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Talking Heads Succumb To Group Thought — Image by kenne
First posted November 2, 2008:
“The more things change, the more they remain the same!”
Over the past decade, we have made several trips to southern California to visit family. One of the things that routinely stood out was the volume of home construction and the skyrocketing prices. Anyone with a little bit of judgment could see that this “bubble”, like the technology bubble, had to burst – it was only a matter of time.
But, where were the experts? The information was there. The data were there. Why weren’t the conditions for an economic crisis observable by the “talking heads”? Why was something so obvious to “Mr. Sensible”?
Armed with less information, anecdotal at best, Mr. Sensible has learned to trust his intuitive instincts, making observations (and decisions) based on accumulated experiences that his mind is processing –
just at a different level. Roy Rowan writes:
“This feeling, this little whisper from deep inside your brain, may contain far more information — both facts and impressions — than you’re likely to obtain from hours of analysis.”
Most experts (talking heads) have gained their titles by accepting certain prevailing thoughts, which by its very nature takes on a form of group thought. Irving Janis pointed out in the early seventies how a group of experts could make mistakes because of being preoccupied with the own personal relevance and effectiveness. Such thought neglects intuition, which involves too much risk, the very reason experts succumb to group thought. Experts who dare may lose their titles — God forbid!
It’s important to listen to the logic of experts, but only while listening to your heart. Successful decisions come to those who dare. “Qui audet adipiscitur!”
kenne
“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.
If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other;
and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.“
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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The Lady Behind The Mask — Image by kenne
Mask
what secrets
does she hide
behind her
face of stone
knowing
she is not real
see the phony look
distant stare
a lonely pretender
hiding doubt
having given up
the search
now her life is
a fake
she accepts it
exaggerating
false truths
still unable to
look straight
into my eyes
tears drop
kenne
Bourbon Street — Image by kenne
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Cloud Images by kenne (Click on any of the images to see a larger view.)
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. . . you will recognize yourself, for sure!
In the November 5, 2006 Sunday comics, Joy cut this cartoon out and gave it to me. (I still have it.)
At the time I had blogged for about 2 years, of course, this was how she saw me and still does — I wonder why??!!
I blog, we all blog,
cause we have so much to share
with the universe.
kenne
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Cheers From Mooney’s Irish Pub, Sedona, Arizona
HWY 179, Sedona, Arizona — iPhone Images by kenne
Social media compresses
the moment,
what is captured
in the moment
is now past
and the future,
already having
been on Facebook
and Twitter —
art becoming pop
and pop becoming art,
the moment is no longer
in the present,
delegated to the past
and the future,
becoming art.
kenne
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Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona — Image by kenne
In the age of social media,
capturing the moment
allows the parallel universes
of past,
present, and
future
to coexist
in the moment.
This iPhone image
of Cathedral Rock
was sent via
Facebook,
Twitter and
StumbleUpon —
Capturing the moment
has become
sharing the moment.
— kenne
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(Photo: My View of The Lake Robbins Bridge, The Woodlands, Texas)
Welcome!
This is my new blog.
I’m interested in sharing ideas,
progressive thoughts, photos, poems,
and answers to how we can make
this planet a better place for all.
In June of 2008, I began blogging on WordPress. At that time, I was not new to blogging
since I had done so on Yahoo 360. So one of my first WordPress entries was to revisit
my first Yahoo 360 entry in 2005.
Connecting then to now, moment to moment . . .
I can still see him now,
walking the land
at the end of our day.
His long shadow
stretching across the land
saluting the setting sun.
Listening to the breeze
slowly moving the pines
in concert with the sunset.
Surveying his domain
in a moment of thanks.
Collecting the feelings
inspired by nature’s
changing of the guard.
Continuing life’s connection
to all things now
and all things to come.
Even as before, I watch
him through youthful eyes.
Now knowing his thoughts,
formed by years of experience
and a Devine connection
to the rhythm of the ages,
the language of the universe.
Not just another sunset,
but a passing of the baton.
Connecting the day with the night,
yesterday with tomorrow,
creating moments of recollection
of life’s passages from now to forever,
insuring our never-ending existence.
— kenne
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First posted November 2, 2008:
“The more things change, the more they remain the same!”
Over the past decade, we have made several trips to southern California to visit family. One of the things that routinely stood out was the volume of home construction and the skyrocketing prices. Anyone with a little bit of judgment could see that this “bubble”, like the technology bubble, had to burst – it was only a matter of time.
But, where were the experts? The information was there. The data were there. Why weren’t the conditions for an economic crisis observable by the “talking heads”? Why was something so obvious to “Mr. Sensible”?
Armed with less information, anecdotal at best, Mr. Sensible has learned to trust his intuitive instincts, making observations (and decisions) based on accumulated experiences that his mind is processing –
just at a different level. Roy Rowan writes:
“This feeling, this little whisper from deep inside your brain, may contain far more information — both facts and impressions — than you’re likely to obtain from hours of analysis.”
Most experts (talking heads) have gained their titles by accepting certain prevailing thoughts, which by its very nature takes on a form of group thought. Irving Janis pointed out in the early seventies how a group of experts could make mistakes because of being preoccupied with the own personal relevance and effectiveness. Such thought neglects intuition, which involves too much risk, the very reason experts succumb to group thought. Experts who dare may lose their titles — God forbid!
It’s important to listen to the logic of experts, but only while listening to your heart. Successful decisions come to those who dare. “Qui audet adipiscitur!”
kenne
“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.
If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other;
and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.“
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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