Podcasts about topographical

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On this episode Bruce sits down with Ryan for a good old yarn. Check out Ryan on the internet's, he's pretty much everywhere. Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanoconnornz?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://instagram.com/stagryan?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The Stag Roar Podcast: https://spotify.link/j51A31zw0Db He's got a blog: https://stagryan.com Check out Tekkers Eyewear and make use of the 20% discount for Topographical listeners https://instagram.com/tekkerseyewearnz?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://tekkerseyewear.co.nz TOPO20

Join the crew this week as we sit down with van from Hang Free to share some scouting tips, discuss some different terms and talk about, you guessed it maps. A Topographical map covered in squiggly lines and different symbols tells a story if you know how to read it. this week we'll cover the basics and help you to better understand what type of terrain you're going to walk into before you ever leave the house and how deer might use it.UPO Social Media- https://linktr.ee/underpressureoutdoorsHazmore Outdoor Products- https://hazmore.net/Use Code UPO15 at checkout for 15% off your next order!HangFree- https://hangfree.co/ Use code UPO10 at checkout for 10% off your next order!Charpia Law- https://www.charpialaw.com/about-us/

On this episode Bruce sits down with Stu for a yarn about all sorts of stuff. Check out Stu on Instagram and YouTube https://instagram.com/beard_and_gun?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://youtube.com/@stuartlangslow?si=_oHOkXYC-5SDcbiC Check out Tekkers Eyewear and make use of the 20% discount for Topographical listeners https://instagram.com/tekkerseyewearnz?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://tekkerseyewear.co.nz TOPO20

Michael French is a mad keen spearo living in the far north. We yarn about all sorts of spear fishing story's and free diving in the Caribbean. You can check out Frenchy on instagram: @eatsleepdiverepeat Check out the team at Tekkers Eyewear: @tekkerseyewearnz Or on their website: https://tekkerseyewear.co.nz

This week Bruce sits down with Phil Duffy for a yarn about all things hunting. From Ferreting rabbits to culling deer, it's a good fun yarn.

This week Bruce had a yarn with Brad Turner, you might no him better as @kiwi_outdoors_dad on instagram. We just yarn about a whole bunch of shit. Have a listen and join in on the convo by sending us a message or leaving a comment.

This episode is full of yarn about all sorts. Listen and enjoy

On this episode Bruce is joined by Sam Rout. We talk hunting and ultra running and have a good laugh. Give the show a review and let us know what you think. You can follow Trout on Strava and Instagram, just search up @sam__trout For clips and photos relating to Topographical and an assortment of other carry on, check out Bruce's instagram @brucehunts_nz

On this episode Bruce has a yarn with his cousin Sean about all things hunting and the Lincoln University Hinting Club. If you're a young geeza heading to Lincoln, be sure to check out the club. You can follow Sean and the club at the following links; Sean's Instagram: @5ean.007 https://instagram.com/5ean.007?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Lincoln University Hunting Club: @lincolnuniversityhuntingclub https://instagram.com/lincolnuniversityhuntingclub?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

On this episode, Bruce sits down with Timmy again for a long yarn about how he got into hunting and his experience as a hunting guide in Canada. You can follow Timmy on Instagram at: @Timmy_mclanachan https://instagram.com/timmy_mclanachan?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ= And check out Bruce's page; @brucehunts_nz

On this episode, Bruce sits down with Timmy for a yarn about his recent trip up a famous West Coast river. Some absolute shit yarns and good laughs.

Topographical maps and fire insurance maps are wonderful tools for researching the lives of your ancestors. Together, these two types of maps can give you a terrific picture of the world in which your ancestor lived. They're almost as good as a photograph. This is why you should use these maps, where to find them, and what you might find on them. Podcast Show Notes: https://ancestralfindings.com/a-closer-look-at-reading-maps-2/  Genealogy Clips Podcast https://genealogyclips.com Historical Postcard Giveaway https://ancestralfindings.com/postcard-giveaway/ Free Genealogy eBooks https://ancestralstuff.com Hard To Find Surnames https://ancestralfindings.com/surnames Follow on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AncestralFindings Support Ancestral Findings https://ancestralfindings.com/donation #Genealogy #AncestralFindings #GenealogyClips

