FlowChainSenseiWe are NOT "developers", we are social workers. #AntimatterPrinciple
This may disturb you.
FlowChainSenseiWe are NOT "developers", we are social workers. #AntimatterPrinciple
This may disturb you.
The Vocabulary Problem
How Organisational Language Sabotages Clear Thinking
Update It's been more than 10 years since I posted a vocabulary for software development and the Antimatter Principle. I guess it's time for an update.
The Problem with Words
The words we use to talk about work aren't neutral. They smuggle in assumptions about human nature, power, and how organisations should function—assumptions that often lead us astray.
https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2025/06/21/the-vocabulary-problem/
Attentiation
Attentiation: the deliberate act of bringing something forth through focused attention and care. This word captures something that exists at the intersection of observation and creation, where sustained caring focus doesn't just notice what's there but actively participates in bringing forth what could be. This concept shares deep resonance with what I've called elsewhere the 'Antimatter Principle'—'attend to folks' needs'.
https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/attentiation/
We sell things that companies want to buy, not things that they need. And look at all the disasters that consequently ensue.
#AntimatterPrinciple
#AntimatterPrinciple
We sell things that companies want to buy, not things that they need. And look at all the disasters that consequently ensue.
#AntimatterPrinciple
#AntimatterPrinciple
@SnoopJ A.k.a. developers attending to their own needs rather than to others'. #AntimatterPrinciple
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