September 7th, 2021

edited 2021-09-07 · open in Roam

double bind
- > all real problems are at least double binds because problems that aren't, you can just fucking solve
  - twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1390140973599109125
convo w Riccardo Volpato
- open questions
  - What's the role of Self in partswork?
    - (I have a thread or two on this)
    - M > maybe parts are all LH, and Self is RH?
      - should ask my McGilchrist peeps about this
      - since Self isn't exactly the whole, but it's not part-y
      - this would also fit in a satisfyingly unified way with these general principles:
        left hemispheres aren't made for interfacing with other people
        twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1214444739531100160
        it's the left hemisphere's job to have blindspots
        (maybe there are tweets on this)
      - could do a whole thread speculating on it #2tweet
    - R > to me it feels a bit like number zero
      - it's another number, but it doesn't have a shadow (a negative version of itself)
      - M > or a number 1, which doesn't have an inverse
    - R > maybe there are multiple Selves, but only one can show up at once?
      - M > I feel like since the Self is integrative, these multiple ones would integrate with each other
  - Is Self needed for Internal Trust-Dancing
    - M > and now I'm like "maybe as mediator/space-holder, if you don't have an external person for that"
  - What are the components or dimensions required for collaborative culture?
    - is Self an additional item here? or is it actually covered under McGilchrist's brain hemisphere model + flashback/blindspot stuff?
  - What's the relationship between default mode network & task-positive network and brain hemispheres?
    - maybe since both hemispheres are always active
      - default mode network ~= right hemisphere running the show
      - task-positive network ~= left hemisphere running the show
    - (this is a very straw handwavy guess though)
    - see research described by Loch Kelly on different kinds of meditation having different effects on these networks though
Import
- my threads on twitter, as indexed by Riccardo Volpato mid2021
  - my threads on twitter
    - twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1435048124960100352
    - twitter.com/Malcolm_Ocean/status/1435079982640926725