I’ve been prompted to write something on this subject by a couple of videos that popped up as recommended on my YouTube feed this week – although it is also in many ways following on from my previous post when it comes to being well informed and the Dunning-Kruger effect. The idea, of course, is fundamental to the purpose of this blog – i.e. to continue to learn and to constantly remind yourself that there is much yet to be known.
Systems Thinking
If Nothing Changes, Does Nothing Change
The quote (attributed to a few people) “if nothing changes, nothing changes” came into my knowledge bank today! As usual with this sort of thing it got me thinking – never a good sign…… and the result is that I want to put it into the context of my own worldview.
About The Train Of Life
Continuing along the same track as my previous post (see what I did there? 😃) there are many pieces of writing that use the metaphor of a train journey to depict our own life journey. Like all metaphors (just most metaphors?) it does break down eventually, but it does help illustrate what I was getting at with the idea of ephemeral friendships.
Wise Paraphrase
Perhaps an unsurprising source for something like this, but sometimes it is necessary to skip the political correctness and say exactly what you mean. I am sure that I have at least mentioned Dunning-Kruger before – the problem with something like that is that it seems like high falutin’ mumbo jumbo to the ears of many people – so perhaps it is better coming from the mouth of John Cleese.
Imaginary Worlds
Not sure where this will go, but I have been thinking about this for a few days and it would seem sensible to try and map out some preliminary ideas. Also it is rather a long time since I was active on this blog.
The Logical Endpoint of Usandthemism
As you will have noticed – assuming you have read any previous posts – the notion of us vs them has been a recurrent topic in recent posts – and actually it goes back a long way in the posts in terms of the way in which I see the world and how we each “belong” to different groupings – often arbitrarily and fleetingly – sometimes quite deliberately and long term – and occasionally permanently due to “force of circumstances.
Shining a Little Light (I Hope)
Over recent times I have become even more aware of how much I don’t know – there are lots of things that I have learned about. To quote just one – until this week I had no prior knowledge of “Black Wall Street” and what happened there 99 years ago.
On Observing Reality
Reality TV shows are anything but. They are sold to you as good viewing because, unlike soaps or crime series etc., you are seeing “real life” unfold in front of your eyes. However, if it really were real life (and there have been some so-called “slow TV” shows made that could claim that) then the vast majority of the programme would be dull and unwatchable (always assuming that any show of this genre can claim otherwise 
Discovery
This week would have been my turn to give a short ‘thought’ at the end of band rehearsal and given that we are not having rehearsals at the moment I have been asked to deliver it at our zoom get together instead. This is a new experience!
Face It – You Don’t Know
I am no expert, but I suspect that those that control the press (these days I guess it should be “the media” to be more inclusive) have always been viewed with a certain amount of suspicion by some elements of the populace – for all sorts of different reasons. This, of course, has come to a head in a big way in modern day USA where the “fake news media” are regularly blamed for many things.