THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 23:18:08 -0700
03 00050 61 02092004
Mr. Jack Park
jackpark@thinkalong.com
Street address
Palo Alto, CA Zip
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Subject:
Bridge to a New Way of Working Begins with Study
Dear Jack,
Thanks for clarifying in our call this afternoon concerns in your
letter below about providing links to people who initially prefer
using old ways of working with information.
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As we discussed, judgments about Dave's work and that of others, are
not directed at individuals, but rather aid transformation to a new
way of working that makes converting information into knowledge
faster, easier and fun.
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Prometheus wasn't all that well liked at the time he gave humanity the
gift of "fire," which I am inclined to believe refers to alphabet
technology, based on Doug Lenat's view, reported by the Los Angeles
Times in an article on 010621, that the
alphabet made people superhuman,
as befits a gift from the gods, and Prometheus was
hanging out about the time the alphabet began to be used.
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In your call today, you asked for a link to the letter on 010622 that was
linked to the article with Doug's comments on alphabet technology. You can open
the record where the article is available by clicking the link in the prior
paragraph on this subject.
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You also requested analysis of SDS, POIMS and NWO by professor Joseph Ransdell,
who warned on July 16, 2000 that there would be days, like today, where
progress will be slow on
ambitious advance
toward a new way of working,
by burning the bearer of good news at the stake, discussed in
your letter
earlier today,
or in the case of
Prometheus
eternal
banishment and suffering, under the common rule that
no good deed goes unpunished,
especially when advancing civilization.
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In particular professor Ransdell
commented on benefits of linking,
that has worried some, and correlation of SDS with
semiotics that aids human understanding.
Joe comments on the
intelligence cycle
explained in POIMS, in a letter
on July 21, 2000.
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The next day on July 22, 2000 Joe reviewed classical philosophy that helps
explain why people
objection to questions and feedback,
which is a critical part of adding
"intelligence" to information that creates knowledge.
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Finally, on July 24, 2000 Joe offered
important suggestions for edits to NWO
and POIMS that help people grasp the opportunity for transformation from
information to a culture of knowledge.
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Continued exposure to SDS links will enable people to become acclimated to a
new way of working by gradually discovering they are a net benefit, as related
in the letter to Dave Snowden today.