Mark M James, PhD
@markmjames.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist and philosopher. Embodied Cognitive Science Unit @ OIST, Japan.
Researching how we 1) negotiate our bio-psycho-socio-ecological needs (multi-scale alignment), and 2) shape our habits and identities to address them (wayshaping).
Researching how we 1) negotiate our bio-psycho-socio-ecological needs (multi-scale alignment), and 2) shape our habits and identities to address them (wayshaping).
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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All change is two-sided mediation: opening and closing, amplifying and reducing, enabling and limiting.
We can aim for change that does both in the direction of our needs simultaneously. It’s rare, but it’s possible. A creative constraint to play within.
We can aim for change that does both in the direction of our needs simultaneously. It’s rare, but it’s possible. A creative constraint to play within.
November 29, 2024 at 8:15 AM
All change is two-sided mediation: opening and closing, amplifying and reducing, enabling and limiting.
We can aim for change that does both in the direction of our needs simultaneously. It’s rare, but it’s possible. A creative constraint to play within.
We can aim for change that does both in the direction of our needs simultaneously. It’s rare, but it’s possible. A creative constraint to play within.
The individual person is neither a perfectly sovereign nor self-sufficient entity, but a powerful locus of agency at the intersection of many massively distributed and nested networks.
November 29, 2024 at 6:41 AM
The individual person is neither a perfectly sovereign nor self-sufficient entity, but a powerful locus of agency at the intersection of many massively distributed and nested networks.
“I liked both of them and felt caught when we came together and I couldn’t behave in one way or the other.”
This is an interesting and all too familiar experience Knausgard writes about. I encounter it less nowadays though, and can’t tell if that’s progress of or not.
This is an interesting and all too familiar experience Knausgard writes about. I encounter it less nowadays though, and can’t tell if that’s progress of or not.
November 29, 2024 at 4:26 AM
“I liked both of them and felt caught when we came together and I couldn’t behave in one way or the other.”
This is an interesting and all too familiar experience Knausgard writes about. I encounter it less nowadays though, and can’t tell if that’s progress of or not.
This is an interesting and all too familiar experience Knausgard writes about. I encounter it less nowadays though, and can’t tell if that’s progress of or not.
A story about us and the places we make together.
I once worked in an office across the hall from another office. In between was a communal kitchen.
One day, I found myself in the kitchen with a guy from the other office whom I had never spoken to but had occasionally crossed paths with. 1/
I once worked in an office across the hall from another office. In between was a communal kitchen.
One day, I found myself in the kitchen with a guy from the other office whom I had never spoken to but had occasionally crossed paths with. 1/
November 27, 2024 at 5:01 AM
A story about us and the places we make together.
I once worked in an office across the hall from another office. In between was a communal kitchen.
One day, I found myself in the kitchen with a guy from the other office whom I had never spoken to but had occasionally crossed paths with. 1/
I once worked in an office across the hall from another office. In between was a communal kitchen.
One day, I found myself in the kitchen with a guy from the other office whom I had never spoken to but had occasionally crossed paths with. 1/
A principled understanding of health in any system might be grounded on the following principles: balance, distributed communication, faithfully and timely feedback, and requisite variability.
Anything else to add?
Anything else to add?
November 26, 2024 at 9:54 AM
A principled understanding of health in any system might be grounded on the following principles: balance, distributed communication, faithfully and timely feedback, and requisite variability.
Anything else to add?
Anything else to add?
The role of positive feedback cycles in enabling behaviour change is underappreciated.
How much successful change, whether intentional or spontaneous, is the result of a cascade of positive feedback cycles that seem to act in service of a tendency towards situational coherence?
How much successful change, whether intentional or spontaneous, is the result of a cascade of positive feedback cycles that seem to act in service of a tendency towards situational coherence?
November 25, 2024 at 5:08 AM
The role of positive feedback cycles in enabling behaviour change is underappreciated.
How much successful change, whether intentional or spontaneous, is the result of a cascade of positive feedback cycles that seem to act in service of a tendency towards situational coherence?
How much successful change, whether intentional or spontaneous, is the result of a cascade of positive feedback cycles that seem to act in service of a tendency towards situational coherence?
Unconvering the unspoken assumptions that lead to breakdowns in communications seems to be key to addressing so much. Any tools that help us do this better?
November 24, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Unconvering the unspoken assumptions that lead to breakdowns in communications seems to be key to addressing so much. Any tools that help us do this better?
Been watching a lot of survival shows recently, e.g. Outlast, Alone. Super interesting from a wayshaping context, e.g. how people manage their resources to position themselves relative to the flows that satisfy their needs, trying to optimize for a bunch of different needs simultaneously.
November 24, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Been watching a lot of survival shows recently, e.g. Outlast, Alone. Super interesting from a wayshaping context, e.g. how people manage their resources to position themselves relative to the flows that satisfy their needs, trying to optimize for a bunch of different needs simultaneously.
What’s an illustrative/memorable example of homeostasis, besides the more obvious ones (e.g. hunger, temp reg), that does a good job of conveying the core principles to a broad non-expert audience?
Memes, gifs, illustrations welcome.
Memes, gifs, illustrations welcome.
November 24, 2024 at 3:49 AM
What’s an illustrative/memorable example of homeostasis, besides the more obvious ones (e.g. hunger, temp reg), that does a good job of conveying the core principles to a broad non-expert audience?
Memes, gifs, illustrations welcome.
Memes, gifs, illustrations welcome.
Is anybody on here writing/thinking about the narrative dimensions of money? Like how money is itself a kind of shared narrative.
November 23, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Is anybody on here writing/thinking about the narrative dimensions of money? Like how money is itself a kind of shared narrative.