In a message dated 99-03-28 11:23:52 EST, you write:
> This is what a LO is about -- being conscious about all other members
> in the learning organisation, caring for them, enoying the music which
> they make, forgetting about linear time.
Maybe I am just confused here.
I was reading some of the contributions and I noticed a concept on a few
occasions. That concept was the idea of time being non-linear.
How can a measurement instrument that is used as a "standard" be
non-linear? I compare it to thinking in the standard of weight and
attempting to formulate a construction where a kilo, or some other system
of weight measurement, would be non-linear given the environmental
variables are constant. Such measurement devices only have their value in
the precise nature of creating ratios and standards which can be used and
shared where all who then refer to the standard maintain a similar mental
model. Wouldn't the concept of time lose the purpose it is then used for
-- the associated reference forwhich to measure the sequence of events.
What I am reading into the statement, "forgetting about linear time", in
the aforementioned qoute, is a dis-attenuation of some structured/ordered
preconception (mental model) of group activity. Where the individual
suspends their attention from an active directing influence within the
group to a more "open" and observant cognitive focus.
The measurement variable of time doesn't change however the cognitive
strategy did. Whatever the process that one engages in, the standard of
time remains constant. The "realitivity" or the cognitive/emotional
introspection of personal experience can vary greatly...but does the
linear nature of our construction of time?
Just some thought on the matter... ( a physics pun there)
Glen
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