It was a trick of course. Yesterday I used Grid-Group cultural theory to ‘predict’ the Fatalist viewpoint of Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan. But like the magician who successfully predicted the lottery numbers, it’s more about sleight of hand than about actual magic… Despite the name, cultural theory isn’t really a theory at … Continue reading Is Grid-Group cultural theory really a theory?
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Towards an institutional understanding of the ‘cultural agoraphobia’ bias
As seen on the Public Library of Science blog, Prof James Boyle has been arguing in his book The Public Domain (read for free) and a recent talk for Arcadia that society is biased against openness. Grid-group cultural theory contributes a number of factors to this discussion, as follows... A bias against the openness characterised … Continue reading Towards an institutional understanding of the ‘cultural agoraphobia’ bias
Chaos theory and fourcultures
More on Chaos theory, evolution and fourcultures. Meika recently posted a piece about brain research, bias and chaos theory. And DK asked: How does chaos complicate or enrich evolutionary theory in biology? How does the nonlinearity that chaos features interact with mutation/drift/natural selection? Is there a canonical text (or at least something authoritative & comprehensive) … Continue reading Chaos theory and fourcultures
Four Cultures 