Really like your emphasis on the communication of these events as more people become educated about them, the bit you wrote towards the end, "We need a new language rooted in complexity, scale, and feedback. One that can handle the meander, not just the mean. And we need the will to use it in our plans, our policies, and our press." Not only directly applying here, but especially through other narrative based industries and mediums. I'm reading a book right now from sociologist Erving Goffmann, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, and I think you'd like it, if you haven't read it already. Great post, and such a nice experience to both listen and scroll as you narrate.
Thanks, Eduard! Scale and complexity are tricky concepts to grapple with, but I'm convinced we best start wrestling with them. I'm glad you read while listening. This post is particularly amenable to that as listening alone to equations has it's issues! Thanks for that Goffman suggestion. I've not read it, but it's now on my list! I'm a big fan of Brian Lowery's Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”. Perhaps a decent companion to what you're reading. He challenges the popular idea of the individualistic 'authentic self' -- that inner voice or sense of identity many search for. He contends this is an illusion and that we're fundamentally shaped, constructed, and continually reshaped through our interactions with others and the broader social structures around us. Complexity, scale, and feedback!
Really like your emphasis on the communication of these events as more people become educated about them, the bit you wrote towards the end, "We need a new language rooted in complexity, scale, and feedback. One that can handle the meander, not just the mean. And we need the will to use it in our plans, our policies, and our press." Not only directly applying here, but especially through other narrative based industries and mediums. I'm reading a book right now from sociologist Erving Goffmann, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, and I think you'd like it, if you haven't read it already. Great post, and such a nice experience to both listen and scroll as you narrate.
Thanks, Eduard! Scale and complexity are tricky concepts to grapple with, but I'm convinced we best start wrestling with them. I'm glad you read while listening. This post is particularly amenable to that as listening alone to equations has it's issues! Thanks for that Goffman suggestion. I've not read it, but it's now on my list! I'm a big fan of Brian Lowery's Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”. Perhaps a decent companion to what you're reading. He challenges the popular idea of the individualistic 'authentic self' -- that inner voice or sense of identity many search for. He contends this is an illusion and that we're fundamentally shaped, constructed, and continually reshaped through our interactions with others and the broader social structures around us. Complexity, scale, and feedback!
thanks Brad for the recommendation! I’ll add that one to my list, too.