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Why take the time to methodically describe a problem? Why seek the advice of others in attempt to clarify a workable solution? The answer is within the human passion to be heard and understood.
Life expectancy is 67.2 years in a humanity of 6.8 bil…
Please throw out everything said in the past, especially descriptions of tools and process.
Let's collaboratively describe a problem and iteratively develop a proposal for a solution.
The problem must be semi-complex. That is the judgment of the s…
There are two main premises to my idea, one I clearly see as being similar to yours. The shared idea is to make sense of all the clutter within internet communication. I see this task as the more time consuming of the two premises. I also believe to…
Hello Guilhem,
Never let go of your dream and don't assume someone will develop the essence of your thought. Until you see your idea in reality, keep pushing forward.
An anonymous professor from Stanford University provide some words of wisdom:
"…
Seeing an example of the Do Good Gauge being applied is a common comment I receive. I'm happy to say that functionality has been developed to demonstrate the refinement process, though I have yet to find willing participants.
I've resorted to using…
Hi Nicholas,
I very much like your approach to journalism. Your description as "He says, she says" very much describes political discourse and the media in the United States.
Based on prior discussions with Jack, I did some experimenting Bohm dial…
What if the media model was flipped up side down where the author was the student and the reader the teacher?
Iteration is a major factor for the Do Good Gauge. An argument is forever changing. Coaching and public measurement provides the motivatio…
I need someone to share the Do Good Gauge idea with. This random attempt to send email out with less than 10% response has to stop. Look at this motivation thread. Zero participation, other than myself.
Right now I would be happy with a second comp…
NOTE: This thread starts at the top. Consequential post start at the bottom and work their way up. This is of importance to understand the history of this idea.
Purpose of Thread: To develop a collaborative process for "Motivating Collaboration"
En…
NOTE: This thread starts at the top. Consequential post start at the bottom and work their way up. This is of importance to understand the history of this idea.
Purpose of Thread: To develop a collaborative process for "Motivating Collaboration"
En…
In the Do Good Gauge "This I Believe" essay, I shared what some may believe is too personal.
"I believe God is good is a symmetric equation. Whether this is true or if God exists, I leave to hope."
A key to this thought is hope. Hope can be a monu…
I have yet to figure out the motivation which gets people to converse. Small talk is not too difficult, but few are willing to invest time or emotion in analyzing complex moral issues.
What if this GSm account was an alias for Warren Buffett, the p…
I have yet to figure out the motivation which gets people to converse. Small talk is not too difficult, but few are willing to invest time or emotion in analyzing complex moral issues.
What if this GSm account was an alias for Warren Buffett, the p…
Hello Gregory,
I think you are on to something and may have the participates for success. Several points in your blog stand out:
1. Engage students
2. System of accomplishment
3. Build toward higher demographic visibility
4. Diverse team participa…
Slashdot.com (http://www.slashdot.com) is a premier website for
technology. I claim that Slashdot was one of the first web based
event/news feed. I've been reading it since 1998. I would like to publish a variation of the the above query on Slashdot…
This comment will discuss communication and attempt to clarify my query.
Problem solving is a valued skill in all disciplines, whether it be computer science, cognitive science, natural language processing, statistical analysis, mass communication,…
Global Sensemaking identifies a few individuals or projects in pursuit of solutions motivated by a premise. A more convergent forum where the average citizen can build an intelligent argument with a higher potential of democratic visibility, is the…
Global Sensemaking identifies a few individuals or projects in pursuit of solutions motivated by a premise. A more convergent forum where the average citizen can build an intelligent argument with a higher potential of democratic visibility, is the…
well said Scott, keep going...
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- As a exercise in solitude, I have been refining an idea to democratically measure the merits of an intelligent argument. This idea is called the Do Good Gauge. An abstract of the concept is posted on my website.
I am a Software Engineer of over twenty years, the past couple of years I have specialized in the development of data driven websites using open source technology. Most recently I have developed a CMS and many enterprise applications for an engineering firm using the CakePHP MVC framework.
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NOTE: This Blog has been summarized on the Do Good Gauge at the following link.
Motivating Collaboration
I need someone to share the Do Good Gauge idea with. This random
attempt to send email out with less than 10% response has to stop. Look at this motivation thread. Zero participation, other than myself.
Right now I would be happy with a second computer science t… Continue
Motivating Collaboration
I need someone to share the Do Good Gauge idea with. This random
attempt to send email out with less than 10% response has to stop. Look at this motivation thread. Zero participation, other than myself.
Right now I would be happy with a second computer science t… Continue
Posted on January 4, 2010 at 9:00pm — 5 Comments
The Mutual Benefit of our Premises
Global Sensemaking identifies a few individuals or projects in pursuit of solutions motivated by a premise. A more convergent forum where the average citizen can build an intelligent argument with a higher potential of democratic visibility, is the premise of the Do Good Gauge. Inside and outside the GSm there are passionate individuals building cases for their premise.
Many premises require a large amount of resources to build or prove. The lack of support can halt the pursuit of a prem… Continue
Many premises require a large amount of resources to build or prove. The lack of support can halt the pursuit of a prem… Continue
Posted on November 29, 2009 at 1:23pm — 2 Comments
Argument Tangency
I’ve come to the point where blogging is more an act of personal motivation than expectation of dialog or social refinement. My tunnel vision pursuit to describe, design, and develop a forum to bring democracy to an intelligent argument causes the interjection of tangent discussion into many blogs. I’m no longer going to apologize for this. I blame it on the forum. Blogs do not facilitate intelligent discussion. Heresy rules, the focus is short lived, and the problem is lost in the mix.
