tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574469779496191524.post1716151180145125698..comments2023-11-11T22:23:28.499-07:00Comments on KARE Givers: Routines vs. Rituals...Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17898902767993372053noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574469779496191524.post-47005125889384146642011-07-07T12:50:58.747-06:002011-07-07T12:50:58.747-06:00Yes, authentic vs BS... agreed.
I think semantics...Yes, authentic vs BS... agreed.<br /><br />I think semantics plays s role here (context) in that the word constraint holds a decisively negative connotation. I would use the word "parameters" to connote authentic constraints. here's what I mean...<br /><br />In our younger days my dad, brother and I had some Arabian horses. Arabians tend to be a bit plucky, and one of ours in particular was just that. Everytime someone go on his back for the first time, he'd do his best to toss em for about 15 seconds... after that he was fine... sort of a test, I guess, (perhaps he was defining the parameters of the new rider's skills in hanging on;o) We'd tell people to "give him his reigns" and let him do his thing, an equestrian expression for being in control by giving up a bit of control... setting parameters.<br /><br />Now if we were to have told folks new to that horse to tighten up around the belly, pull-in the reigns and try to wrestle with this horse, the outcome would be very predictable (as evidenced by those who ignored our advice and did exactly that.)<br /><br />I think constraints connote power and control, where parameters connote acceptable limits and the giving up of some power and control without letting things get out of control.<br /><br />Thoughts?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17898902767993372053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574469779496191524.post-3569108356114942742011-07-07T07:32:51.653-06:002011-07-07T07:32:51.653-06:00Such and interesting issue to mull about. It would...Such and interesting issue to mull about. It would be good to clarify the positive aspects of ritual. <br /><br />In nemetics code I might say behavior that entangles human nemiTubes and the cultural tails they represent are positive rituals. In the context I would put the "rituals" in almost any sport. I tend to be a baseball watcher. One of the nicest examples of all the behaviors that go to making the game, the game.<br /><br />The very fact of "doing something cause we have always done them" in this case is the feature, no the bug.<br /><br />I think this can also play out in education. Consider either ritual or routine as behavior constraints. Constraints can have positive or negative outcomes. <br /><br />A sometimes under appreciated fact is that constraints require decisions about priorities. Goes to why the best design and most innovative solutions need constraints.<br /><br />The crux of the issue is authentic v bullshit constraints. <br /><br />Be interesting to unfold what precisely are the properties of authentic constraints/Michael josefowiczhttp://twitter.com/#!/toughLoveforxnoreply@blogger.com