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by poat 9y ago
In addition to reading about systems thinking, I would recommend actively practicing it. I’ve found that looking for and cataloging abstract patterns has developed my ability to recognize and reason about real-world systems. For an example
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by poat 9y ago
I've been working on a project that is something like "a framework of abstractions". I've found that studying and developing its concepts has been a great exercise in abstract thinking. Check it out and see if it'
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by poat 10y ago
Wikipedia is an incredible resource and I have relied on it heavily in the development of this project. But for specific areas, an integrated, specialized approach gives you more control over things like organization, format, and what cont
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by poat 10y ago
That's like saying you don't need math. For the most part, in everyday life, that's true, but there are cases where functional human beings disagree, or we find ourselves in novel situations that we don't know how to ha
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by poat 10y ago
The dichotomy I usually use is between science and engineering. Science is about breaking systems down into components. Engineering is about composing components into systems. This project is very much on the science side of that. It do
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by poat 10y ago
That does indeed fit, using the interpretation that introducing a pathogen in a controlled manner has its own risks, but may prevent the relatively severe effects of an infection. I'll add it as an example in the next push.
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A collection of abstract patterns(github.com)
56 points by poat 10y ago|14 comments