Earlier detection of cancer and connective tissue disorders may be possible using atomic force microscopy. Tune in to learn how it works and discover: The advantages of atomic force microscopy over electron microscopy How fibroblasts use collagen to travel throughout the body How fibrosis occurs and why it matters  Atomic force microscopy is a technique that can generate high-resolution images of biological samples too small to be imaged using other techniques.  It works similar to a stylus on a record player: a tiny stylus contacts and moves up and down along the biological sample, while a computer program analyzes these movements and recreates 3D images accordingly.  In essence, it's a process whereby the topography of almost any surface can be measured and visualized. This technology is leading to great insights in various fields of research, and has exciting applications in the field of early cancer detection.  Press play for all the details. Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

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Welcome to the NeurologyLive Mind Moments podcast. Tune in to hear leaders in neurology sound off on topics that impact your clinical practice. In this episode, we spoke with Stephen Krieger, MD, professor of neurology, Icahn School of Medicine, and staff neurologist, Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for MS, Mount Sinai. Krieger discussed the development of his topographical model of MS and how it has been leveraged to this point as a clinical tool, as well as offered insight into a recently initiated effort with it that he presented at the 37th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), which was held virtually October 13-15, 2021. Episode Breakdown: 1:15 – Background on the topographical model and its development 6:00 – Current utilization of the model and its insight into the MS disease course thus far 11:10 – The potential for the model to impact clinical care 13:05 – Neurology News Minute 15:15 – Topographical model-informed data in early MS and ECTRIMS presentation recap 21:10 – The need for better and improved tools to measure disease progression 25:00 – The future use of the topographical model of MS and closing thoughts The stories featured in this week's Neurology News Minute, which will give you quick updates on the following developments in neurology, are further detailed here: ANVS401 Demonstrates Safety, Improves Parkinson Disease Motor Function Gantenerumab Gets Breakthrough Designation for Alzheimer Following Significant Amyloid Reduction NDA Review for FT218 in Narcolepsy Still Ongoing, FDA Announces Thanks for listening to the NeurologyLive Mind Moments podcast. To support the show, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. For more neurology news and expert-driven content, visit neurologylive.com.

Cloud Nine Spain Managing Director Sean Woolley & Paul Brazell Acosta tackle the tricky topic of buying a plot and building your own villa in the #Marbella area of the Costa del Sol. This episode is packed with essential tips for anyone thinking of building their own home here on the Costa del Sol. Chapters 0:00 - Introduction 1:57 - Architect 3:05 - Hire professionals 4:24 - Locations & red tape 5:34 - Identifying the right plot & due diligence 6:22 - Building coefficient 7:07 - Check the title deed 8:15 - Topographical reports 9:21 - Tax implications 11:41 - Construction companies 12:37 - Keep your commercial head on 15:41 - Don't become too self-indulgent 16:40 - Key takeaways --------------------- Get in touch with Cloud Nine Spain: Telephone: +34 951 203 808 Email: info@cloudninespain.com https://cloudninespain.com/ Address; Centro Comercial Guadalmina 4, Local 88 29660 San Pedro de Alcantara Marbella, Malaga Follow us on Social: https://www.facebook.com/CloudNineSpain https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloud-nine-spain/ --------------------- Sean Woolley is the author of "From The Ground Up: The Insider's Guide to Buying Spanish Property" Available on Kindle and Paperback Buy it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B08C1SFBSG/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_NdCDFb5KZ6JYN

This podcast continues with our series of Freud's thought. It focusses on Freud's lecture Dissection of the Psychical Personality (1933), outlining it and critically appraising it's main features. [Free. 55 minutes.]

