tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468631352102294695.post3235306427398330093..comments2024-01-18T01:02:10.807-08:00Comments on Story colored glasses: Selection and developmentCynthia Kurtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16185088323080774635noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468631352102294695.post-1384099957514483992012-03-29T12:09:26.562-07:002012-03-29T12:09:26.562-07:00Whoa Rick, I totally missed your comment, which yo...Whoa Rick, I totally missed your comment, which you sent nearly two weeks ago. Very sorry about that. I think it must have come in on a day when a lot of things were happening. Also, it was bracketed by spam comments, which I've found tend to leak nonsense into the surrounding sense. <br /><br />Reading your post now ... My visceral reaction to your Excel example of a genetic algorithm for assessing development projects is: that's quite a nest of assumptions you have there, and who knows what sorts of monster-babies of unexamined belief might grow out of it. :) All tables of factors and weights and models are useful within the strange bubble-universes of assumption they create, but not so much outside them....<br /><br />Also, when you say: "Trial and error on the ground is a good idea in principle, but in practice it is slow." I say: What's wrong with slow? Slow can be good. <br /><br />And when you say: "There is also a huge amount of systemic memory loss, for various reasons including poor or non-existent communications between various iterations of a project design taking place in different locations." I say: there is a solution for that: stories. People tell and keep track of far fewer stories than they once did, and if we could help people ramp that up again, many good things could happen as a result.<br /><br />Yes our interests DO overlap! Happy to chat, drop me a line!<br /><br />CynthiaCynthia Kurtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185088323080774635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468631352102294695.post-16949147895367792192012-03-16T11:42:43.220-07:002012-03-16T11:42:43.220-07:00Hi
I think our interest may overlap (stories, and...Hi <br />I think our interest may overlap (stories, and evolutionary theory)<br />You might be interested in my recent blog: "Can we evolve explanations of observed outcomes?" at http://mandenews.blogspot.com/2012/03/can-we-evolve-explanations-of-observed.htmlRick Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07028422984421301184noreply@blogger.com