Note network
A graph of all 127 public notes, and the 12 most mentioned notes
I write, edit, and link notes to help me think. This subset of them adapts Andy Matuschak’s conception of Evergreen Notes and aims to capture a slowly evolving network of concepts. Sometimes notes result in essays.
A graph of all 127 public notes, and the 12 most mentioned notes
A system is a group of regularly interacting or interdependent items forming a coherent whole.
A model is a simplified representation of a System.
The context of a System from which it is separated by a System Boundary.
Ideology is “a Cultural Technē gone wrong”.
A complex system is a Dynamical System that has the following attributes.
An attractor is the set of states a System tends to be in given what it is or how it can maintain its boundaries.
A concept is a “cluster of dispositions to be responsive to differences in a particular region of possible worlds”Haslanger (2020), 239 .
An explicit Model is a consciously articulated, interpretive description of a target System that can be the object of the modelling system’s attention.
At its core, political or social power is a System’s ability to influence the behaviour of other systems.
Strategy is a set of choices about the use of a System’s resources to maximise its chances to fulfil its Purpose in a given Environment.
Consumerism is an Ideology that encourages the acquisition and consumption of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
Culture is socially transmitted information that affects individuals’ behaviour.
Different types serve different purposes – propositions express an insight or argument, models describe some complex system, strategies and methods propose (how) to do something, and concepts are the building blocks of everything else.