Fraught Framing: The Presumed Being-ness of State-ness Fraught Framing: The Presumed Being-ness of State-ness As I understand it, in Spanish and Portuguese, for example, there is a linguistic distinction between current state of being and habitual stat…

An essay on "Tools of Thought" -- in this case, about realizing that assigning labels to things need not be thought of as permanent. Things change.
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Fraught Framing: The Virulent “Versus” Virus Fraught Framing: The Virulent “Versus” Virus Like most of us, I spent a lot of time in grades K through 12 solving problems that others set for me. These problems were to be solved by applying pres…

Short essay on the importance of solving the "right" problem. Emphasis on the human tendency toward false dichotomy.
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The Doorbell’s Ringing! Can you get it? Photo by Little Visuals on Pexels.com After a long day’s work, I arrived home to a distraught wife. Not, “Hi, sweetheart” but “This doorbell is driving me crazy!”  Me: “What doorbell? What are…

#Problem_Solving is an important skill. Equally important & almost never addressed in school is #Problem_Finding #Problem_Formulation #Problem_Framing Before solving, it's important to know that you are addressing the right problem!

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How to Frame Your Own Hamster Wheel Graduate school at the University of Michigan (in Ann Arbor, Michigan) provided me with a rich, rewarding experience. I was in a program aimed at understanding more about how human beings perceive,…

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