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deriving distinctiveness

It has been almost a year since writing about the flock model for groups. I used the example of different types of birds to explain how some social groups are more heterogeneous than others. The two fundamental dimensions have to do with similarity and … Continue reading

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Fantasy Politics – Good idea, just missing the stats

Well, it’s not a new idea – but still nobody has found a way really to pull this off. It sounds simple really. We have fantasy sports where imaginary teams are assembled using real players. A set of statistics for … Continue reading

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group-er ego

Ego has come along way since Freud. Here I will use it in the simplest definition as a “sense of self”. Many posts here have to do with contracting individual identity out of group affiliation. Seeing an individual as the sum total … Continue reading

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Super Operating System (S-O-S)

What if we try to imagine a user interface for an operating system that leaves the old physical desktop behind. How do we actually work with files and contacts and communications? What is an easier way of managing these. Interesting … Continue reading

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