The Object Principle ie the ultimate principle of this dissertation, I think, is to get a group to actively agree and encourage the individual to expose what values or principles that are not in common, within. It is in the exposing of these uncommon principles within organisations where all the trouble lies, I think. I... Continue Reading →
Agreements Come Before Collaboration…maybe.
I recently had a discussion with my brother on agreements and collaboration in relationships. He posed that collaboration came first and I posited that agreements did. In the end he did concede that in order to have explicit collaboration we are going to need explicit agreements. But granted to be able to get such explicit... Continue Reading →
Check Mating
Funny, there are so many agreed-to specific and intricate rules of engagement in chess, even down to the very second one takes to making a move.....so too, I believe, couples should be continuing to develop, agree and re-agree to their own rules of engagement before engaging in any disputes. Chess is a wonderful game of... Continue Reading →
Believing in Fictional Narratives
From the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. I’ve understood this idea of fictional agreements for a while now. ie that money is an agreement. Even Dong, the currency for Vietnam is a derivative of “dong y” meaning to agree. And the creation of our agreements for treating each other etc. but the problem with fictional... Continue Reading →
He’s Dreamin’!
It seems to me that delusion has an intricate part to play in mental illness. If this is not delusional, then, the less delusional, or more factual or accurate we are, the healthier, in our own mind we are going to be...maybe. Is it possible that the more surety we are continually seeking, the less... Continue Reading →
Making Sure We’re Making Sure
For the last 100,000 years people have been in the information era. Since we began to converse and share information with each other we have been assessing or making sure of the information's integrity. Making sure of its accuracy, consistency and that we are ultimately understanding it. If this is true and we agree with... Continue Reading →
What is the difference between objecting and complaining?
I am unsure but think it could be a very important question to answer. For example I think that maybe objecting is more about pausing a moment in time and stepping out of the situation whereas complaining we still remain “inside” the situation. Objecting can make us more detached, maybe. Of course the example is... Continue Reading →
Question My Sincerity
Imagine if we all agreed that we can openly question each other's sincerity? Well, believe it or not, but that is what I think we were born to do and what the best of our friends do for us and we do for them. To me, this is the basis of what conversation is for... Continue Reading →
The Art of Conversation Master Class
I believe that the underlying purpose of conversation is for practicing. Practicing what you may ask? Well, at first as a child to learn the basics of English through conversation and as an adult to renew and hone our skills in English but also in the art of conversation, itself, and potentially even the mastering of... Continue Reading →
Practice Makes Perfect – The Purpose of Conversation cont.
My latest thought on the purpose of conversation is simply for practice. "Practice?" I hear you say. Yes. Just go into any group and listen to us practicing away. The way I see it is that we make millions of tiny decision a week, literally thousands daily. most of them are so tiny that we... Continue Reading →
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