I think it should be an image or symbol of something living or more specifically a living act like slowed motion of speech, gestural communication or writing. DigitalVideo would be good. I don't think it is entirely limiting to have the image be human but the imagery could be trans-species. I don't think there is anything any more limiting about including words than imagery so both would probably help. You might want to even take some of the words from an actual friam. Something weblive might be good as well and at the same time as the remote class. A drawback to this approach is that it may lead to vanity and hubris.that would not be good.
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:32 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FRIAM] The quintessence of complexity thinking All, Colleagues at my former institutution have asked me to provide a reading or other ...... representation .... that can be consumed in less than an hour that would give a sense of what it is "we" do in Friam, in Santa Fe, etc. Hopefully not words ABOUT it but an example OF it, if you see what I mean, but we might have to settle for words. If you had ONE SHOT at turning a colleague into a complexitist, what would you do with him/her. Does FRIAM have some suggestions???? A related question in my mind: if agent-based-models come closest to capturing the essense of complexity thinking, WHY? Discuss. I will collect your responses and forward them on to Worcester. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Research Associate, Redfish Group, Santa Fe, NM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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