It’s the Variety, Friend
May 5th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
I believe almost no one gets as much variety as they crave or deserve. The ProxThink Sustainable Proximities approach could change that. It could help us create sustainable proximities within which each of us individually, and together in groups, could experience more variety.
Flow of Life
July 18th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Ultimately, perhaps there is no reason to get up in the morning, or to start, stop or continue doing anything, or to enjoy anything, other than this reason: to be in the flow of life.
Being in the flow of life is another way of saying being related to life. Being is about relating, which is one of the foundations of ProxThink.
Many organizations, systems and processes, or parts thereof, from philosophy, religion and books, to businesses, markets and governments, to friends, networks, associations and family relationships, exist at least in part to keep us in the flow of life, or encourage us in the flow of life.
Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind.
Kevin Kelly, Intelligence, Social Media, Humanity
July 18th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Kevin Kelly’s working definition of intelligence is anything that talks to itself.
Social media is helping us talk to and among ourselves in new and different ways. (By social media, I mean social networks, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and the wide variety of social websites and social software.)
This is probably ramping up our intelligence, both as individuals and as groups.
Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind
Human Constraints
September 12th, 2008 § Leave a Comment
These seem to be two constraints humans face:
- We’re constrained in one way by the reality that to get much done, we need to collaborate with other people.
- We’re constrained in another way by the limits of groups of people to collaborate, both among themselves and with other groups.
It’s a persistent dynamic tension and a kind of ecosystem. It’s amazing how much those two constraints relate to: a diversity of emotions, a diversity of social groups and forms, a diversity of technologies, a diversity of businesses, a diversity of people.
Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind.
Follow the More Interesting
April 2nd, 2008 § Leave a Comment
In today’s dizzying world, enough can’t be had, or perhaps, it’s just a false goal. You can never get enough, or do enough. There is always something else you could be doing. And even knowing there is never enough is not enough!
I think that our goal, or direction, should be rather to seek the more interesting. More interesting than what? More interesting than whatever you have now. Not to lessen the importance of now. We must appreciate now. But I think the way now unfolds into the future is through the more interesting.
The more interesting pulls the now forward. Not that the more interesting trumps all other ways to move forward. But I think the more interesting is a more interesting way to move forward! (A nice recursive touch there, too.)
More interesting is a blend of intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical. When in doubt, you might try more interesting. Let more interesting be a leading edge, a direction or vector, of your life.
~ Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind. ~
Banality is Deep
February 23rd, 2008 § Leave a Comment
The banal is often the most deep. However, it can take some effort to see it. But you can go from “The sky is blue” to “The sky is blue! (And so amazing it’s about to blow my mind.)” This can be done without drugs. In fact, it’s way, way better without drugs. Nature doesn’t have an advertising agency, which is a shame.
Of course, you can’t be this way all the time. You’d never get anything done. But in this there’s another banal but deep observation: You can’t do anything all the time anyway.
~ Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind. ~
Starting Over
February 2nd, 2008 § Leave a Comment
It’s astonishing how often I need to start over. Completely redo something from the beginning. The less an issue I make of it, the better things go.
~ Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind. ~
Double-Blind Science and Health
November 7th, 2007 § Leave a Comment
Regarding how science on people’s health is done: Someday, we’ll probably look back and laugh at how we thought randomized, double-blind studies of one drug or procedure could tell us things with much certainty, when we begin to better model how many things are interrelated.
However, such research has probably been a good place to start. It has probably helped many situations, and probably hurt some. Indeed, where else would we have started? There were limits to our ProxAwareness (join ProxThink to find out more).
~ Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind. ~
On Getting Out of Your Cages
October 30th, 2007 § Leave a Comment
John Cage, the composer, was once asked what advice he would have for people. He said: “Get out of whatever cage you are in.” Apart from this being a clever spin on his own name, it’s really a very profound bit of advice. So we need to sometimes ask: What cage am I in? What can I do to get out of it?
I created ProxThink to help with getting-out-of-cages situations, among others. To explore them, and help generate alternatives. ProxThink cannot help every situation, and that fact is even built into it, with the Limits of One ProxPattern (join ProxThink to find out more).
~ Proxri Deal: As you find our relationship rewarding, proxri with the proximity in mind. ~
