In the U.S. the Ad Council is a private non-profit organization that
puts advertisements promoting the public good.
When I was in college, a somewhat subversive student newspaper printed a
fake Ad Council advertisement - along with stealing the ad council logo.
(Tsk tsk.)
186,000 Miles Per Second
It's not only a good idea, it's the law.
I've heard it said that the only reason we as human beings attain
mastery over Nature is by being obedient to Her laws. Take it as a
metaphor, but specifically describing the ways things already are
working and inviting people to play in the field of that awareness
changes what's possible. Just as "obedience" to the Speed of Light has
enabled us to ascend to higher planes in our understanding of the Universe.
Harold
On 10/26/13 8:02 AM, Linda Stevenson wrote:
Hi, Dan,
"Be prepared to be surprised" along with the OST "principles" is
*descriptive *of what participants might notice in Open Space. You
could think of it as a "heads up" or a reminder that nobody knows
specifically what is going to go up on the wall (nor what specific
outcomes and next steps will emerge). General outcomes, yes, like
emergent visions, creative collaboration, genuine community, serious
learning and play, etc. but not specific ones, hence the element of
surprise.
In twenty years of facilitating Open Space I have never seen any one
interpret it as a directive, just a reminder which not only applies to
OST but also to life itself.
All the best,
Linda
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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:17:38 -0400
From: d...@newtechusa.net
To: oslist@lists.openspacetech.org
Subject: [OSList] : Speech acts
When responding to Jenifer's thoughts earlier, I realized:
The slogan "Be Prepared to Be Surprised" is a most interesting one in
OST.
It is actually an illocutionary speech act.... of type "*/Directive/*".
So, located here in OST, baked into it, we have a specific slogan that
is attempting to *cause* the hearer to take a particular action, e.g.
a request, *commands* and advice. A directive!
I wonder if the undeniably directive structure of "Be Prepared to Be
Surprised" really aligned with the intention/spirit/philosophy of OST.
Dan
Background links:
What is a speech act?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts
A /*speech act*/ in linguistics
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics> and the philosophy of
language <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language> is an
utterance that has performative function in language and communication.
What is an illocutionary act?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act
*Illocutionary act* is a term in linguistics
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics> introduced by the
philosopher John L. Austin
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Austin> in his investigation of
the various aspects of speech acts
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts>.
What is a Directive illocutionary act?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts
*directives* = speech acts that are to *cause the hearer to take a
particular action*, e.g. requests, commands and advice
More than you asked for:
What is a Commissive speech act?
*commissives* = speech acts that commit a speaker to some future
action, e.g. promises and oaths
On 10/24/13 1:29 PM, Jenifer Toksvig wrote:
Re: [OSList] The OST Game Dan wrote: >> Consider the man who loves
a certain woman, and waits for the current trend of her interest
in him to change. He is goal seeking without controlling.
Likewise, trend-following market traders do not attempt to create,
control or make trends. They simply identify & ride them, while
seeking wealth. <<
Waiting and seeking are still forms of controlling. Your loving
man has chosen to wait for his goal rather than (to coin a phrase)
being prepared to be surprised by another woman. He may not be
trying to control her, but he's still trying to control the
situation in a way that he thinks will allow him to achieve his goal.
Those who seek wealth do likewise: they don't randomly ride the
trends, they identify them and make choices about how to ride
them, in order to obtain wealth. That is control.
I don't think it's possible to be goal-oriented and try to exert
some kind of control over the process, unless your goal is... to
have no goal. Actually, even being prepared to be surprised is a
goal. A sort of wonderfully ridiculous one.
Jen x
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