could be..., except that it opens a door to new worlds frequently hidden in sight, but for most people it doesn't provide any spark!
> > Not far different from what Ed Tufte termed "sparklines." > See http://sparkline.org/ > > -tj > > On 1/10/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oh, Phil, I knew that all along. :-) > > > > On Jan 10, 2007, at 7:01 PM, phil henshaw wrote: > > > > It occurs to me some of you may have wondered but not thought to ask what > > ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ means. > > > > It means growth curves show you where and when natural systems are > > emerging and connect with the behavioral loops inside that act as a whole > > and extend throughout, which are much harder to identify > > otherwise. They're an observer's an entry point. With close > > attention these exposed instrumental mechanisms can be appreciated and found > > to usefully differ from many our our ideas of abstract causation applied to > > them so far. In two words, 'look inside'. > > > > > > Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 680 Ft. Washington Ave > > NY NY 10040 > > tel: 212-795-4844 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > explorations: www.synapse9.com > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > "Good judgment comes from experience, and experience well, that comes > > from poor judgment." A.A. Milne > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > www.analyticjournalism.com > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. > To change something, build a new model that makes the > existing model obsolete." > -- Buckminster Fuller > ========================================== > > -- Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
