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Great list, although I prefer the term "thought technology" (as coined by John Roderick) to "mental model".
by frankus 10y ago
Great list, although I prefer the term "thought technology" (as coined by John Roderick) to "mental model".
- dredmorbius 10y agoSo, a question back at you. Let's suppose an ontology of technological mechanisms. That is, describing technologies by how they operate. I've kicked some ideas around and come up with: 1. Process-knowledge. Arts and practical stuff, say, agriculture, construction, boatbuilding, sailing, etc. 2. Fuels & combustion, generally. Wood, plant and animal oils, charcoal, coal, petroleum, steam, otto, deisel, turbine engines. 3. Materials. Functions dependent on specific properties, and abundance of materials they're based on. 4. Power and transmission. 5. Sensing, perception, symbolic representation & manipulation. 6. Systematic knowledge. Science, geography, history. 7. Governance, management, business, & institutions. 8. Scaling and network technologies. Cities, transport, communications, computers. 9. Sinks & unintended consequences. Pollution, effluvia, systems disruption, and their management. "Thought technology" probably falls into scientific knowledge (models) or symbolic processing. Thoughts? More: https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/klsjjjzzl9plqxz-ms8nww https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/klsjjjzzl9plqxz-ms8nww