Tools Shape Thought
Here's an interesting little presentation on how using analytics tools shape our thoughts. Having worked with some of these types of tools, it's easy to see how the choice of tool affects the decision.
Now, to bring that into some kind of relevance with what we do daily, how do the tools we use (TV, radio, a particular computer program) affect how we view things? Sometimes the medium colors the message and sometimes it is the message.
How does this relate to "wisdom"? Well, if we are constantly bombarded by messaging from "outside" how do we make sure that the inside is calm and discerning enough to separate the wheat from the chaff? What "tools" do we use to come to a/the truth of a matter?
Well, that's something to think about, now on to the presentation:
Tools Shape Thought
Now, to bring that into some kind of relevance with what we do daily, how do the tools we use (TV, radio, a particular computer program) affect how we view things? Sometimes the medium colors the message and sometimes it is the message.
How does this relate to "wisdom"? Well, if we are constantly bombarded by messaging from "outside" how do we make sure that the inside is calm and discerning enough to separate the wheat from the chaff? What "tools" do we use to come to a/the truth of a matter?
Well, that's something to think about, now on to the presentation:
Tools Shape Thought
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Permalink Reply by Martin Euser on
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"Our tools shape the questions we ask:
therefore they shape the answers we get,
and therefore they shape the conclusions we draw."
Yes, and our belief systems shape the tools we develop and also the type of questions we ask.
The belief system or paradigm also filters out or leaves out what we don't want to research.
In this way we only see what we want to see, with devastating consequences for our environment and ourselves.
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