Tim presented our entry to the Liberland International Design Competition at Porcfest 2021. His talk covered: The geographical and political history of Liberland Site and ecology, ground conditions, flooding Energy, Water, Wastewater Infrastructure Transportation Our proposed site layout Blockchain based development incentivisation and infrastructure DAO's THE LIBERTARIUM Q&A Download Slideshow (PDF) Our entry to the Liberland Design Competition (download PDF) Use hashtag #ana034 to reference this episode in a tweet, post, or comment. View full show notes at https://anarchitecturepodcast.com/ana034.   ----more----Intro (1:55) Liberland is not developable land… Our entry to the Liberland design competition We submitted an engineering report to an architecture design competition Honourable Mention Award Porcfest NHExit venue Over 2,000 people Some real heavyweights Shout outs A 2 hour conversation about privatizing public space (who would listen to 2 hours of.. oh wait) Winners have been announced Summary of presentation Next episode teaser Download PDF of Slideshow Presentation (14:37) SLIDE 3 – History of Liberland (14:50) Land Parcel between Serbia and Croatia Border dispute Croatian Border Control SLIDE 4 – Hydrological History (16:36) Story of the Danube River Pannonian Sea Flood basin from Alps snow melt SLIDE 5 (17:23) Historical flows Canals and hydropower reduced flow 1894 – Austro-Hungarian Empire dredged canal SLIDE 6 Political History (18:50) Liberland originally part of Hungary WWI, 1918 – borders redrawn to create Yugoslavia SLIDE 7 (19:16) 1945 – Yugoslavia became a Federated Republic SLIDE 8 (20:12) Map of property deed registrations Border established down center of Danube river SLIDE 9 (21:07) Which center? SLIDE 10 (21:31) 1990's – Yugoslavia broke up, Croatia declared independence Brutal war, ethnic cleansing, bad stuff Liberland encompassed within Serbia during war Boundary not resolved SLIDE 11 (23:02) Present day disputed boundary Vit Jedlicka claimed Liberland Diplomatic efforts for recognition Guy in a pickup truck – Liberland License Plate SLIDE 12 Liberland Design Competition (24:31) We felt obligated to enter SLIDE 13 (25:06) Facebook post of winning entries – click here for links to formal announcements with full resolution posters for winning entries SLIDE 14 (25:29) 8th grade science fair project, or award winning architectural manifesto? Competition forces you to look at Liberland as a real site We dug deep on site analysis SLIDE 15 Design Team (26:16) Tim Brochu, Principal of Adra Architecture and co-host of Anarchitecture Podcast Joe Brochu, Mechanical Engineer and co-host of Anarchitecture Podcast Goshe King and Joe Green, Mechanical Engineers from Angineering Tech Podcast Car Campit, Civil Engineer from Timeline Earth Podcast John Ellis III, Architect who interviewed Tim on our episode 28 Palmer Ferguson, Architect Ryan Myers, Architect Andy Boenau, Transportation Planner, author, and host of the podcasts “Urbanism Speakeasy” and “How We Get Around” (https://www.andyboenau.com/) Mat Slaughter, Engineer SLIDE 16 (28:16) Why hasn't Liberland been developed? SLIDE 17 (28:31) Wetlands Good reasons to protect wetlands Prevent eutrophication from fertilizers SLIDE 18 (29:26) Cute otter Ugly sturgeon Large fish spawning ground RAMSAR – Wetlands of International Importance SLIDE 19 (30:40) Liberland floods 8 meters (24 ft) of flooding SLIDE 20 (31:37) Topographical analysis of flood levels Half of Liberland underwater during recent 100 year floods Import fill? SLIDE 21 (32:42) Eutric Fluvisol, aka “Mud” Soil good for growing things, unless you want to grow a city SLIDE 22 (33:49) Why hasn't Liberland been developed? SLIDE 23 (33:54) Because Liberland is not developable land SLIDE 24 (34:13) Next best idea is Seasteading, in the middle of the ocean Liberland's not looking too bad! SLIDE 25 Opportunities for Autonomy (34:26) International waterway Investment in economically depressed region International multi-cultural society Win-Win solutions Infrastructure redundancy – no one nation can cut the cord Environmental stewardship SLIDE 26 Transportation (38:18) Road connection through Croatia Riverboats – passenger and freight Trains – bus service to nearby stations Airports Avoiding border control – international terminal on the river? SLIDE 27 (41:41) Seaplane landing on the river Helicopters Eurovelo cycle network – cycle to France SLIDE 28 (43:05) Gondola transit – not quite flying cars, but close eco-tourism Gondola from international terminal? Very scenic SLIDE 29 Energy (44:05) Self-sufficiency Solar PV – poor solar exposure Save sunlight for the plants Bifacial panels, “Floatovoltaics” (Yes, they actually call it that) Wind – not enough wind Hydroelectric – needs height differential “Run of the River” – not much power Tidal power generation Geothermal – underground hot rocks produce steam Biogas – Sewage Treatment Plant generates enough gas to power the sewage treatment plant Diesel – in early stages Natural Gas Power Station Nuclear – Paks facility in Hungary Micro-nuclear SLIDE 30 (50:00) Power Lines Redundancy from Croatia, Serbia, maybe Hungary 120,000 population target The Power of Freedom Among the most interconnected areas Fiber Optic – along power line routes (OPGW cable) Energy must be delivered via road, boat, pipeline, or wire Bury a cable down the river from Hungary? Risky. SLIDE 31 (54:14) Energy mix over 50 years buildout SLIDE 32 (54:56) Heating and Cooling Cogeneration Centralized Heating Plant SLIDE 33 (55:33) Water – plenty of water Wastewater – treatment required Containerised WWTP SLIDE 34 (56:15) Would other designers use our analysis? We hope so. Our Design Even though this is a small place, we're gonna make it smaller The Tom Woods Woods nature preserve SLIDE 35 (57:41) Developed areas on high ground Decentral Park Walkable city Whowillbuildthe Road Marina and Wharf SLIDE 36 (59:35) Transportation Hub and road to Croatia Unnamed Heliport Croatian Border Control Border Controls are Stupid Dr. Ron Paul Medical Center Emergency Services Dispute resolution agencies (not police) Eugen von Bohm Bawerk Waterworks John Maynard Keynes Sewage Treatment Plant (full of crap) Power station and substation Gondola stations Deep foundations, concrete piles Gondolas – expensive, but a tourist attraction Urban gondolas and cable cars Bike path is right of way, build up roads above flood level SLIDE 37 (1:04:24) Masterplan with no zoning Incentives for density Blockchain based Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Limits on homesteading Encirclement Technological Unit Limits on parcel size Developers pay in to DAO, paid out based on built floor space Who governs the development process? Liberland corporation may have prior claim Homesteading resolves disputes between competing claims High demand makes technological unit small Liberland as a Free Private City Incentives for creating public space and amenities Environmental mitigation – build goodwill A latecomer catches up Enter the Eurozone? Probably not. SLIDE 38 Infrastructure DAO (1:15:19) Financing large scale head-end infrastructure Investment bond – interest rate increases with population Balance risk between investors, service provider, and users SLIDE 39 Napredak (1:18:39) Land parcel in Apatin, Serbia Floating Man Festival Port for freight and passenger transport via riverboat SLIDE 40 THE LIBERTARIUM (1:19:26) Museum of Liberty Full Dome Theater 3D visualizations of future developments Foot in the door to bring business into the region, establish goodwill SLIDE 41 (1:20:54) Adra Architecture Tim specializes in residential gondolas SLIDE 42 (1:21:41) Facebook link QR code We got an Honourable Mention Tom Woods Seal of Approval Questions (1:23:02) (1:23:05) Some towns neglect