ASC 2020 Global Conversation
The ASC invites you to participate in “ASC 2020 Global Conversation,” September 12-13 2020. This event will consist of a series of live online conversations running across two days and various time zones.
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We will be participating in WOSC2021
The ASC will participate in WOSC in Moscow, Russia, September 27-29, 2021.
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We Help You Open Narratives to Better Include Others
In situations of reflexive anticipation abstract representations seldom provide sufficient information to answer the key questions of “what if?” or “how?”. Linear representations of cause and effect fail to take into account the effects of feedback/feedforward, learning, attention, and situation. …
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We Help You When ‘Keep It Simple’ is Not Good Enough
Simplicity tends to be seen as a virtue and we are often told “keep it simple, stupid”. Supposedly, keeping things simple is the key to getting things done, to become efficient, and to stay efficient. Indeed, when simple works it’s …
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We Help You Control, Guide and Manage Systems
The science of context is based on what we call the Law of Requisite Variety. This law states that control depends on the relationship between variety of a controlled element and the variety of its controller, whereas variety refers to …
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We Help You Develop Reflexive Perspectives
Reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a situation that does not render both functions causes and effects. Reflexivity thus refers to …
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We Help You Develop Better Attention to the Role of Context
Context is often ignored or down-played only at our peril. Action by sentient beings is most often the result of reflexive anticipation. This implies that when we are projecting the actions of others we need to take into account the …
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