Ken, Gunnar, et al.
How does one assess the impact/significance of that 5%?
(I'm honestly asking out of ignorance about it.)
/fas
On 14 June 2012 09:05, Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Dear Gunnar,
> [...]
> For me, the ability to identify so many of these subsidiary disciplines
> and the assertion that fewer than 5% of these says a great deal about
> who we are and why the pluralism inherent in these approaches is
> important.
>
> Warm wishes,
>
> Ken
>
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> Gunnar Swanson wrote:
>
> On Jun 14, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Ken Friedman wrote:
>
> “when we did the Wonderground conference in Lisbon, people
> self-selected 500 or so different fields as their expert areas for
> reviewing. Fewer than 5% of these represent fields classified as art and
> design.”
>
> You’ve each cited the <5% number. Maybe I’m just slow waking up
> today but I don’t understand what the significance of that number is.
>
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