Book - Chapter - Ideas only exist in People
[TOC] Book - Chapter - Ideas only exist in People
-- 2020 05 24 - 1212 - iteration 01
It seems obvious in retrospect - ideas aren't solid, physical things.
They don't, by themselves, do anything.
If ideas were written on a book, or on a building, or under the water of a bridge, they'd do nothing.
Transactionally, ideas are fundamentally non-existent.
However, relationally ideas are the building-blocks of anything meaningful.
Even the notion of transferring ideas is fascinating.
Without words, or some sort of functional dynamic expression, ideas would not persist.
Stories are vehicles for ideas - with the context as a wrapper.
And, I believe, it is why stories are so potent as an information delivery system.
Because they are effective at capturing more than just the meme - they capture the vector.
Perhaps we need another word for the essence of an idea.
Maybe, instead, ideas themselves aren't the important thing.
We just value them because they are the side-product of a relationship.
Maybe the relationship between a person and something else ...
or a person and another person ...
creates an effect that they both wish to discuss.
And the generic word for that effect is "idea".
What if you spent time growing ideas in other people?
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some additional thoughts:
-- Need to scrub / consider the impact of transactional vs relational idea impact
-- Also, frequently when only two categories are presented, more should apply - are there?
-- Is there value in a transactional vs relational idea?
-- Is there way to encode an idea so that, by structure, one could predict its utility and impact?
-- Is language the most effective / efficient means of capturing an idea? If not, what is?
-- Are there certain languages where ideas are captured more effectively?
-- If yes, is English a superior choice for a measurable purpose?
-- Can an education / the introduction of an idea cause healing / measurable change?
-- How much of the application of ideas is resolvable and processed external to an individual?
-- Are there symbols / expressions / aspects of expression of an idea that augment it's adoption?
-- 2020 05 24 - 1212 - iteration 01
It seems obvious in retrospect - ideas aren't solid, physical things.
They don't, by themselves, do anything.
If ideas were written on a book, or on a building, or under the water of a bridge, they'd do nothing.
Transactionally, ideas are fundamentally non-existent.
However, relationally ideas are the building-blocks of anything meaningful.
Even the notion of transferring ideas is fascinating.
Without words, or some sort of functional dynamic expression, ideas would not persist.
Stories are vehicles for ideas - with the context as a wrapper.
And, I believe, it is why stories are so potent as an information delivery system.
Because they are effective at capturing more than just the meme - they capture the vector.
Perhaps we need another word for the essence of an idea.
Maybe, instead, ideas themselves aren't the important thing.
We just value them because they are the side-product of a relationship.
Maybe the relationship between a person and something else ...
or a person and another person ...
creates an effect that they both wish to discuss.
And the generic word for that effect is "idea".
What if you spent time growing ideas in other people?
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some additional thoughts:
-- Need to scrub / consider the impact of transactional vs relational idea impact
-- Also, frequently when only two categories are presented, more should apply - are there?
-- Is there value in a transactional vs relational idea?
-- Is there way to encode an idea so that, by structure, one could predict its utility and impact?
-- Is language the most effective / efficient means of capturing an idea? If not, what is?
-- Are there certain languages where ideas are captured more effectively?
-- If yes, is English a superior choice for a measurable purpose?
-- Can an education / the introduction of an idea cause healing / measurable change?
-- How much of the application of ideas is resolvable and processed external to an individual?
-- Are there symbols / expressions / aspects of expression of an idea that augment it's adoption?
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