"Statistics are great at describing the world as it is. But, if we rely on stats to guide us things will never change. If you want change, it takes imagination."
I don't really get cricket, although I did love playing it with my dad, and yet somehow I got your use of cricketing language...to the extent that I actually understood some of the jargon...a fairly unprecedented occurrence. And I heartily endorse your call for imagination over stats...but that could be confirmation bias.
Having just spent a couple of hours over dinner helping my son's girlfriend with her queer futuristic Wellington script (for her master's in film project) during which I kept coming back to Mitch Resnick and others' calls for the development of tech in more autonomous and life affirming ways...trying to envision what that would look like...how will we create real connection and tolerance of difference?...I have to say that your cricket reference doesn't seem so silly mid on or even out of bounds. Imagining what we will need to do in order to survive the next hundred years is an interesting focus...and technology will certainly be key, but what kind of tech and how will we overcome the problems and pitfalls of over use and chronic disconnection?
"Statistics are great at describing the world as it is. But, if we rely on stats to guide us things will never change. If you want change, it takes imagination."
See, it is that simple!
Thank you.
I don't really get cricket, although I did love playing it with my dad, and yet somehow I got your use of cricketing language...to the extent that I actually understood some of the jargon...a fairly unprecedented occurrence. And I heartily endorse your call for imagination over stats...but that could be confirmation bias.
Having just spent a couple of hours over dinner helping my son's girlfriend with her queer futuristic Wellington script (for her master's in film project) during which I kept coming back to Mitch Resnick and others' calls for the development of tech in more autonomous and life affirming ways...trying to envision what that would look like...how will we create real connection and tolerance of difference?...I have to say that your cricket reference doesn't seem so silly mid on or even out of bounds. Imagining what we will need to do in order to survive the next hundred years is an interesting focus...and technology will certainly be key, but what kind of tech and how will we overcome the problems and pitfalls of over use and chronic disconnection?