Michele Pasin / Quotes

Proactive people carry their own weather

Because we are, by nature, proactive, if our lives are a function of conditioning and conditions, it is because we have, by conscious decision or by default, chosen to empower those things to control us. In making such a choice, we become reactive. Reactive people are often affected by their physical environment. If the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn’t, it affects their attitude and their performance. Proactive people can carry their own weather with them. Whether it rains or shines makes no difference to them. They are value driven;

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#proactivity #values #environment

Bateson: what thinks is a total circuit

“We used to argue whether a machine could think. The answer is, ‘No’. What thinks is a total circuit, including perhaps a computer, a man, and an environment…

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #mind #externalism #environment #thinking

Brain plasticity and screen culture

‘Although most neuroscientists are familiar with the concept of what we call plasticity,’ she told me, ‘it might be that most people haven’t really grasped…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #brain #screen-time #technology #environment

Dewey and going green

John Dewey supported parents at a time when the United States was transitioning from an agricultural to an industrial age. Had someone mentioned “going green”…

Theories of Childhood, Second Edition (Carol Garhart Mooney) #education #environment #children #future

How programs act on the external environment

In conclusion, while in the previous section we focused on the immediate function of programs as technical artefacts –producing some effects inside a…

Towards An Ontology Of Software: A Requirements Engineering Perspective #environment #interface #software-systems #software-products

IQ is a dress size, not a birth date

Like Kirstie’s dress size, IQ is malleable. IQ has been shown to vary over one’s life span, and it is surprisingly vulnerable to environmental influences. It…

Brain Rules for Baby (John Medina) #intelligence #environment #family #measures

Machine, environment and their interface

In our understanding, the two ovals represent the possible phenomena involving the environment (to the left) and a programmable plat- form connected to the…

Towards An Ontology Of Software: A Requirements Engineering Perspective #machine #environment #interface #computer #specification