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- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:30:47 CDT
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- Subject: RE: You got it... but there's more to get
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- > From Greg Williams (920909 [really!])
- >
- > There are four kinds of manipulation (I claim): those which, if
- > successful (from the manipulator's point of view) result in the manipulee's
- > (after completion of the manipulation) judging them (to him/her) harmful
- > ["exploitation"], neutral ["?"], good ["facilitation"], or mixed/who
- > knows/can't say ["?"].
- >
-
- This reminds me of a "General Theory of Stupidity" that I saw
- in Whole Earth Review some time ago. The basic concept was that
- intelligence had nothing to do with IQ (whatever that is), but rather
- was a function of an individuals' interactions with other humans.
- There were four types of exchanges, classified on whether or not
- they resulted in a gain for the participants. The highest level
- was where both parties benefitted (genius), the next where one benefitted
- to the extent that the other lost (thief), the third where neither
- benefitted (neutral), and the fourth where both lost (stupid). The idea
- was that the first three interactions don't increase the entropy of
- the universe, but the fourth one does. It was couched in terms of
- information gain or loss, but could be recast in control terms.
- I'll provide the reference in a few days.
-
- Curt
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