maintenance – how do you finance ongoing maintenance? Strong Towns – Growth Ponzi Scheme made explicit Infrastructure DAO could align incentives for long term maintenance (1:24:33) A lost opportunity? The Heliport shall remain unnamed (1:24:59) Squatter states, staging, and skepticism Utah Kowloon Walled City What's step 1? We started with some wilder ideas Suspension bridge town Phase 1: Houseboats, tourism, marina, small settlements Head end infrastructure – 35kV power line >1,000 people – water treatment plant Initial stages – wells and septic Many people willing to contribute 600,000 applicants for citizenship A small percentage of 600k will be willing to rough it “This whole thing is an exercise in skepticism” Ecotourism hub Blockchain mining (1:32:18) Would the infrastructure be privately owned and blockchain based? We hope so Free Private Cities model – corporation takes ownership of most common services Sandy Springs, GA – city hall just administers contracts and tenders for private providers (1:35:03) Corporate city with explicit contract and recourse Half of Florida is private golf communities Manchester, NH – Amoskeag Mill Company Company bought up all surrounding land parcels Water powered mechanical mills Layout – river, mills, apartments, commercial strip, houses, mansions (1:39:33) Reston, VA – “It doesn't have a city government” Suburb of DC, owned by a corporation Walkable BTW Liberland has no car traffic Every urbanist's wet dream Disneyworld – another great example (1:41:02) What's the point of this competition? Publicity, investment based on design ideas There needs to be some degree of planning (1:42:18) How did they determine the winners? Panel of judges Patrik Schumacher 2015 competition Vit Jedlicka is interested in the architecture (1:44:20) What were the prizes? Awarded in Merits – Liberland's cryptocurrency A winner will help design Napredak (1:45:11) How do you move to Liberland? Nobody lives there now, Croatian border control trying to keep it that way Croatia: the boundary dispute does not involve terra nullius (1:46:34) A lot of issues, all difficult to solve “You have to solve a land dispute in the Balkans” There is existing shipping You need billions of dollars of institutional money Alternative offer: Liber-land swap Liberland protects wetland preserve, builds somewhere else “Best of luck – I want to be wrong!” Links/Resources Our entry to the Liberland Design Competition (download PDF) Click image to download PDF of posters Dave Smith: “Oh look guys, that's my favorite architecture firm! And my favorite architecture themed podcast! Well, “built environment” themed podcast actually, because they don't just talk about architecture. In fact, you would think that they would spend more time talking about architecture. But they don't. They talk about other stuff. But also some architecture.” (transcribed by Joe, who was not present at Porcfest and has no idea what Dave actually said or what he was pointing at.) Anarchitecture-led Team Awarded Honourable Mention in Liberland's Second International Architectural Competition Free Republic of Liberland Home Page Episodes Mentioned ana031: Liberland Design Competition 2020 | Daniela Ghertovici Interview Episodes with Team Members: ana021: AGENDA 21!!! | Friends Against Government (renamed to Timeline Earth) ana028: Anarchitecture 101 | John Ellis Interviews Tim ana032: HVAC vs. COVID: Will Schools Spread Airborne Infection? | with Goshe and Joe from Angineering.Tech Episodes with Jurors PATRIK SCHUMACHER SERIES (episodes 9-12) ana018: Startup Cities with Adam Hengels and Patrik Schumacher Other Episodes Mentioned ana025: Free Private Cities | Titus Gebel Interview ana008: Way Beyond the Roads | The Tom Woods Show Ep. 802 plus Post-game ana033: Tim Battles Town Hall | Tom Woods Interviews Tim | Short Term Rental Ordinance Support Anarchitecture Podcast on Patreon!

