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Knowledge technology

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

In “Does knowledge change human behavior”, I discussed the process in that knowledge influences our actions. It became clear that knowledge in the sense of maps of cause and effect is the only way human behavior can be changed at all, and that the decisive problem boils down to the question of knowledge transfer effectiveness. [...]

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Does knowledge change human behavior – or not?

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

One of the most fundamental debates around progress is directly related to this insight: is knowledge the bottleneck of progress – or is the real problem that people don’t apply knowledge to their behavior, because they are irrational?

To answer this question, we have to take a step back and become clear about what knowledge is [...]

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How knowledge drives progress

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

The basic progress model introduces the fundamental metrics of progress. But it opens a second question, which I think is the most important question of all: What is the secret of progress that lies in between world A and world B – the factor that enables change and progress in the human universe?

I found a [...]

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Why Newton was right in the first place and what it means for progress

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

There is a repeated, annoying pattern in discussions about science and knowledge production. The story goes: Newton and his laws of nature (f=m x a) was wrong, as Einstein’s relativity theory proved. And this means: all knowledge is relative, our scientific findings are only true within a limited historic timeframe.

This is wrong on several levels, [...]

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It’s dark. We need a theory of progress ASAP.

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

When I was 19, I had an idea. The idea was: all problems can be solved if people would think about them. The only reason problems don’t get solved is that either people don’t think, or they think in the wrong way. But when I started to try to decipher the human thinking process and [...]

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How to change the world

by Johannes Bhakdi June 19, 2010

Six simple steps to solve any problem on the planet.

Stop creating a lot of random movements everywhere. They inhibit each other.
For each topic, get the smartest people at one table
Listen and build one coherent model from their input that explains the problem and points out the solution (a wisdom unit)
Use Social Coding to turn the [...]

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