Mastodawn

“You don’t learn to swim by reading about water.”

Execution teaches what theory never can.

#Execution #LearningByDoing #Action #Growth #StartNow

Mistakes mark the road to growth. The first step is always imperfect.
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https://quotes.thisgrandpablogs.com/learning-from-mistakes/

Learning from Mistakes: Einstein’s Key to Growth

Learning from mistakes shows the path to growth. Einstein’s quote teaches that errors guide progress and lead to true success.

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Association REDefine Apr 16

Most of us went through school being told what to know.

Very few of us were trained in how to act when things are unclear, when no one has the answer, when the outcome depends on the interaction of multiple factors.

That gap doesn’t show up on a test.

It shows up later: in meetings, in communities, in democracies that ask for participation but never trained it.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/the-gym-for-future-citizens-ceb?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Education #Democracy #FutureOfEducation #SystemsThinking #YouthAgency #LearningByDoing #CivicEducation

Karsten Schmidt Apr 4

I find a form of active de-computing is one of the best ways to cope with the current exceeding world pain exhaustion & LLM brain drain around, i.e. doing more things offline, with your hands/body, being more present in your world, getting into crafts/materials, creating/fixing/mending things and sharing your lessons learned with others (in that sense quite in the spirit of open source culture).

To some this is may be just another form of entitled escapism, though I see it as active skill building and learning by doing, connecting with people who're still finding and creating (not just) beauty in the physical world, preserving/expanding older skills, methods & techniques, showing how to actively & creatively navigate, work with and improvise with the hard limitations imposed by chosen materials/resources, processes, situations or environments, and a form of creation which doesn't rely on exabytes of harvested data and other planet-scale resource guzzling infrastructure to realize one's ideas.

(Aside: I also think this is very much part of the appeal of "classic" [non-LLM based] generative/algorithmic design & art approaches, but also #RetroComputing and #FantasyConsoles...)

Anyhow, I think this stunning ceramics project/sculpture/vase is a great example...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6LJzTaQJx4

Of course, my generative artist/designer/programmer mind immediately goes into deconstruction mode, imagining how I'd approach something like this in code form (e.g. via volumetric modeling) and also how to manifest it physically (3d clay printing or maybe paper craft with a cricut[1]). I don't doubt that one day soonish a robot arm will be able to perform or exceed this kind of finesse, but I also think, this kind of automation just like with LLMs, is never the point of making art with your hands, other than making a point that it's now possible to have a machine create such detailed simulacra. It's the same one way road to Uncanny Valley as chasing 3D realism in game dev, with ever more resources required for ever diminishing returns... Maybe that in itself will become a useful measure/marker and status symbol for the trillionaire class.

Building open worlds of endless unspoiled forests made of ultra high-res scans in UE5, whilst the world is burning down though climate change and war. Always be chasing the end of the road, instead of enjoying the journey, the act itself. Only valuing final results without ever appreciating (or even caring about) the process to get there. Pure consumption...

Isn't it interesting, all the thoughts a "simple" ceramics sculpture can trigger?

#WeekendWriting #Craft #Art #ArtMaking #Ceramics #LearningByDoing

How a Ceramic Vase Inspired by Iris Flowers Comes to Life!

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Commoning-Muster der Woche Mar 29

❓ Auf welche Wissensarten wird Bezug genommen? Wird sichergestellt, dass viele Formen des Wissens genutzt werden können?

❕Ein großer Teil unseres w/Wissens bleibt als Weisheit oder Intuition unausgesprochen. Auch verkörpertes sowie an konkrete Orte und soziale Umgebungen gebundenes Wissen ist eine unerlässliche Quelle zur Lösung von Problemen. Verschiedene Wissensarten zu verknüpfen, sorgt dafür, dass nicht nur eine Wissensart - zum Beispiel Faktenwissen - dominiert.

🗿 »Im verkörperten und im situierten Wissen drückt sich das Leben selbst aus.«

👉 Permakultur-Gestalterïnnen betonen, wie notwendig es ist, gut zu beobachten um zu interagieren .
👉 In der Transition Town Bewegung für eine postfossile Welt stehen drei Wissensquellen gleichrangig nebeneinander: Vernunft, Emotionen & Handeln oder Kopf, Herz & Hand.
👉 Bergsteigerïnnen können die Stabilität von Schneebrücken einschätzen, Fußballspielerïnnen ahnen, wohin und wie schnell der Ball fliegt und Ureinwohnerïnnen verfügen über eine subtile Ökosystemkenntnis z.B. über die Heilwirkung von Pflanzen

🗨 Was sind deine Gedanken dazu?

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