http://bluepuzzle.org/comments Feedback is a gift. But some gifts are more fun to receive than others. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:21:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Expressing ideas, the act of communicating, is behavior. Some people seem to understand this well. Others ... not so much. What do you see? http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/ideas-wrapped-in-behaviors Ends are never really ends, are they? So it's beginnings that must justify our means. Given that, how should we live, if beginnings must justify our means? http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/beginnings-must-justify-means The secret to escape a finger trap is to understand it first. Insight into the mechanisms that trap us leads to solutions that actually work. What we believe about the mechanisms of our world make a huge difference in our ability to live freely—or to feel pinched tightly in ... http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/finger-trap I like to use conversations about simple arithmetic to illustrate some interesting behaviors. Math as metaphor: does it make sense to you? (Read all the conversations. Or open them in a new window or tab.) 2+2=3? Or 2+2=5? Which untruth do you prefer? Is 3+1 somehow better than 1+3?  ... http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/math A summary, an observersation: From outside the circle, we can see inside the circle. We can observe the observers. We can see their blind spot. Read the rest of this story (or open it in a new window or tab) http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/circle Is it wise to ignore warning signs? I think not. What do you think? http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/warning-sign I recommend water. Many folks seem to prefer to even more fire, though. http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fire What are the effects of our own behavior? How should we behave if we care about the answer? Read this piece in its original context (or open it in a new window or tab) http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/two-questions Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, by George Lakoff The Fifth Discipline, by Peter Senge Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn And a frame that contains these pieces: Most models are wrong, but some are useful. http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/three-key-pieces Good stuff by well-known names such as Kurt Vonnegut and less-known but deserving writers such as Ray Vukcevich. See the whole list (in a new window or tab) http://bluepuzzle.org/comments/fiction