Plowing through information in search of patterns is fascinating, in its own way. Sort of like looking at all the data points available in baseball to determine where to put fielders, when to make a pitching change... only that the information I have has yet to be codified and established in the way that 100+ years of baseball information has been.

Looking through all the materials I have, assessing what is there and inferring what is not, all in an attempt to create a plan that has a destination and enough flexibility to change as the environment changes as well as interpretations change... this is where the fun really lies. A plan of battle exists up to the moment of first contact, and then one has to adapt.

Adopt, adapt, improve - isn’t that what Dennis Moore said?

I’ve also had the fortune to do a bit of driving across a small section of the country, and I’ve kept an eye open for tendencies of expression: how homogenous are we, really? what passes for ‘sameness’ and how do we recognize it? what use is made of that information?

Tags: Thinking