Anthropocene happens to be the largest socio-material system ever created. Mankind is daily inter... more Anthropocene happens to be the largest socio-material system ever created. Mankind is daily interacting with that system; there are many bonds and loops between the system components. Every innocent step is an interaction, every need / desire or a resource requirement, every wish to redesign even a smallest corner of the planet, or even helping one species to survive, reflects as a loopback to the planet reinforcing in that sense, through that (mostly negative) feedback, the concept of the anthropocene. Interactions are inevitable - micro-interactions build more observable and articulated actions which “crystallize” into patterns - chains of decisions and actions; we call them trans-technical patterns / bouquets . Finally, trans-technical patterns are loosely coupled into interconnected trans-technical processes. Those interactions are hard to recognize individually on that rather complex process level, and very often performed in Brownian-motion manner stochastically and by enormou...
The word “addiction” is defined as a pattern (abstract relationship). Such definition allows us t... more The word “addiction” is defined as a pattern (abstract relationship). Such definition allows us to look in a new way at a number of cultural issues including the values, the lifestyle and the use of technology. The definition of addiction is an opportunity to discuss several questions in information design: the need for adapting our traditional informing to our post-traditional, technological culture; methodological information design as the natural way to respond to that need; Polyscopic Modeling as the initial general-purpose information design methodology; generalizing science and combining it with art as the way to construct the methodology; the role of visual techniques – specifically ideograms – in so-conceived informing. Overview The theme of this article is the definition of a single word: addiction. The motivation for that theme is McLuhan’s wellknown observation that developing technical civilization while using old concepts is like driving a car while looking at the rear-...
Prototype Tesla and the Nature of Creativity (TNC) is being developed as a showcase example of Kn... more Prototype Tesla and the Nature of Creativity (TNC) is being developed as a showcase example of Knowledge Federation. Motivation: One of the points of this work is to show that IT innovation can - or better said already has expanded to systemic innovation; and how exactly this type of work might be done with available technical tools. Use case: DR, as an author of the article On nature and control of creativity - Tesla as a case study, has been focusing on quantum nature of creativity of arguably the greatest creative genius in electrical engineering of all times, Nikola Tesla, as case study; if his result should have the sort of impact it can and needs to have, it will have to be federated. DK, as a federator in Knowledge Federation, received the article and recognized its potential for making an impact: (i) collective creativity may indeed be the key function of the agile and transformative collective mind we have undertaken to co-create, (ii) it bears upon the theme of (foundation...
It is shown how “the power to transcend paradigms” – which has been identified as “the most impac... more It is shown how “the power to transcend paradigms” – which has been identified as “the most impactful way to intervene into systems” – can be radically augmented by a different approach to information. Instead of updating a conventional “reality picture”, available insights are combined to compose completely new highlevel views or gestalts, which coexist and coevolve through a dialog with one another and with the more detailed views. Polyscopy is described as a concrete instantiation of this approach. The Holoscope online platform is outlined as an application of polyscopy to enable (by illuminating the way) the global systemic transformation. This article is a strategy proposal and an invitation, extended to the interested members of the systemic design community, to take part in the transdiscipline we are developing around Holoscope, to evolve it continuously.
Abstract—Anomalies, such as the information overload, show that a more ,powerful information tech... more Abstract—Anomalies, such as the information overload, show that a more ,powerful information technology alone is no guarantee that we will be better informed. If, however, we re- examine the fundamental questions of meaning and purpose of information and design an informing on that basis, we may be able to create and use not only the information technology but also the information itself in new and better ways. This article summarizes the result of a decade of the author’s exploration of this possibility. Information design is introduced as the approach toinformation just mentioned. An ,information design methodology called Polyscopic Modeling is proposed as a concrete plan or ,prototype for a designed informing. Ten information-related anomalies are described to point to large incongruities in our present-day informing and specific elements ofthe Polyscopic Modeling methodology are offered as remedy. Itis shown that information design, as represented by this methodology, differs in...
Abstract. We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge cr... more Abstract. We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge creation and sharing that is conducive to improving our collective intelligence (ability to understand and handle complex issues). We point at the advantages of knowledge federation and propose a strategy to realize it in practice.
A methodology definition is a natural way to specify what information is and what it should be li... more A methodology definition is a natural way to specify what information is and what it should be like, and to define the epistemological and other principles which can serve as foundation for an improved creation and use of information. The Polyscopic Modeling definition is proposed as a prototype of this approach.