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Posted on August 12, 2009 at 2:06am — 4 Comments
Argument Coaching
This thread has been summarized on the "Argument Coaching" page of the Do Good Gauge.
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
Getting to the Root of Problem Solving.
It is difficult getting to the root of the problem when everyone's focus is on the fruit.
There are few holy grail solutions to complex global issues. The best that can be offered is mutual understanding and a desire to provide the most benefit in lieu of the least harm.
Rationally, I don't understand the benefit of a hierarchical argument structure where there is a root of a problem. A better visualization of a complex problem is a geodesic sphere, where each node represents a satisfactory so… Continue
There are few holy grail solutions to complex global issues. The best that can be offered is mutual understanding and a desire to provide the most benefit in lieu of the least harm.
Rationally, I don't understand the benefit of a hierarchical argument structure where there is a root of a problem. A better visualization of a complex problem is a geodesic sphere, where each node represents a satisfactory so… Continue
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 4:26pm — 20 Comments
Comment Wall (11 comments)
- At 2:17pm on July 1, 2009,
David Price said… - Hi, Scott.
No forgiveness necessary -- and I'm conscious that I'm a fleeting presence here at the moment (in part due to this: http://bit.ly/Rp8pP).
I have been enjoying your contributions to the group, and please don't hesitate to seek to catalyse regular, systematic discussions of the kind that you describe in (or from, or linked to) this space if you would like to at any time...
...or, indeed, to suggest any other ideas or approaches.
In the meantime, I'm anticipating news of significant developments linked to the Essence project later this month, and will update the group on this as soon as the news is confirmed.
All the best,
David
- At 11:56am on June 26, 2009,
robert beckett said…
- as a fullerite of many years standing i have to agree with your prognosis...my own search for a visualisation tool to imply bucky's thinking but not contravene its copyrights or appropriate its ways, led me to the global sense making site...we are just now building a visualization tool (pre-prototype) that will add value to every tool in the global sense making box...i hope...if you are interested in sharing 'the wellspring of reality i'd be happy to send you a link when this is ready...rb
- At 2:35am on June 11, 2009,
Lynne Johnson said… - Thanks for the elaboration. Journalism and debate. How do these compare to dialogue, in your understanding? The pro-con limitations of journalism have always concerned me, the idea of "both" sides of a question is too flat, or two-dimensional for me...I do have some journalism training. The again pro v con format of debate similarly concerns me with the way it sets up disputes as a good way to illuminate things. I'm a mediator, an alternative dispute resolution practitioner, among other things, so these aspects of discourse are always highlighted in my understanding.
I have a couple ideas that could only see the light of use as simulations or otherwise computer assisted tools-- but unlike you, I've not to-date done all of the legwork that you have. Accolades for all of your hard work! One of the things I hope to find now that I've found and joined this net, is a better understanding of what's out there, and how I might put my envisioned tools out there eventually. Meanwhile the words on the Home Page about purpose, ethos etc were enough to hook me in. I'll read your work fully tomorrow. Thanks for the dialog.
- At 10:51pm on June 10, 2009,
Lynne Johnson said…
- Odd, and then I must be off -- my page tells me you posted two comments, but I got only one, plus a send-back to our Home Page...Lynne
- At 10:48pm on June 10, 2009,
Lynne Johnson said…
- Don't throw in the towel! Let's keep communicating. Have to go to Tai Chi Center right now. To be continued, on both ends I trust :) I didn't yet get into the guts of your work, got sidetracked, but will soon. Promise. What color is that towel, anyway? Is it nubbly, or velvety, thick or thin... but as usual, I meander and digress. This towel is too interesting to toss.
- At 6:55pm on June 10, 2009,
Lynne Johnson said…
- Just joined. Fascinated by your graphic.
Just scanning your link, I wonder about the dispute-based, ego-based (arguing, proving yourself) word choice of "argument" (yes, I get academic discourse and the nature of debate -- I'm smiling). Also wondering about the war-weary language and metaphors throughout. this is only on-the-face-of-it feedback. I'll actually get into it now :) The language could be off-putting and not congruent with the ethos of peacemaking or goal of furthering understanding... Lynne
- At 7:26pm on November 29, 2008,
Ben Tremblay said… - Oh, please don't misunderstand me: I'm not dismissing Franklin's method ... never said anything like that ... no argument there.
I'm sure you appreciate how and when the term "junta" is used most commonly.
So I was happy to come across the concept of "strategus".
- At 6:45pm on November 29, 2008,
Ben Tremblay said…
- Haaahaha too funny; thing is, I know the Franklin / "junto" connection. Two reasons my brain might have seized just then: a) I bridle at being called "Benjamin" while going as "ben", and 2) the "junta" concept triggers an allergic reaction. So that confabulation had me miss your point quite completely. cheers!
- At 4:49pm on November 29, 2008,
Ben Tremblay said…
- Hi Scott - For no good reason I can see, Ning cut off the "Reply To" function on the thread I'm reading, so this here rather than there.
You wrote about not wanting to be bitter with me for "not crediting his support group". I talked about 2 or 3 individuals in my comment, so I'm at a loss. And then you go on, "Instead I reflect on the thousands of family homes saved from the ashes, all of the declining eyes which continued to read, and all of the libraries across the United States." and I'm even more at a loss.
So, well, glad you opted not to be bitter with me. I wish I what I had written was something more than quarrelsome noise for you.
- At 3:35pm on September 11, 2008,
George E. Mobus said… - Hi Scot.
I share your sentiments re: where this group is heading. But I would prefer to go off-line. You can e-mail me at: George.Mobus@gmail.com
George
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