How do we judge evolution? Or can we? Is it possible to look at threads of change and make qualitative comments on its direction that could potentially alter the next round of variation? In essence, can we modify and alter transformation?
Archive for February, 2009
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday!!!!! No, no, not me – and if it happens to be yours…accept the greeting!
In truth…the “Happy Birthday” was meant for Charles Darwin who, had we – the human race – evolved socially and medically more than belligerently and bellicosely, might have celebrated his 200th birthday last Tuesday and been the subject of interviews, specials, news reports and endless parties.
- I have just ordered a copy. THANKS!!
- Thank you for the interesting post -- ironically enough I just finished reading "Your Inner Fish" (http://www.amazon.com/Your-Inner-Fish-Journey-3-5-Billion-Year/dp/0375424474) recently, which covers many of the points found in the arstechnica.com post cited. Darwin was an extremely subtle and profound thinker, a point not always appreciated today. Certainly the (somewhat popular) works by Dawkins, Gould etc have brought Darwin’s summary points ...
- Think about the direct line between Homer...the Paris Opera...Edisons first phonograph...the Boom Box...The Walkman..The IPod and a Zune -- whats next?
Monday, February 9th, 2009
Knowing and knowing
Intelligence…as in Intelligence Agencies (capital letters all around) seems to be a bit of an oxymoron. You know – this is the spy stuff – once the realm of 007 and sheer brawn – now the center of global scary high tech and sheer brain power – so they think.
- Functioning teams share well. Dysfunctional teams don't. New teams need to learn how and who to share with. Siloed departments often develop protocols for sharing which inhibit sharing. Siloed government agencies ... forget about it. On the subject of drawing insights from data: most raw data is useless unless converted into legible information such as a comparative ...
- my question exactly!!!! We need more human intervention.
- The so-called failure of imagination wasn't a failure of imagination. It was a focus on acquisition of data, rather than interpretation of the data they were gathering. It's easy to say "We need more information." It's much harder to say "OK, based on the information we have, what can we determine? What does all this mean?" Admittedly, the balance between needing more ...
