On Communicating

  • Simplicity and power are key facets of effective communication
  • Effective communication of ideas is measured by the complexity of the idea and the persistence of that idea in the audience being communicated to (ie: did they get it? Can they know enable others to get it?)
  • The power of beauty in communicating complex ideas identifies the role of 'beauty' in communicating effectively
  • Cardew’s Treatise: the greatest musical score ever designed is a fun and interesting example of communication that breaks boudnaries of traditional formality to expand the fidelity of the underlying actual content to express
  • Structure of communication:
    • Lists are one-dimensional
    • Matrices are multi-dimensional
    • Nesting lists introduces higher dimensionality but become cumbersome - do you want to use a matrix?