I can see how an account of friction might well be argued inside of an
account of flow as offered by Csikszentmihalyi.
The model of flow he offers is a very simple one - it also talks to a lot
of creative folks because it offers to structure an experience they and
many other people have of being in the flow.
I am quite sure that Csikszentmihalyi could do this job if asked to. His
account, to me, is dangerous because it is so simple and because a lot of
creative folks embrace it in its simplicity as if they now had a very
large all-weather coat and as if they will never need to even change their
underpants again.
Obviously, there is no flow without friction - friction is an account of
possible understandings of flow ands flow is an account of possible
understandings of friction.
When talking about flow, I want to also talk about snags and bends and
beavers that bit you on the bum etc.
This is not the same for the discussion about various understandings of
cognitive sciences. Perhaps Don could offer us a continuum that would fit
many examples of cognitive science somewhere? That could be useful - but
not, I suggest, in the same reflexive way that friction and flow go
together.
Cheers in a semi-state of flow
keith
On 17/10/2014 5:37 am, "Don Norman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>I plead guilty. Deliberately guilty. Delightfully guilty.
>
>
>On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Fiona Candy <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
>> Don, I do not believe it is acceptable, reasonable or fair to cite a
>> private exchange of creativity and ideas over dinner,
>>
>
>A dinner attended by 10 people is not private. Moreover, our exchange has
>been widely discussed on campus.
>
>
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