No, point of view has little to do with representation. For example, the gradual acceptance of abstract reasoning in mainstream culture is said to be responsibl

No, point of view has little to do with representation. For example, the gradual acceptance of abstract reasoning in mainstream culture is said to be responsible for the steady increase of IQ scores over the last century, causing testmakers to constantly shift the curve to keep the center score at 100. But I don't think that was Kaye's point, either. I think he was saying if you have the correct perspective you will make better choices than smarter people who don't. Rather than decimal notation vs. Roman numerals, consider DynaBook vs. "computers". For some (easier to come up with) negative examples: People who realized that everything done by timesharing would migrate to the desktop were able to escape dying industries before they collapsed. Bye, DEC. Ditto for people who realized that performance of personal computers would overtake workstations. Bye Sun and Silicon Graphics.