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I think there's an important misconception about Victor's works and ideas. Augmenting human intellect is not only about visualization, it's about gathering and
by saint-loup 12y ago
I think there's an important misconception about Victor's works and ideas. Augmenting human intellect is not only about visualization, it's about gathering and merging symbolic, interactive and visual representations in a single tool. He brought this point in this conference†, quoting research from Jerome Bruner ††. He shows the example of an electric circuit. Increasing some value on a resistance and seeing the change reverberating on all the plots is equally symbolic, interactive and visual.
† http://worrydream.com/#!/MediaForThinkingTheUnthinkable http://worrydream.com/#!/MediaForThinkingTheUnthinkable
†† https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bruner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Bruner
- tel 12y agoThis is also a huge concept in Mindstorms, a book sharing many of the same goals as Victor, a stated influence. Here the idea is to expose children to tools for thought ambivalent to their form. Papert's experience is part visual and part formal linguistic—he built LOGO.