“Those thinking that online social networking is a substitute for face-to-face interactions might want to think again.  Recent research in psychology suggests there are some benefits to real-life socializing that the Internet just can’t provide; researchers at Stanford University have published a report in Psychological Science called “Synchrony and Cooperation” that indicates engaging in synchronous activities (e.g., marching, singing, dancing) strengthens social attachments and enables cooperation”

via Asynchrony in social networking could spell trouble | Technimentis.

Tags: science, thinking

These are my links for November 13th from 22:43 to 23:00:

• Personal VSM – If one wishes to change the world, one must first change oneself. This was one of Heinz von Foerster’s profound teachings and one that has great applicability today as it seems that many aspects of our lives threaten to spiral out of control. Here in Ontario, which is one of the more tranquil areas on earth, we have had continuing security fall-out from the World Trade Center attack, the Walkerton water system’s e-coli contamination, SARS, a computer leasing scandal in city government and the electricity black-out in August. All appeared to be catastrophes or anomalies but, upon examination, all have been found to be events that we could have, and should have, been better prepared to meet. All the subsequent examinations exposed failures to see the whole picture and to respond with requisite variety when the first sign of trouble appeared.

Tags: change, control, experience, ignorance, predictions, teaching, thinking, VSM

These are my links for November 12th from 22:34 to 22:38:

• POSIWID: Purpose of Reading 3 – If you search for the “Purpose of Books” you will find dozens of websites repeating (with small variations) a quotation from Christopher Morley stating that the real purpose of books is to trap (or perhaps to inspire) the mind into doing its own thinking.
• POSIWID: The Purpose of Reading 2 – But I still want to quibble with the way this “Bad-Dads-Don’t-Read” agenda is being presented, because it is confusing about the true purpose of bedtime reading. If the purpose of (bedtime) reading is defined solely in terms of the educational benefit to children, this is not sufficient reason why it has to be the father who does the reading.

Tags: Books, change, education, POSIWID, presentations, systems, thinking

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Tags: aesthetics, archetypes, consciousness, cybernetics, design, discipline, education, experience, feedback, feeling, goals, holons, humour, ignorance, inference, insight, intelligence, intuition, knowledge, learning, maxims, memory, metaphor, model, pattern matching, patterns, POSIWID, predictions, presentations, problem solving, self-awareness, semantics, semiotics, skills, software, synthesis, systems, teaching, thinking, VSM

When will Canadian doctors join the computer age?

In this piece in CBC News In Depth by Robert Sheppard its noted that despite a massive program sponsored by the federal and provincial government (Canada Health Infoway; 6 years; $1.1 billlion) less than 20% of Canadian GP's are actually using electonic IT systems for clinical care.

Tags: CBC, systems, thinking

• Zoober Blog » Sleep on difficult decisions
  New scientists have recently published an article about the importance of sleep when you have a difficult decision to make. If you concentrate hard on a complex decision your brain cant handle the load, so what happens is that your brain only make use of
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• Senior Software Sales, Mini CEO – Jobs, Careers, Employment, Hiring, Training, Canada, Ontario, BC, USA
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• New Scientist SPACE – Breaking News – Space-elevator tether climbs a mile high
  (tags: space-eleavator, space, science tether @)
• Creator of Circumstance
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Tags: software, thinking

• 17 Resources on Complete List of Web 2.0 Products and Services – Listible!
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• madarasz.pdf (application/pdf Object)
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• A Commmon sense model of the enterprise
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• SystemsThinking.pdf (application/pdf Object)
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• Working with Squidoo
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• Concept Space
  (tags: visualization enterprise dictionary @)

Tags: cybernetics, lists, model, models, systems, tagging, thinking

• Long Bets [ FAQ and Answers ]
  Long Bets is about taking personal responsibility for ideas and opinions. Posting and betting under your true name is part of standing up for what you think. Anyone is welcome to cruise around the website anonymously, of course, but to participate in Long
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• Physicist to Present New Exact Solution of Einstein’s Gravitational Field Equation
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Tags: BPM, CBC, cognition, cybernetics, design, experience, freedom, knowledge, model, philosophy, physics, presentations, software, systems, thinking, VSM