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Cogito, ergo sum. (""I think, therefore I am."") When Descartes
quipped this, he erroneously split thinking from feeling. He
assumed thoughts emerge from a substance other than feeling. This
is a historic tragedy, and it is unnecessary. It brings us to a
risky end-game. When we attempt to meld preconceived thought with
evoked feelings, we come to the craft of ""spin doctors."" Instead,
there is a natural path for connecting thinking and feeling. It
involves emotional reflection at the time that understandings are
created. This book draws attention to a form of dialogue which is
called design dialogue. Design dialogue constructs new meaning from
the bottom up. Individuals construct new meanings through
individual thinking. In design dialogue, meaning results from group
thinking. Group thinking is not as simple as thinking individually
while being present within a group. The design process results in a
series of co-constructed learning artifacts which, ultimately,
constitute a new understanding. The process is concurrently
emotional and cognitive, and melding emotion and cognition is
achievable with effective design dialogue methods. The first
chapter introduces emotion as the catalyst for considering
questions, persisting in reflection, and concluding a cycle of
thought. This chapter fills in gaps with the treatment of emotion
and cognition. The second chapter lays out the sequence of
observation-taking, sensemaking, meaning-making, and
perspective-taking that are essential steps in thinking. Frameworks
for thinking in educational traditions focus not so much on the
neurological mechanics of the thought process but rather on the
overall internalization of a ""way"" of understanding things. A
third chapter presents a methodology for managing a design
dialogue. Group facilitators generally invent and modify their own
approaches for leading design projects. This chapter presents a
codified approach that offers an advantage of supporting continuous
improvement of complex design management methodology. And the final
chapter considers the emergence of a sapient group-mind through the
agency of design dialogue. This conjectured group-mind is
considered in the context of the civic infrastructure that is
needed to sustain the continual growth of the human superorganism
structure. As humanity has moved from tribes, to cities, to
institutions, and now to globally connected networks, each leap
forward has been accompanied by profound changes in social
practices and belief systems. Recent findings from the field of
cognitive science have confirmed a suspicion that we have long held
about each other. Individual thinking is biased and flawed.
Inclusive and democratically managed discussion, deliberation and
design all help to identify and dampen flawed understandings. The
individual mind, an essential ingredient in the human spirit, is
now, as a matter of practical necessity, bending to the wisdom of a
well-informed group mind. The speed and strength of newly emerging
social forces and evolving civic trends point to the conclusion
that we are on the threshold for a new way of being. This book
seeks to evoke reflection on how we can start communicating in a
way that prepares us for life in that new future.
Cogito, ergo sum. (""I think, therefore I am."") When Descartes
quipped this, he erroneously split thinking from feeling. He
assumed thoughts emerge from a substance other than feeling. This
is a historic tragedy, and it is unnecessary. It brings us to a
risky end-game. When we attempt to meld preconceived thought with
evoked feelings, we come to the craft of ""spin doctors."" Instead,
there is a natural path for connecting thinking and feeling. It
involves emotional reflection at the time that understandings are
created. This book draws attention to a form of dialogue which is
called design dialogue. Design dialogue constructs new meaning from
the bottom up. Individuals construct new meanings through
individual thinking. In design dialogue, meaning results from group
thinking. Group thinking is not as simple as thinking individually
while being present within a group. The design process results in a
series of co-constructed learning artifacts which, ultimately,
constitute a new understanding. The process is concurrently
emotional and cognitive, and melding emotion and cognition is
achievable with effective design dialogue methods. The first
chapter introduces emotion as the catalyst for considering
questions, persisting in reflection, and concluding a cycle of
thought. This chapter fills in gaps with the treatment of emotion
and cognition. The second chapter lays out the sequence of
observation-taking, sensemaking, meaning-making, and
perspective-taking that are essential steps in thinking. Frameworks
for thinking in educational traditions focus not so much on the
neurological mechanics of the thought process but rather on the
overall internalization of a ""way"" of understanding things. A
third chapter presents a methodology for managing a design
dialogue. Group facilitators generally invent and modify their own
approaches for leading design projects. This chapter presents a
codified approach that offers an advantage of supporting continuous
improvement of complex design management methodology. And the final
chapter considers the emergence of a sapient group-mind through the
agency of design dialogue. This conjectured group-mind is
considered in the context of the civic infrastructure that is
needed to sustain the continual growth of the human superorganism
structure. As humanity has moved from tribes, to cities, to
institutions, and now to globally connected networks, each leap
forward has been accompanied by profound changes in social
practices and belief systems. Recent findings from the field of
cognitive science have confirmed a suspicion that we have long held
about each other. Individual thinking is biased and flawed.
Inclusive and democratically managed discussion, deliberation and
design all help to identify and dampen flawed understandings. The
individual mind, an essential ingredient in the human spirit, is
now, as a matter of practical necessity, bending to the wisdom of a
well-informed group mind. The speed and strength of newly emerging
social forces and evolving civic trends point to the conclusion
that we are on the threshold for a new way of being. This book
seeks to evoke reflection on how we can start communicating in a
way that prepares us for life in that new future.
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