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Loosely Held Strong Convictions

Ash Furrow
October 10, 2015

Loosely Held Strong Convictions

Ash Furrow

October 10, 2015
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  1. Ash Furrow, Artsy
    Loosely Held
    Strong Convictions

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  2. A massive explosion…

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  3. –Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
    “We are all connected;
    To each other, biologically.
    To the earth, chemically.
    To the rest of the universe atomically.”

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  4. Strong convictions,
    Loosely held

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  5. Agenda
    • We jump to conclusions
    • We silo ourselves
    • We dismiss each other
    • We demand justification

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  6. Okay
    It’s going to be

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  7. I have an idea for a game…
    This is actually a fun talk!

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  10. Dreyfus model of
    Skill Acquisition

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  11. Five Stages
    • Novice
    • Advanced Beginner
    • Competent
    • Proficient
    • Expert

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  12. Crave
    As beginners, we
    Rules

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  13. But there are no rules

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  14. Expertise is just
    Opinion
    Informed

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  15. Silos seem friendly…

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  22. Why?

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  23. I dunno, evolution I guess

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  24. Oh, and society

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  25. Freud called this
    “der Narzißmus der kleinen Differenzen”

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  26. small
    differences
    The narcissism of

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  29. Unimaginable

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  30. Unknowable

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  31. Context
    All decisions come from a

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  32. Amazing
    People are

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  33. Scale
    Our brains can’t handle our

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  35. Tell me,
    what’s your
    favourite colour?”


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  36. #398CCC

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  37. Why?

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  38. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    I just like it

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  39. Tell me,
    what’s your favourite
    programming language?”


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  40. Swift

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  41. Why?

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  42. ಠ_ಠ

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  43. We demand justification for
    personal preferences

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  44. Of each other,
    and of ourselves

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  45. change
    It’s ok to
    your mind

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  48. —Ash Furrow
    “When my feelings change, I change my mind.
    What do you do?”

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  49. Wrap Up
    • We can appreciate others’ ideas
    • We have more in common than not
    • We are extraordinarily complex, incredible, miraculous creatures
    • We can go easy on ourselves, and on others

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  50. We are born in stars…
    Let’s act like it.

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