The secret of good metaphors
doc.cc
The secret of good metaphors
Metaphors We Compute By
websites.umich.eduMetaphors give us a way to infuse our technology with the wisdom and care they currently lack. We can learn to internalize different metaphors as a solution to creating communities in a highly complex, context-dependent digital era.
Mirror • The Power of Metaphor! Using Our Lenses to Enrich Web3 Communiti…
But there’s a cognitive cost attached to metaphors too: it’s easy to forget that the metaphor isn’t actually the thing itself. If we use them intentionally, they can help us be more creative and solve problems, not to mention communicate our ideas more effectively to others. But if we’re not aware of them, they can trip us up.