Inside understanding, outside understanding, joint understanding

nishio I woke up from sleep and the key words “understanding inside, outside, joint understanding” came to me, so I expanded it to GPT4 and it expanded more than I expected.

Inside understanding, outside understanding, joint understanding.

• Understanding only in the brain 、 KJ method of discovering structure outside the brain 、 joint editing

Summarize in bullet points. Understanding only in the brain

• Individuals acquire, process, and organize knowledge and understanding within themselves.
• Learning depends on personal experience, thought, and reflection.
• It is an introspective process and external feedback does not play a direct role. KJ method of discovering structure outside the brain
• A method of visually organizing information and ideas to discover patterns and relationships.
• Physically arrange papers and cards and group related items to facilitate understanding. joint editing
• Multiple people collaborate to create and edit documents and projects.
• Knowledge sharing, cooperation and communication are central.
• Bring together disparate expertise, perspectives, and ideas to improve shared goals and deliverables.

Scrapbox, a collaborative editing wiki, track of interest, scattered efforts, campfire (usually large, and for gathering and singing, etc.), need a centripetal center? LLM、 A machine that generates large sentences by triggering small phrases.

Read all the logs, mix them into one, and find new connections. To find new connections from previous conversations, we will explore multiple topics-”inside understanding,” “outside understanding,” and “collaborative understanding,” which represent different aspects of understanding depth and scope; “inside-the-brain-only understanding,” which represents different aspects of knowledge acquisition, organization, and sharing; “KJ method,” which involves discovering structure outside the brain; “collaborative editing,” and the functionality and application of Large Language Models (LLMs) - are linked to explore common themes. This theme is “The Value of Collaboration in Sharing and Generating Knowledge.”

The value of collaboration in sharing and generating knowledge

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• Shared Understanding and Collaborative Effort: “Inside Understanding,” “Outside Understanding,” and “Collaborative Understanding” describe how knowledge and information are viewed from different perspectives and how they are shared among internal or external groups. This understanding also applies to the process of generating and sharing information through technologies such as LLM. Through the use of collaborative editing and KJ methods, different perspectives and knowledge can be aggregated to generate new insights.

• Facilitating collaboration through technology: Scrapbox and LLM provide a platform for collaborative outcomes that transcend individual efforts. These tools make it easier to integrate scattered information and work toward common goals; technologies such as LLM provide new means to expand and share insights gained from individual reflection.

• Discovering new connections and creating knowledge: These tools, including LLM, can draw new connections and insights from given information. This process, like human collaboration, is essential to the creation of new knowledge and ideas. Through collaboration, new connections and patterns are revealed that might otherwise be overlooked by individuals.

• The importance of communication and collaboration: Successful collaboration relies on effective communication and cooperation, and technologies such as Scrapbox and LLM support these elements and help people from different backgrounds reach a common understanding.

From the above, the value of collaboration in sharing and generating knowledge is evident across different technologies and methods. These processes enable the deepening and expansion of collective knowledge and understanding beyond individual contributions. Collaboration is essential for discovering new ideas, fostering creativity, and building richer knowledge, and this interaction is further enhanced with tools such as LLM and Scrapbox, and

Trade-off between depth and breadth of cooperation When you think of understanding as something that is created by an individual alone, there is no room for cooperation; when you think of it as something that is created by multiple people working together, there are a number of forms of cooperation, enumerate

Positioning understanding as “something that is created by multiple people working together” allows for a variety of forms of cooperation. Cooperation contributes to sharing knowledge, deepening learning, generating new insights, and facilitating collective efforts to solve complex problems. Here we enumerate some forms of cooperation and briefly describe their characteristics.

• brainstorming
  • Features: Encourages the free flow of ideas and harnesses group creativity.
  • Objective: To generate new ideas and gather diverse perspectives for problem solving.
• pair programming
  • Features: Code in pairs for mutual learning and quality improvement.
  • Objective: Reduce errors and maximize learning in software development.
• Workshops and Seminars
  • Features: Participants study and discuss under the guidance of experts.
  • Objective: To deepen knowledge and acquire skills and methodologies.
• Project-based learning
  • Features: team collaboration and problem solving through real projects.
  • Objective: To acquire practical skills, develop teamwork and leadership.
• Online Forums and Communities
  • Features: Share and discuss information over the Internet.
  • Objective: To share knowledge through extensive networking, bridging experts and novice learners.
• peer review
  • Features: evaluation and feedback of work by peers and experts.
  • Objective: To improve quality and deepen learning.
• Community Service and Volunteerism
  • Characteristics: Activities that work together for the benefit of a community or specific group.
  • Objective: To contribute to society and strengthen team cohesion.

