well stated
k
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> On May 15, 2014, at 14:23, "Jerry Diethelm" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I'm not Ken but I don't agree.
>
> I read this piece of TerryWorld as a well-intended but innocent technocratic
> view that the experts who program their smart machines will always do so
> with value-free representations of "the right situations" and that the
> results should therefore be received as "good" for everyone.
>
> The innocence comes I think from believing that interest and power is
> non-existent or benign, that cultural evolution is rational, and that human
> life can be accurately and satisfactorily represented mathematically. To
> paraphrase Korzybski, the math is not the world.
>
> I also prefer "workspace" to "solution space, 1,2,3,4,..." because it has
> people in it democratically representing and working out their interests
> with one another.
>
> Jerry
>
>
>> On 5/15/14 8:34 AM, "Terence Love" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> I suggest that in light of the above, ANY and EVERY perspective on design
>> that focuses on design as choosing selections from within a solution space
>> must naturally assume that design is not a purely human activity, and
>> instead can be computerised and automated. Do you agree?
>
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