Michele Pasin / Quotes

The circle of influence is filled with be's

The Circle of Influence is filled with the be’s—I can be more patient, be wise, be loving. It’s the character focus. Anytime we think the problem is “out there,” that thought is the problem. We empower what’s out there to control us. The change paradigm is “outside-in”—what’s out there has to change before we can change.

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#character #proactivity #problem

DOAJ keeps dodgy journals out

When Lars Bjørnshauge founded a website to index open-access journals in 2003, just 300 titles made the list. But over the next decade, the open-access…

Open-access Website Gets Tough : Nature News & Comment #today #problem

Does technical progress get anywhere?

In solving problems, technology creates new problems, and we seem, as in Through the Looking-Glass, to have to keep running faster and faster to stay where we…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #jet-aircraft #aircraft #problem #technology

Form follows function and the Lamarckian fallacy

Another problem with Sullivan’s law is that the sentence “form follows function” indicates that the relationship between the two components is unidirectional…

The Functional Art: An Introduction To Information Graphics And Visualization #law #thought #world #problem

Heuristics: good enough approximations

These tactical rules of thumb are called heuristics and crop up in AI systems everywhere. Heuristics don’t guarantee success or correctness, but offer a good…

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #algorithm #approximation #artificial-intelligence #problem

Introspection

“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.” ― Philip K. Dick

Quotes About Introspection (133 Quotes) #end #problem #Philip-K.-Dick

Kick the can down the road

If you kick the can down the road, you delay a decision in hopes that the problem or issue will go away or somebody else will make the decision later.

Kick The Can Down The Road - Idiom Definition - Usingenglish.com #decisions #hope #road #issues #problem