In this lecture, I talk about Pleasure & Instinct v. Enjoyment & Drive, the shift from the topographical model of the unconscious, pre-conscious, conscious to the structural model of id, ego, and superego. I also do a short bit on the economic model of the mind. Review 1. The unconscious is a part of you with a mind of its own. 2. Traumatic stuff can't be erased, but it can be defensively put into the unconscious, this is called **repression**.3. When **repression** happened the traumatic thing is still present, but as sort of a ghost haunting us. 4. One of the things that can be traumatic is desire. 5. Our ghost traumas often lead us to do things that don't make sense. 6. **Drive objects**, which I spoke about in lecture number 3, are one thing that does not make sense. 7. **Transference**, which I spoke about in lecture number 4, is another thing that does not make sense. TodayIn today's lecture, I am going to be talking about two things. 1. The difference between the terms pleasure and enjoyment (or satisfaction), and how these terms relate to instincts and drives. As I do this I'll build more on top of what I said about the drive(s) in a prior podcast lecture. 2. Secondly, I'll describe a shift in Freud's thinking from the topographical model of the mind which is made up of the conscious, pre-conscious, unconscious, to the structural model of the mind which is made up of the id, the ego, and the superego.Let's get started. Pleasure / Instincts v. Enjoyment / DriveTo start with I want to try to make something clear, but to do this I'll need to tell you some psychoanalytic history involving a mistake in translation from German to English. - When Freud wrote he used both **instinct** (Instinct) and **drive** (Trieb). - Instincts are things our body does naturally, without being taught. - Instincts help our body stay alive. - When we do what instinct tells us to we get pleasure. - EX: Nap, stretch, laugh, - Both human beings and animals have instincts. - Instincts are about getting our needs met.  Now here is the odd thing… If you can try to imagine a lie where you have only what you need, but nothing more than that. That does not sound like a great life, eh? This is where drives come in. - Drives are kind of like instincts gone off the rails. - A drive demands that we get **more** than we need, it demands that we get something the brings enjoyment. - Drives are excessive, they are aimed at things (or experiences) in excess of what we need, they are the surplus, the extra stuff we don't need but we like having. - And, because they are excessive, the things that our drives are going after are the things that are “off-limits.” The original translator decided to make instinct and drive into the word instinct. Why this choice was made, I have no idea… but it was. And as a result, the English-speaking world has consistently been moving away from Freud's ideas of the drive. This brings me to the next stuff we will be covering in the class. Topographical v. Structural In this section of the podcast lecture, I want to talk about the two main models of the mind that Freud articulated. Early work (Freud's demo tape) 1887 - 1896 (Fleiss, studies in hysteria) The Seduction Model Topographical: 1897 - 1920 (studies in hysteria, the psychopathology of everyday life, the dream book, beyond the pleasure principle)- The iceberg metaphor- The room, hallway, rest of the house metaphor- Example: ask people to remember their first day of kindergarten. Talk about how this is taking something from the preconscious and bring it into the conscious.- Example: something that is unconscious is that something you can tell me about. I can ask you about it, but you won't be able to tell me. Example asking in person why they have come to therapy. They can tell you a reason, but usually, the real reason is repressed and therefore unconscious.Structural: 1921 - 1939 (_Group Psychology & the analysis of the Ego_ & _The Ego & the Id_)- This is the id, ego, superego. - Though Freud never used those terms. (Again this was the original translator's choice). - the id is a part of us outside of our social identity, it is a wild thing…. Outside of all the ways we normally see ourselves and others. It has no concern for social constructs. It is more concerned with if you are a friend or foe if you're going to help or hinder it in its desire to get whatever it is driven to want. - The ego is the “I” as in “I think psychoanalysis is cool.” It is our identity, the part of us that is concerned with being consistent, whole, complete. - The superego is **not your conscious**, not the little angel on your shoulder! It is your internalized authority figure, the part of you that judges things to be right or wrong, ethical or unethical, good or bad, etc. - What makes this different than the angle on your shoulder? - The superego is a jerk, it is a demanding, judgmental, jerk. No one wants to hang out with your superego! The Economic Model One thing that fits into the structural model well is this other idea called the economic model of the mind. This model works kinda like this. - Our mind is a system, and in that system, there is a finite (not a limitless) amount of energy. - No sometimes we are doing things that pull (withdraw) energy from that system, and sometimes we are doing things that deposit energy into the system. - One of the things that are taking energy is “not freaking out,” or “holding myself (my ego) together).” - Most of the time that is easy, but it is not easy. - When the ego lacks energy the things the ego is trying to contain come out.  - the id - drives - emotions- This leads to moments where “I don't know what came over me'” (The id is what came over you!). 