We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge creation and... more We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge creation and sharing that is conducive to improving our collective intelligence (ability to understand and handle complex issues). We point at the advantages of knowledge federation and propose a strategy to realize it in practice.
An alternative to the common approach to defining concepts is introduced, where the primary goal ... more An alternative to the common approach to defining concepts is introduced, where the primary goal is to point to what is large and essential in a concept, that is, to its perspective. Based on this new approach, visual literacy is defined as the ability to decode and design implicit information. It is argued that such literacy is no less needed than the common literacy, which is the ability to read and write explicit information. Introduction The Visual Literacy movement started three decades ago, motivated by the insight that there is something hidden and essential in visual information. An essential part of information being hidden, decoding visual messages requires special training without which one is in a certain sense illiterate. The Visual Literacy movement developed as an effort to produce the required research and education. But, as we have seen during the panel on the yr. 2000 IVLA Conference, an agreed-upon definition of visual literacy, which would direct the movement, ha...
Design is a cultural paradigm, alternative to tradition which is no longer functional. The transi... more Design is a cultural paradigm, alternative to tradition which is no longer functional. The transition to design, however, will not develop in the traditional way; it must be designed. Information design (creation and use of information which suits the design paradigm) is identified as the key step in this transition. The Polyscopic Modeling information design methodology is proposed as a prototype based on which information design may be developed.
While the technology now allow us to depart from the conventional ways of creating and sharing kn... more While the technology now allow us to depart from the conventional ways of creating and sharing knowledge, which have been developed based on printed text as medium, the global conditions invite such departure. Knowledge federation is envisioned both as a better alternative, and as a research project and community dedicated to its development. This article is a working definition of knowledge federation, a statement of purpose and an agenda, based on the dialogs of the participants of the First International Workshop on Knowledge Federation.
As part of Symposium of Quantum-Informational Medicine QIM 2011 (www.qim2011.org), a one-day roun... more As part of Symposium of Quantum-Informational Medicine QIM 2011 (www.qim2011.org), a one-day round table Knowledge Federation Dialog Belgrade 2011: Partial & Holistic-Oriented Approaches is planned for September 25. This round table will provide an opportunity for critical consideration of partial and holistic-oriented approaches to physics and engineering, medicine and biology, psychology and transpersonal phenomena, art and philosophy, society and religion. The paradigm of quantum physics enables us to broaden our foundation for truth and worldview - and explain and include phenomena and insights that have hitherto been ignored or denied, because they did not fit into the classical (in many aspects mechanistic) scientific paradigm. When we do that, we come closer to a more inclusive or holistic view which can lead to a profound or 'paradigmatic' change in any field, and in our society at large. The observation that the insights reached in quantum physics point us towards a...
Authentic travel is an approach to travel and travel business developed and successfully practice... more Authentic travel is an approach to travel and travel business developed and successfully practiced by the first author. Authentic travel has proven to be not only a source of customer satisfaction and a profitable business, but also an instrument par excellence of cultural exchange and empowerment. We take up the task which is common in knowledge representation: Partly tacit, experiential knowledge of an expert is made explicit and communicated in such a way that it can be understood and practiced by others. We apply polyscopy, a general information-design method developed by the second author, to our task. Polyscopy allows for combining results and insights from a variety of disciplines as distinct ways of looking or scopes, and for using them as justification (or ‘proof’) for establishing a more general, high-level result. In the application at hand, the high-level result is the rendition of an expert procedure so that it can be understood and practiced by others. The justificatio...
Quantum-Informational Medicine and Knowledge Federation share a fundamental interest: To develop ... more Quantum-Informational Medicine and Knowledge Federation share a fundamental interest: To develop a holistic 1 framework for science and for knowledge work in general, i.e. a framework that does not unnecessarily limit our worldview, but helps us evolve culturally and socially. Knowledge Federation approaches this task directly, by making it a subject of a collaborative 'game-changing game,' where we discover and make 'moves' whose aim is to change real-life knowledge work practices. This article summarizes eight such 'moves,' and extend an invitation to join the work on the larger new frontier that Quantum-Informational Medicine and Knowledge Federation might belong to together.
We propose a framework for ranking information based on quality, relevance and importance, and ar... more We propose a framework for ranking information based on quality, relevance and importance, and argue that a socio-semantic contextual approach that extends topicality can lead to increased value of information retrieval systems. We use Topic Maps to implement our framework, and discuss procedures for calculating the resource ranking. A fuzzy neural network approach is envisioned to complement the process of manual metadata creation.
