nearlydecomposable

Herb Simon and your life as nearly decomposable systems
Source: TikTok
an interintellect salon
"discovery as problem solving"
Source: Orange Leaders
Introduction & Question
Source: Susan
What is something in your life you're trying to describe right now?
Source: Cityline
Background to Herb Simon
Source: M.E Social Management
GROUP INTERESTS
Source: theinstagramexpert
Healthcare >> Subsystems as health systems Organizations >> Subsystems as teams ML >> Subsystems as different ML systems Local government >> Subsystems as policies Disciplines >> Subsystems as different skill-sets, like music vs. engineering
heuristics
interests
Source: Discovery
problem solving & decision making
GROUP QUESTIONS
Source: RedKap
About ND systems
How to negotiate reviewing existing systems vs. creating new systems? How to deal with subsystems with the 'wrong' propinquity / links? From what level do you look at the problem? When do systems & sub-systems form?
boundedness
concept
complexity
& Where we see...
building teams
pace layers
managing stress
metaphor in narrative
coarse graining in science
learning
Source: Kate D
State vs. process descriptions
the language is the program
benefit to simplicity
concept of description
Source: sperling bags
Fiction as a tool
Source: Jin Dallae & Park Woohyuk
The Apple
Life's maze
Source: Future Earth
Source: Slurpee
Source: Carly Berry
Links from the Salon
"The design principle that attention is scarce and must be preserved is very different from a principle of 'the more information the better.'" -HS
Pre-reading:
The power of something to touch & manipulate
Links shared by participants:
By Simon
On Simon
On Heuristics
Instead of asking "Can you explain it?" instead... "Can you grow it?" - JE & RA
Process Descriptions
On Metaphor & Storytelling