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<div class="col-md-6"><p>"[...] of people not having any basis for knowing what is relevant, what is irrelevant, what is useful, what is not useful, where they live in a culture that is simply committed, through all of its media, to generate tons of information every hour, without categorizing it in any way for you", Postman continued.</p> | <div class="col-md-6"><p>"[...] of people not having any basis for knowing what is relevant, what is irrelevant, what is useful, what is not useful, where they live in a culture that is simply committed, through all of its media, to generate tons of information every hour, without categorizing it in any way for you", Postman continued.</p> | ||
<h3>The function of <em>knowledge federation</em> is to connect the dots.</h3> | <h3>The function of <em>knowledge federation</em> is to connect the dots.</h3> | ||
− | <p> | + | <p>And add <em>meaning</em> to overloads of data; and provide the sort of <em><b>knowledge</b></em> Postman was asking for; or in <em><b>knowledge federation</b></em>'s own jargon—to add to it a <em>correct</em> <em>gestalt</em>; of which "Our house is on fire" is the canonical example: You may know all the room temperatures and even the CO2 levels; but it is only when you know that your house is on fire that you also know <em>what to do</em>. A <em><b>gestalt</b></em> can ignite an <em>emotional</em> response; it can even change the level of adrenaline in your bloodstream.</p> |
− | <p>Our traditions have instructed us how to handle situations and contingencies by providing us a repertoire of <em><b>gestalt</b></em>-action pairs. But what about | + | <p>Our traditions have instructed us how to handle situations and contingencies by providing us a repertoire of <em><b>gestalt</b></em>-action pairs. But what about those situations that have <em>not</em> happened before?</p> |
− | + | <h3>We use the word <em>gestalt</b> to define what the word <em>informed</em> means.</h3> | |
− | + | <p>And we use <em><b>ideograms</b></em> to communicate <em><b>gestalts</b></em>. An ideogram can condense one thousand words into an image; and make the point of it all recognizable at a glance; and turn overloads of information into shared meaning; and communicate the know-what in a way that incites us to act.</p> | |
− | + | <p>The existing <em><b>knowledge federation ideograms</b></em> are only a placeholder—for a variety of techniques that will be developed by combining the arts with new media technology.</p> </div> | |
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Contents
- 1 Federation through Ideograms
- 1.1 The function of knowledge federation is to connect the dots.
- 1.2 We use the word gestalt</b> to define what the word informed means.</h3> And we use ideograms to communicate gestalts. An ideogram can condense one thousand words into an image; and make the point of it all recognizable at a glance; and turn overloads of information into shared meaning; and communicate the know-what in a way that incites us to act. The existing knowledge federation ideograms are only a placeholder—for a variety of techniques that will be developed by combining the arts with new media technology. </div> Neil Postman </div> Modernity ideogram
- 1.3 Information ideogram
- 1.4 Holotopia ideogram
Federation through Ideograms
(Neil Postman in a televised interview to Open Mind, 1990)
"[...] of people not having any basis for knowing what is relevant, what is irrelevant, what is useful, what is not useful, where they live in a culture that is simply committed, through all of its media, to generate tons of information every hour, without categorizing it in any way for you", Postman continued.
The function of knowledge federation is to connect the dots.
And add meaning to overloads of data; and provide the sort of knowledge Postman was asking for; or in knowledge federation's own jargon—to add to it a correct gestalt; of which "Our house is on fire" is the canonical example: You may know all the room temperatures and even the CO2 levels; but it is only when you know that your house is on fire that you also know what to do. A gestalt can ignite an emotional response; it can even change the level of adrenaline in your bloodstream.
Our traditions have instructed us how to handle situations and contingencies by providing us a repertoire of gestalt-action pairs. But what about those situations that have not happened before?