Anthropocene happens to be the largest socio-material system ever created. Mankind is daily inter... more Anthropocene happens to be the largest socio-material system ever created. Mankind is daily interacting with that system; there are many bonds and loops between the system components. Every innocent step is an interaction, every need / desire or a resource requirement, every wish to redesign even a smallest corner of the planet, or even helping one species to survive, reflects as a loopback to the planet reinforcing in that sense, through that (mostly negative) feedback, the concept of the anthropocene. Interactions are inevitable - micro-interactions build more observable and articulated actions which “crystallize” into patterns - chains of decisions and actions; we call them trans-technical patterns / bouquets . Finally, trans-technical patterns are loosely coupled into interconnected trans-technical processes. Those interactions are hard to recognize individually on that rather complex process level, and very often performed in Brownian-motion manner stochastically and by enormou...
The word “addiction” is defined as a pattern (abstract relationship). Such definition allows us t... more The word “addiction” is defined as a pattern (abstract relationship). Such definition allows us to look in a new way at a number of cultural issues including the values, the lifestyle and the use of technology. The definition of addiction is an opportunity to discuss several questions in information design: the need for adapting our traditional informing to our post-traditional, technological culture; methodological information design as the natural way to respond to that need; Polyscopic Modeling as the initial general-purpose information design methodology; generalizing science and combining it with art as the way to construct the methodology; the role of visual techniques – specifically ideograms – in so-conceived informing. Overview The theme of this article is the definition of a single word: addiction. The motivation for that theme is McLuhan’s wellknown observation that developing technical civilization while using old concepts is like driving a car while looking at the rear-...
Prototype Tesla and the Nature of Creativity (TNC) is being developed as a showcase example of Kn... more Prototype Tesla and the Nature of Creativity (TNC) is being developed as a showcase example of Knowledge Federation. Motivation: One of the points of this work is to show that IT innovation can - or better said already has expanded to systemic innovation; and how exactly this type of work might be done with available technical tools. Use case: DR, as an author of the article On nature and control of creativity - Tesla as a case study, has been focusing on quantum nature of creativity of arguably the greatest creative genius in electrical engineering of all times, Nikola Tesla, as case study; if his result should have the sort of impact it can and needs to have, it will have to be federated. DK, as a federator in Knowledge Federation, received the article and recognized its potential for making an impact: (i) collective creativity may indeed be the key function of the agile and transformative collective mind we have undertaken to co-create, (ii) it bears upon the theme of (foundation...
It is shown how “the power to transcend paradigms” – which has been identified as “the most impac... more It is shown how “the power to transcend paradigms” – which has been identified as “the most impactful way to intervene into systems” – can be radically augmented by a different approach to information. Instead of updating a conventional “reality picture”, available insights are combined to compose completely new highlevel views or gestalts, which coexist and coevolve through a dialog with one another and with the more detailed views. Polyscopy is described as a concrete instantiation of this approach. The Holoscope online platform is outlined as an application of polyscopy to enable (by illuminating the way) the global systemic transformation. This article is a strategy proposal and an invitation, extended to the interested members of the systemic design community, to take part in the transdiscipline we are developing around Holoscope, to evolve it continuously.
Abstract—Anomalies, such as the information overload, show that a more ,powerful information tech... more Abstract—Anomalies, such as the information overload, show that a more ,powerful information technology alone is no guarantee that we will be better informed. If, however, we re- examine the fundamental questions of meaning and purpose of information and design an informing on that basis, we may be able to create and use not only the information technology but also the information itself in new and better ways. This article summarizes the result of a decade of the author’s exploration of this possibility. Information design is introduced as the approach toinformation just mentioned. An ,information design methodology called Polyscopic Modeling is proposed as a concrete plan or ,prototype for a designed informing. Ten information-related anomalies are described to point to large incongruities in our present-day informing and specific elements ofthe Polyscopic Modeling methodology are offered as remedy. Itis shown that information design, as represented by this methodology, differs in...
Abstract. We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge cr... more Abstract. We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge creation and sharing that is conducive to improving our collective intelligence (ability to understand and handle complex issues). We point at the advantages of knowledge federation and propose a strategy to realize it in practice.
A methodology definition is a natural way to specify what information is and what it should be li... more A methodology definition is a natural way to specify what information is and what it should be like, and to define the epistemological and other principles which can serve as foundation for an improved creation and use of information. The Polyscopic Modeling definition is proposed as a prototype of this approach.
