Perceptual Control Theory

created 2020-04-30 · edited 2020-04-30 · open in Roam

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Keywords - brain hemispheres coercion what is coercion? productivity scapegoat Everyone is basically living in a dream mashup of their current external situation & old emotional meanings everyone is constantly overgeneralizing Conversation As Medium make shared or different frames explicit shared train of thought do people naturally self-regulate how deep they're willing to go? commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets dream mashups Unlocking the Emotional Brain IFS partswork what might a healthy community look like? doing community well The Master and his Emissary intro left hemisphere right hemisphere Behavior: The Control of Perception Perceptual Control Theory Hemisphere Dharma Change doesn't just happen Hemispheres & Self-improvement left hemispheres aren't made for interfacing with other people Perceptual Control Theory control systems

Keywords - brain hemispheres McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model Perceptual Control Theory barn-raising Internal Family Systems blindspot blindspot feedback is hard (but possible!) it's only possible to be rational within a frame make shared or different frames explicit Change doesn't just happen Intend productivity Intend Philosophy & Paradigm how to think about goals PCT internal conflict much of human collaboration scales sublinearly but it's possible to scale superlinearly What are the components or dimensions required for collaborative culture? Geoffrey West Questions for teasing apart the concept of commitment commitment/choice is a confused way to relate to stances/mindsets Everyone is basically living in a dream mashup of their current external situation & old emotional meanings everyone is constantly overgeneralizing acceptance isn't the same as acceptance safety self-trust right hemisphere left hemisphere self-energizing

1:20:17 - 1:26:20 - What drives us to attempt to understand how our minds work? To understand the deeper parts of ourselves Behavior: The Control of Perception Perceptual Control Theory Hemisphere Dharma

1:40:11 - 1:46:43 - What makes for good conversation? left hemispheres aren't made for interfacing with other people Perceptual Control Theory control systems

2. control systems / Perceptual Control Theory
- PCT offers a rather straightforward exploration of what coercion is, within the terms of its model, and broadly what an alternative might look like.
- Coercion is the attempt of one control system to control another control system's behavior directly. This occurs both within people and between people—when someone tries to commit to some new behavior, in spite of some resistance, they're engaging in self-coercion.
- This could be contrasted with a different approach to the same situation that takes a basic stance of "I (or this part of me) needs/wants X. I don't know what you (or this other part of me) might do that would satisfy X, but I want to find a way to satisfy it". This stance creates space for creative reorganization, rather than fighting a tug-of-war.
- For more on this, see Internal Trust Dancing case study: EA & relaxation

A basic outline of Perceptual Control Theory can help us talk much more precisely about the nature of power, whether unconscious or conscious, formal or informal.