Jim Proctor · @jimproctor
17 followers · 10 posts · Server sciences.social
(4) How explore ideas without idealism? My approach to #ideologies focuses on #attractors deployed by powerful actors, whether political leaders, influencers, or scholars such as #brunolatour (from Down to Earth, 2018).
#ideologies #attractors #brunolatour
Alireza Dehbozorgi · @BDehbozorgi83
72 followers · 313 posts · Server mastodon.social"#Universal #attractors in #language #evolution provide evidence for the kinds of #efficiency #pressures involved" is a must-read. H/t!
#universal #attractors #language #evolution #efficiency #pressures #linguistics #communication #cognition #apaperaday
Phil · @codebeard
20 followers · 71 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukI think #SystemsTheory (#SystemsThinking and #SystemsDynamics ) with #Attractors and #Affordances gives us a good path to #Ought from #Is. The #ontological reality of the #system you are in defines the #moral landscape on which you operate.
#systemstheory #systemsthinking #systemsdynamics #attractors #affordances #ought #is #ontological #system #moral
r1b2 · @r1b2
99 followers · 64 posts · Server genart.social
James Edward · @jamesedward
7 followers · 74 posts · Server tilde.zoneThinking that the failings of commercial social media - #echochambers, #toxicity, #megaphone-contests - may be natural #attractors that require deliberate effort to avoid.
#echochambers #toxicity #megaphone #attractors
Phil · @codebeard
10 followers · 17 posts · Server mastodonapp.ukOne need #systemstheory with an understanding of #attractors , #Affordances and #abstraction to see the different layers of simple rules interacting rather than single #agents evolving.
#systemstheory #attractors #affordances #abstraction #agents