      ..
AZ1364 -     [On 960609 Landauer cited alphabet as counterintuitive technology.
AZ1365 -     ref SDS 59 1037]
AZ1367 -      ..
AZ1368 -     [On 970116 alphabet as "public utility" ref SDS 63 0002.]
AZ1370 -      ..
AZ1371 -     [On 980307 Andy Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive" says that
AZ1372 -     writing copious notes contributes to understanding that improves
AZ1373 -     chances of effective management. ref SDS 73 3668]
AZ1375 -      ..
AZ1376 -     [On 990218 explained alphabet again. ref SDS 82 3100]
AZ1378 -      ..
AZ1379 -     [On 990615 submitted proposal to NSF on alphabet. ref SDS 86 1610]
AZ1380 -
AZ1382 -  ..
AZ1383 - Pictures create impressions without any interceeding intellectual
AZ1384 - consideration and therefore are faster but more susceptible to error
AZ1385 - than writing.  There appears to be a direct feed from the eyes and
AZ1386 - ears to the mind that causes people to act immediately.  This is
AZ1387 - essential in coping with events that pose immediate danger or oppor-
AZ1388 - tunity.  In the old world order where people lived in isolated
AZ1389 - enclaves, harmful action was contained by geography and human physi-
AZ1390 - ology.  If you were beyond the range of someone's ability to throw a
AZ1391 - rock or spear, and could run fast or were across the river, precipi-
AZ1392 - tous action from false impressions was contained.  People were sub-
AZ1393 - jected to only the visual stimuli of their immediate surroundings.
AZ1395 -  ..
AZ1396 - Today, people are bombarded by visual stimuli every day from around
AZ1397 - the world.  Since the world is more densly populated the chances for
AZ1398 - the variability of the species to give up images that seem bizzare or
AZ1399 - frightening or inhumane, increases.  People can now feel and react
AZ1400 - immediately with impacts beyond the limits of human physiology. This
AZ1401 - results in a world boiling with spontaneous impressions and precipit-
AZ1402 - ous reactions, like a debilitating national psychosis.  A picture of a
AZ1403 - person being beaten, or of a maimed combatant, or a starving person,
AZ1404 - does not compete for our attention.  We are consumed by that picture,
AZ1405 - and feel we have direct "knowledge."  Without investing the time to
AZ1406 - "figure out" what we understand, to create knowledge with written
AZ1407 - words, the impression of pictures becomes belief, which is exercised
AZ1408 - through spontaneous speech and conduct.
AZ1410 -  ..
AZ1411 - SDS provides an opportunity to develop a rationale for impressions in
AZ1412 - advance of taking action, in order to discover if the "impression"
AZ1413 - actually comports with objectives and prior events. However, the pace
AZ1414 - of modern life imparts to people the impression that there is no time
AZ1415 - for this step; they seek more pictures in order to act faster to cor-
AZ1416 - rect the mistakes of prior false impressions.  This leaves no time to
AZ1417 - test the solution of SDS, in order to gain sufficient experience to
AZ1418 - evaluate its viability.
AZ1419 -
AZ1420 -      [See correlation with Robert MadNamera's book "In Retrospect" on
AZ1421 -      the cause of poor decisions in Kennedy Administration, ref SDS 33
AZ1422 -      line 233.]
AZ1424 -       ..
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