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- The role of metaphor and narrative, as opposed to new theories or experiments, is too little recognised in discussions of the historian of science Thomas Kuhnâs paradigm shifts, supposed (and contested) moments of dramatic change in science. All scientists know how to go about scrutinising a theory: you use it to formulate some testable hypothesis,... See more
from We need new metaphors that put life at the centre of biology | Aeon Essays by Philip Ball
- âIâve often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us unless itâs inside a frame.â - Abbas Kiarostami
from Why Frame Problems? â Frame Problems by Jake Orthwein
To Solve a Tough Problem, Reframe It
- This means itâs really easy to get stuck. Stuck in your current way of seeing and thinking about things. Frames are made out of the details that seem important to you. The important details you havenât noticed are invisible to you, and the details you have noticed seem completely obvious and you see right through them. This all makes makes it diffi... See more
from Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail by johnsalvatier.org
- What is included in a narrative, what is left out and the values it embodies are determined by what cognitive scientist and linguist George Lakoff refers to as âframesâ. These cognitive structures are shaped by our personal and collective histories and allow us to conceptualize and organize what we see (and fail to see) and how we see it. The meani... See more
from Designing Systems Interventions â Transition Design Seminar CMU
The rule of reframing can look different depending on what you're dealing with. But it always involves seeing a problem from a different angle, with the goal of breaking a cycle of harmful thoughts and behavior.
from inc.com
- Framing is decisive. At every moment, we live and operate and relate to the world from inside our framing of it, our mental model of it. Relating to the world as made up of ecosystems will result in very different outcomes than relating to the world as made up of individuals, of discrete things that can be treated distinctly.
from The Ecosystem Hypothesis by Medium
- We might not be able to escape the sociopolitical systems that structure the world at large, but by knowing they exist, we can be more intentional about how we move through and beyond them.
from Leaving the Cult of Never Enough
There is a social cost to early-moving because all our reward systems are baked into those preexisting mutually reinforcing frames. When we adopt a new frame (e.g. âthe climate crisis is an emergency worth our sustained attentionâ) we put at risk any reward systems in conflict with our new frame.
from Emergencies, Frameshifts and What They Tell Us About Our Place in the World by Spencer R. Scott