We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge creation and... more We introduce knowledge federation as a principle of social organization of knowledge creation and sharing that is conducive to improving our collective intelligence (ability to understand and handle complex issues). We point at the advantages of knowledge federation and propose a strategy to realize it in practice.
An alternative to the common approach to defining concepts is introduced, where the primary goal ... more An alternative to the common approach to defining concepts is introduced, where the primary goal is to point to what is large and essential in a concept, that is, to its perspective. Based on this new approach, visual literacy is defined as the ability to decode and design implicit information. It is argued that such literacy is no less needed than the common literacy, which is the ability to read and write explicit information. Introduction The Visual Literacy movement started three decades ago, motivated by the insight that there is something hidden and essential in visual information. An essential part of information being hidden, decoding visual messages requires special training without which one is in a certain sense illiterate. The Visual Literacy movement developed as an effort to produce the required research and education. But, as we have seen during the panel on the yr. 2000 IVLA Conference, an agreed-upon definition of visual literacy, which would direct the movement, ha...
Design is a cultural paradigm, alternative to tradition which is no longer functional. The transi... more Design is a cultural paradigm, alternative to tradition which is no longer functional. The transition to design, however, will not develop in the traditional way; it must be designed. Information design (creation and use of information which suits the design paradigm) is identified as the key step in this transition. The Polyscopic Modeling information design methodology is proposed as a prototype based on which information design may be developed.
While the technology now allow us to depart from the conventional ways of creating and sharing kn... more While the technology now allow us to depart from the conventional ways of creating and sharing knowledge, which have been developed based on printed text as medium, the global conditions invite such departure. Knowledge federation is envisioned both as a better alternative, and as a research project and community dedicated to its development. This article is a working definition of knowledge federation, a statement of purpose and an agenda, based on the dialogs of the participants of the First International Workshop on Knowledge Federation.
As part of Symposium of Quantum-Informational Medicine QIM 2011 (www.qim2011.org), a one-day roun... more As part of Symposium of Quantum-Informational Medicine QIM 2011 (www.qim2011.org), a one-day round table Knowledge Federation Dialog Belgrade 2011: Partial & Holistic-Oriented Approaches is planned for September 25. This round table will provide an opportunity for critical consideration of partial and holistic-oriented approaches to physics and engineering, medicine and biology, psychology and transpersonal phenomena, art and philosophy, society and religion. The paradigm of quantum physics enables us to broaden our foundation for truth and worldview - and explain and include phenomena and insights that have hitherto been ignored or denied, because they did not fit into the classical (in many aspects mechanistic) scientific paradigm. When we do that, we come closer to a more inclusive or holistic view which can lead to a profound or 'paradigmatic' change in any field, and in our society at large. The observation that the insights reached in quantum physics point us towards a...
Authentic travel is an approach to travel and travel business developed and successfully practice... more Authentic travel is an approach to travel and travel business developed and successfully practiced by the first author. Authentic travel has proven to be not only a source of customer satisfaction and a profitable business, but also an instrument par excellence of cultural exchange and empowerment. We take up the task which is common in knowledge representation: Partly tacit, experiential knowledge of an expert is made explicit and communicated in such a way that it can be understood and practiced by others. We apply polyscopy, a general information-design method developed by the second author, to our task. Polyscopy allows for combining results and insights from a variety of disciplines as distinct ways of looking or scopes, and for using them as justification (or ‘proof’) for establishing a more general, high-level result. In the application at hand, the high-level result is the rendition of an expert procedure so that it can be understood and practiced by others. The justificatio...
Quantum-Informational Medicine and Knowledge Federation share a fundamental interest: To develop ... more Quantum-Informational Medicine and Knowledge Federation share a fundamental interest: To develop a holistic 1 framework for science and for knowledge work in general, i.e. a framework that does not unnecessarily limit our worldview, but helps us evolve culturally and socially. Knowledge Federation approaches this task directly, by making it a subject of a collaborative 'game-changing game,' where we discover and make 'moves' whose aim is to change real-life knowledge work practices. This article summarizes eight such 'moves,' and extend an invitation to join the work on the larger new frontier that Quantum-Informational Medicine and Knowledge Federation might belong to together.
We propose a framework for ranking information based on quality, relevance and importance, and ar... more We propose a framework for ranking information based on quality, relevance and importance, and argue that a socio-semantic contextual approach that extends topicality can lead to increased value of information retrieval systems. We use Topic Maps to implement our framework, and discuss procedures for calculating the resource ranking. A fuzzy neural network approach is envisioned to complement the process of manual metadata creation.
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