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- āIāve often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us unless itās inside a frame.ā - Abbas Kiarostami
from Why Frame Problems? ā Frame Problems by Jake Orthwein
- 16. The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than āIs this true?ā is āIn what scenario is this true?ā
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. āthe climate crisis is an emergency worth our sustained attentionā) 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
- 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
- This means itās 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 havenāt 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 āframesā. 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 ā Transition Design Seminar CMU
To Solve a Tough Problem, Reframe It