Cards for Insight: Genuine
In a network, self-interest and shared misery.
Card: Tree
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Card: Bird
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Formats cultivating shared understanding
That’s the value proposition. Here’s one of the formats:
Card, Your Thought, Card
There’s around 100k possible two-card combinations from the Cards for Insight card deck. There’s a large finite set pattern language and a modular process onto-epistemology underneath the cards, that can be combined with Small and Medium Language Models. A small language model can be as small as a single book. Usually though, you get better AI, Artificial Intelligence, and at least as importantly, better IA, Intelligence Augmentation, if there’s a requisite variety of books, articles, annotations and online community conversations, forming an evolving modular knowledge repository. If 100k combinations sounds too little, you can go three-card, four-card, … combinations.
Card: Pretend
“We are more interested in making others believe
we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.”
— François de La Rochefoucauld
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Card: Genuine Knowledge
A kind of intuitive understanding that comes from
within and is not dependent on external factors.
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John Kellden:
Write a five hundred word essay on Zhuangzi’s notion of genuine knowledge.
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OpenAI:
Zhuangzi was a Chinese philosopher who lived in the 4th century BCE. One of the main themes in his philosophy is the idea of genuine knowledge, which he saw as being fundamentally different from the kind of knowledge that is based on sensory experience and logical reasoning.
According to Zhuangzi, genuine knowledge is not something that can be learned or acquired through traditional means, such as studying texts or observing the world. Rather, it is a kind of intuitive understanding that comes from within and is not dependent on external factors. This understanding is often referred to as “wu-wei,” which can be translated as “non-action” or “effortless action.”
The concept of wu-wei is central to Zhuangzi’s notion of genuine knowledge because it represents a state of being in which one is fully attuned to the natural flow of the universe and able to act in harmony with it. In this state, one is able to let go of the ego and the desire to control and manipulate the world, and instead allow things to unfold naturally.
One of the key ways in which Zhuangzi distinguished genuine knowledge from other forms of knowledge was by pointing out that it is not based on sensory experience or logical reasoning. He argued that these forms of knowledge are limited and ultimately unreliable, because they are based on the assumption that the world is made up of fixed, objective entities that can be observed and understood through the senses.
In contrast, Zhuangzi believed that the world is constantly changing and that our understanding of it is shaped by our own subjective perceptions and biases. He argued that genuine knowledge is not based on such subjective experiences, but rather on a deep understanding of the underlying unity and interconnectedness of all things.
One of the ways in which Zhuangzi sought to cultivate genuine knowledge was through the practice of “sitting and forgetting.” This involved letting go of all thoughts and desires and simply being present in the moment, without trying to understand or control anything. This practice was believed to help one develop a deeper understanding of the world and one’s place in it.
Another important aspect of Zhuangzi’s notion of genuine knowledge is the idea of “te,” which can be translated as “virtue” or “power.” According to Zhuangzi, genuine knowledge is not just an intellectual understanding, but also a way of being that is rooted in virtue and compassion. Those who possess genuine knowledge are able to use their understanding of the interconnectedness of all things to act in a way that is beneficial to others and to the world as a whole.
In conclusion, Zhuangzi’s notion of genuine knowledge is a deeply holistic and intuitive understanding of the world that is not based on sensory experience or logical reasoning. It is a way of being that is attuned to the natural flow of the universe and able to act in harmony with it, and it is rooted in virtue and compassion. This understanding can be cultivated through practices such as “sitting and forgetting,” and it has the potential to transform the way we perceive and interact with the world.
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Card: Understanding
What if understanding is our
ability to hold space for the
possibility of knowledge, as
it emerges, unfolds, directs
and discloses its relevance
to unexplored aspects of
things known?
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Card: Cards
Cards are play, possibility space, relational
meaning-making, metalogue, roped path,
unfolding paths, shared understanding and
transition s-curve and pathway affordances.