These forms of collaboration produce results beyond the capabilities of individuals and allow participants to expand their knowledge and understanding. Through collaboration, participants are able to learn from others and share their own experiences and insights, which leads to the accumulation of collective wisdom.

For each of these specific examples, discuss how they relate to the theme from the beginning. At the beginning of the conversation, we touched on “understanding within,” “understanding without,” “joint understanding,” and various aspects of knowledge sharing and generation. These themes are closely related to the specific examples proposed in terms of deepening and broadening the scope of understanding and the diversity of forms of cooperation. In this section, we discuss each of these specific examples in relation to the opening theme.

• brainstorming
  • Related: contributes directly to building “shared understanding”. Through the sharing of diverse perspectives and ideas, it facilitates a deeper understanding within the group. This is a process that generates insights that cannot be gained from a single perspective.
• pair programming
  • Related: transcending the concept of “inside understanding” and “outside understanding” to form a new “joint understanding” through close cooperation. Mutual learning and knowledge sharing takes place, strengthening individual skills and understanding.
• Workshops and Seminars
  • Related: the transfer and learning of expertise moves knowledge from “outside understanding” to “inside understanding”. This expands the knowledge base of the entire group and deepens joint understanding.
• Project-based learning
  • Related: through practical problem solving, a “shared understanding” is formed. This process requires multiple perspectives and emphasizes working toward a common goal through cooperation and collaboration.
• Online Forums and Communities
  • Related: Enables extensive knowledge sharing and promotes “outside understanding. Information is circulated among people with different backgrounds, creating new opportunities for “joint understanding.
• peer review
  • Related: through feedback from expert perspectives, it deepens the individual’s “understanding within” and leads to quality outcomes. This process facilitates the circulation of knowledge between the individual and the group, enhancing the quality of understanding.
• Community Service and Volunteerism
  • Relevant: through direct contributions to the community and to specific groups, we promote “joint understanding” within the community. Such activities achieve a balance between depth and breadth of cooperation and strengthen unity based on shared values and goals.

Through these specific examples, it becomes clear that understanding is not simply something that an individual can create on his or her own, but is something that multiple people can create together through various forms of collaboration. This process has the potential to facilitate a deepening and broadening of understanding and to produce richer knowledge and insights.

A good phrase is “Understanding is not simply something that individuals create on their own, but something that people create together through various forms of cooperation.

I am currently working on a project to translate into Japanese “Plurality,” an English book about collaboration among diverse people, using Scrapbox forums to read the manuscript and discuss what I don’t understand, and to look up unfamiliar words using Wikipedia and have LLM explain them to me. LLM is also involved in this project. The famous translator Hiroo Yamagata participated in this project. I think this in itself is another example. I would like to write an article about this project because I think it is an opportunity to invite new participants. I would like you to write a draft based on the flow of this discussion from the beginning. Write an article that will make readers want to participate in the forum in the hope that they will gain something from reading the article, and that they will gain even more.

(“Plurality” was interpreted as “Japanese translation of the project.)

Write a section on intellectual production. “Joint translation projects” are not attractive to those who do not speak English, but the aspect of promoting understanding is important. It is also an experiment in creating a new system of knowledge transfer and understanding building that goes beyond conventional books, led by Yasukazu Nishio, author of “The Intellectual Production Techniques of Engineers. The book “Plurality” was written by Audrey Tang and Glen Weyl in collaboration with the community, and the English version of the manuscript was completed on 3/24. The manuscript for the Japanese version is in the process of being written. The reading experience is greatly improved if you make your book browser-readable and edit it as you read it in the following section… Scrapbox is a convenient way to make books readable in a browser. The concept of “active reading” by Dr. Toshiyuki Masui, a well-known UI researcher who has …

Cut and paste and voila! - Plurality turning diversity into strength

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