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History and Context hugely influence how the rest of the patterns are invoked. Pay attention to why things are the way they are and what the people coming expect. Tune in to discern when to respect the existing culture vs. when it benefits to stretch toward something new.
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#PatternOfTheDay for December 14, 2022 (6 of 91)
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Alt text for the image, hereby placed into the public domain:
A color photo of a street with shops at the bottom floor of 1-2 story buildings, with cars parked in front of them. A white hand from the bottom edge holds up a black & white photo of the same street - the buildings match up at the edges - with a young person biking through a flood of about a foot or so!
Beer's
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
Stafford Beer from 1979 (in writing).
In 2001 he wrote:
"According to the cybernetician, the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgement, or sheer ignorance of circumstances."
This may be even more relevant to History and Context, perhaps other cards.