Curt Doolittle

Category: Human Behavior and Cognitive Science

  • IS FINNISH EDUCATIONAL SUPERIORITY DUE TO MORE TRUTH? —“The U.S. and Finland b

    IS FINNISH EDUCATIONAL SUPERIORITY DUE TO MORE TRUTH?

    —“The U.S. and Finland both lean heavily towards the truth and directness, but what constitutes truth and directness varies greatly across cultures. Whereas Americans are comfortable taking liberty with the truth when it comes to marketing, selling and getting the business, to a Finn it can sound like lies. You see, the Finns believe that their words are their commitments. They establish their credibility by understating their abilities, and delivering what they promise. Period.

    As Stuart’s examples illustrate, it is easy for people with the best of intentions to still be misunderstood — and even branded as liars. When we don’t know a person’s beliefs, values and biases, how can we be certain that what we heard was what they meant? However, one thing is certain; the more we understand how culture influences behavior in business dealings, the less inclined we are to assume we’re being deceived.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2018-10-24 20:54:00 UTC

  • I HAD TO LOOK IT UP. “bug man” —“Rootless, lifeless, metropolitan drones who h

    I HAD TO LOOK IT UP.
    “bug man”
    —“Rootless, lifeless, metropolitan drones who have a permanent thousand-yard stare due to an existence void of any meaning other than waiting for the next iPhone.”–

    Source date (UTC): 2018-10-22 22:17:14 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1054496930376699904

  • Definitions: Empathy > Sympathy > Understanding

    October 22nd, 2018 10:40 AM DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING I use understanding for reason, sympathy for motives and intentions, and empathy for feelings. |COMMUNICATION| Empathy(Feel/Value/reaction) > Sympathy (Intuition/Incentives/cause) > Understand (Reason/Words/Argument-Negotiation)

  • The Rationality of Man

    October 21st, 2018 12:52 PM THE RATIONALITY OF MAN (important concept)

    –“If man was logical, and could be moved to action by empirical evidence, then libertarianism would have caught on much more than it did.”— Jesse Schultz

    [W]ell. You know, man is terribly logical given his perpetual dependence on fragmentary information in a kaleidic universe, and his need to produce the greatest returns in the shortest time, with the least effort, at the greatest certainty at the lowest risk, while under the burden (limits) of physical, emotional, and intellectual economy (costs). Man is forever rational (logical in the sense you mean it. Hence why we can sympathize (reasoning), and empathize (feeling) with one another.) and choose to cooperate with one another (predictability and trust) – or not. (You might want to read this paragraph a few times.) Via positiva some of us produce opportunities to exploit, and via negativa, some of us limit those opportunities that can be exploited to those that are reciprocal (not harmful to the incentive to cooperate rather than prey upon one another.) I work in the current era at post-human scale: via negativa. It is for others to produce MANY different via-positivas within the LIMITS of this via-negativa. Ergo, a market not monopoly of narratives (mythos), and at least one for each class. Meritocracy is only DESIRABLE to those who can survive DIRECTLY by their merits. Meritocracy is VALUABLE to everyone who survives because meritocracy INDIRECTLY preserves the incentive to cooperate. Because cooperation is simply so much more productive than any other action we can take (at least over time.)

  • Definitions: Empathy > Sympathy > Understanding

    October 22nd, 2018 10:40 AM DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING I use understanding for reason, sympathy for motives and intentions, and empathy for feelings. |COMMUNICATION| Empathy(Feel/Value/reaction) > Sympathy (Intuition/Incentives/cause) > Understand (Reason/Words/Argument-Negotiation)

  • The Rationality of Man

    October 21st, 2018 12:52 PM THE RATIONALITY OF MAN (important concept)

    –“If man was logical, and could be moved to action by empirical evidence, then libertarianism would have caught on much more than it did.”— Jesse Schultz

    [W]ell. You know, man is terribly logical given his perpetual dependence on fragmentary information in a kaleidic universe, and his need to produce the greatest returns in the shortest time, with the least effort, at the greatest certainty at the lowest risk, while under the burden (limits) of physical, emotional, and intellectual economy (costs). Man is forever rational (logical in the sense you mean it. Hence why we can sympathize (reasoning), and empathize (feeling) with one another.) and choose to cooperate with one another (predictability and trust) – or not. (You might want to read this paragraph a few times.) Via positiva some of us produce opportunities to exploit, and via negativa, some of us limit those opportunities that can be exploited to those that are reciprocal (not harmful to the incentive to cooperate rather than prey upon one another.) I work in the current era at post-human scale: via negativa. It is for others to produce MANY different via-positivas within the LIMITS of this via-negativa. Ergo, a market not monopoly of narratives (mythos), and at least one for each class. Meritocracy is only DESIRABLE to those who can survive DIRECTLY by their merits. Meritocracy is VALUABLE to everyone who survives because meritocracy INDIRECTLY preserves the incentive to cooperate. Because cooperation is simply so much more productive than any other action we can take (at least over time.)

  • DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING I use understanding for reason,

    DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING

    I use understanding for reason, sympathy for motives and intentions, and empathy for feelings.

    |COMMUNICATION| Empathy(Feel/Value/reaction) > Sympathy (Intuition/Incentives/cause) > Understand (Reason/Words/Argument-Negotiation)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-10-22 14:40:37 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1054382018765750277

  • PEOPLE PREFER UNEQUAL SOCIETIES –“When people are asked about the ideal distrib

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0082WHY PEOPLE PREFER UNEQUAL SOCIETIES

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-017-0082

    –“When people are asked about the ideal distribution of wealth in their country, they actually prefer unequal societies. We suggest that these two phenomena can be reconciled by noticing that, despite appearances to the contrary, there is no evidence that people are bothered by economic inequality itself. Rather, they are bothered by something that is often confounded with inequality: economic unfairness.”—

    People do not seek equality, but reciprocity and proportionality.

    (via @[11019687:2048:Brandon Hayes] )

    Source date (UTC): 2018-10-22 11:48:00 UTC

  • DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING I use understanding for reason,

    DEFINITIONS: EMPATHY > SYMPATHY > UNDERSTANDING

    I use understanding for reason, sympathy for motives and intentions, and empathy for feelings.

    |COMMUNICATION| Empathy(Feel/Value/reaction) > Sympathy (Intuition/Incentives/cause) > Understand (Reason/Words/Argument-Negotiation)

    Source date (UTC): 2018-10-22 10:40:00 UTC

  • “Good people” (who are otherwise seen to be law-abiding, decent, etc.) have been

    –“Good people” (who are otherwise seen to be law-abiding, decent, etc.) have been too romanticized. “Good people,” because they have no moral underpinnings, are good only because of the ecology. The ecology is set by the “fight” between good-fighters and evil. Political correctness and comforts of wealth has castrated or reduced the number good-fighters in the West, the reason the culture has shifted in favor of the evil.”– Jayant Bhandari

    Source date (UTC): 2018-10-22 07:52:00 UTC