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Comment on Garcia on uniqueness by Good Luck Trying to Copy a Snowflake! « Long Slow Chat

Good Luck Trying to Copy a Snowflake! « Long Slow Chat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:38:08 +0000

[...] Luck Trying to Copy a Snowflake! By snowflakayne In a previous posting I had mentioned a favorite quote from Jerry Garcia that; “You do not merely want to be considered [...]

Comment on Snowflakes Pecha Kucha style by mullygrub

mullygrub — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:52:44 +0000

that sounds great. I like the spontenaity of asking for volunteers at 5.30pm for an 8pm session. I know that would make things scary, but it could also introduce an element of fun and excitement. I also agree with the courage thing – it’s really scary for some people to stand in front of an audience, especially with only a bunch of pictures to guide them!

I can’t wait to participate in something like this

Comment on One is the Biggest Number? by One gets MUCH Bigger! « Long Slow Chat

One gets MUCH Bigger! « Long Slow Chat — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:25:40 +0000

[...] gets MUCH Bigger! I continue to find great fascination with the notion that “one is the biggest number” and with the thinking and writing of Kevin Kelly, and I believe that most of you share a similar [...]

Comment on Snowballs are Snowflakes too! by Global Snowball has a Heartbeat? « Long Slow Chat

Global Snowball has a Heartbeat? « Long Slow Chat — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:17:54 +0000

[...] In the vernacular of the Snowflake Effect I had been pointing out similar ends of the spectrum from individual Snowflakes to the collective Snowball such as Pluralization of Personalization and “Snowballs are Snowflakes too!” [...]

Comment on Pluralisation of Personalisation by Global Snowball has a Heartbeat? « Long Slow Chat

Global Snowball has a Heartbeat? « Long Slow Chat — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:14:48 +0000

[...] out similar ends of the spectrum from individual Snowflakes to the collective Snowball such as Pluralization of Personalization and “Snowballs are Snowflakes [...]

Comment on Pluralisation of Personalisation by Indi-Groups? « Long Slow Chat

Indi-Groups? « Long Slow Chat — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:09:30 +0000

[...] wrote about how the Snowflake Effect applies equally to both individuals and groups in the posting “Pluralization of Personalization” and yesterday Kevin went on to point out things like the need to distinguish between “the wisdom [...]

Comment on Which is Stronger: Urge to Conform or Urge to be a Snowflake? by Snowfalkayne

Snowfalkayne — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:09:55 +0000

Thanks for the comment and making this point. Norms do indeed serve a purpose and without a norm there is no abnormal!

I think that norms are of value as points of reference. People can choose to be as close or as far away from such norms as they wish. In practice it is worth noting that there is rarely any steady state that any of us maintain and so it is perhaps a question of how far, how long and in what direction one “deviates” from the norm. If you were to plot this out on a 2 axis graph our behaviors and actions would create very unique undulating patterns similar for example to sound on an oscilloscope (or stock prices of late!) and just a question of how far and how fast the trace goes up and down.

I also have a theory that the maximum point on each side of our individual charts has to be equal. In other words if there is a horizontal line that represents zero or the norm, then there is a scale going up, let’s say in the positive direction and one going down in the negative direction and I’m of the belief that you can only experience as much positive as you have negative and vice versa. But this is another topic for another day and thread.

My concern and question is more on that of conformance and the degree to which anyone purposely tries to stay as close to some straight line of “normality”.

Vive la différence pour moi s’il vous plait!

Comment on Which is Stronger: Urge to Conform or Urge to be a Snowflake? by madhollywood

madhollywood — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:12:24 +0000

Conformity is an odd thing and I think most people are insulted if they are described as “normal.” Still, I wonder whether a “norm” of sorts is essential for an effective organization of society. Indeed, it is the iconoclast who upturns the conventional wisdom and by their efforts reorganize the concept of normal, but isn’t it important that people follow such innovation at some point? Maybe it is a necessary evil to conform?

Still, I prefer to be the unique snowflake myself.