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In his consulting practice, Ben Mosior teaches Wardley Mapping, a tool for visualizing strategic intent. In this conversation, we dive into Wardley Maps: what they are and how they can help us make better strategic decisions.   Listen to the show   Download episode 57   Show notes   Learn Wardley Mapping @HiredThought on Twitter The Phoenix Project by Kevin Behr Leading Edge Forum Wardley maps: Topographical intelligence in business by Simon Wardley The Art of War by Sun Tzu How to Read a Wardley Map video   Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.   Read the transcript   Jorge: Ben, welcome to the show.   Ben: Thank you for having me, Jorge.   Jorge: I'm excited to have you here. For folks who might not know you, would you mind please telling us about yourself?   About Ben   Ben: So, I started out my career in systems administration, which I'll very lovingly describe as telling computers how to do things. And I actually worked for the state of Pennsylvania for a while. I worked in higher education to basically learn how to deploy lots of systems and actually we ran a whole library network for the entire state. We also did some local things for the school that we were based at. And, I was learning about all sorts of technical concepts, like configuration management and all this kind of stuff. And eventually I wandered my way into the world of DevOps.   Which, DevOps is like a word that it's a portmanteau: development operations. And there are a lot of different meanings that people load it up with. The one that I tend to see as being most foundational for me is 'viewing the divide between development and operations and what it takes to get two groups of people to work together.' So, I had this experience where I started to realize that, oh! Turns out if you are just managing the computers, that's not enough to create value at the end of the day for the people that you're here to serve.   So, I went to a DevOps days conference in Pittsburgh. I met Kevin Behr who wrote The Phoenix Project. Long story short, I find myself like thrust into this world of like, hey! Systems thinking! Global thinking! Like let's actually not just focus on our local part. Let's see how the local part fits into the whole thing. And gradually what that ended up doing is it actually took me out of the world of computers and into the world of humans. Like the human side of it. It turns out you can't just have one or the other; you have to have both. And long story short, I've just had a lot of weird experiences working on the social and the technical. So, the socio-technical aspects of these organizations that we all work in.   I left the state. I started working for a corporation. I gradually found myself running my own startup, my own little kind of software development company with a couple of friends. Eventually I ended up in consulting and I really don't know how I ended up there from the beginning to getting to that point. It doesn't really make a lot of sense. But I found myself running into weirder and weirder ideas about how to make sense of things inside socio-technical systems. So that led me to a network of people on Twitter who just kept feeding me all these weird ideas and eventually, I ended up learning about Wardley mapping, which is a thing that I care a lot about because I spend a lot of time teaching people about it.   But roughly I think it's very aligned with what The Informed Life is all about. It's about making sense of things. It's about sharing that experience with others and collectively creating coherence so that you all can act meaningfully together. So that's kind of the arc of my career. That's why I'm here. That's why I'm doing what I do, and I wouldn't trade it for anything else.   Wardley Maps   Jorge: I love this phrase, "collectively creating coherence," and you mentioned Wardley maps as a way of achieving that. What are Wardley maps?   Ben: So Wardley maps are an invention of Simon Wardley. And Simon Wardley is a kind person who works currently for The Leading Edge Forum. He's a researcher. He basically wanted to design a tool that would rid the world of parasitic consultants. And so, he sat down and that was his purpose for designing this tool. It came from his interest in trying to basically do a good job as a CEO. He has a journey, like there's actually a book that he's written, which you can find on Medium, where he basically talks through his whole career arc about, you know, he was an "imposter CEO." He thought that maybe he was missing the all-important lessons of how to do strategy, that kind of stuff.   And what he ended up discovering is that not many people actually have this figured out, and there are no real secrets. And so, he felt like he had to go out and find his own. That led him to studying military history, led him to understanding, in particular, Sun Tzu's The Art of War, and integrating that into Eastern philosophies of strategy and long story short, what he brought back to the world was a way of making individuals more capable of making sense of their environment and thinking through what to do about it. And based on his intent to rid the world of parasitic consultants. His whole idea is that if you equip executive leaders with the capability of making sense of the world for themselves, then they won't need consultants as much. Consultants won't be a crutch anymore. Maybe you'll bring them in to help you challenge and refine ideas, but you don't need a consultant in order to come up with a strategy.   So, concretely, Wardley mapping is a visual way of representing systems: its users, its needs, its capabilities, its relationships between all those three things. And then it's also positioning those things in a way that helps their qualities become more apparent. So, there's this thing that Simon Research called "Evolution." It's basically how do things evolve and get better or die under the pressures of supply demand competition, and what you get is like things start out new, uncertain, high risk, high failure, but with a high potential for future value. But then as they evolve, they get better. You know, someone's always like looking at these weird ideas and trying to make them better because capitalism basically suggest there's money to be made. So, someone out there is going to try to make it better. And over time, if the idea is worth investing in, it will continue to get better, more known, more boring, more predictable, and the value of it will be more concrete. And eventually, if it evolves to a certain extent, it becomes an invisible part of our everyday lives.   And so, Simon says, look, you want to represent the systems that we're a part of both in terms of their parts and relationships, but also in terms of how evolved each of those parts are. Because what that does is it sets you up to understand the implications of those qualities. New stuff is going to be high failure, old stuff that everybody understands, that's just part of everyday reality like power in the wall. It is going to be less surprising; it's going to be less failure. And so that means that depending on the context, depending on the part of the system we're looking at, we need to have a different way of approaching it. And I think that's the entire point. By making visual artifacts — by talking about our systems visually — we can come together, look at a specific part of it, appreciate its qualities, and then together determine what our collective intent is about that part of the system. And I don't think that's just for executives. I think that's for anyone who is making decisions at any level of the organization.   Jorge: If I were someone who's listening in, I'd be desperately wanting to look at one of these things. You've described it as a visual artifact. And I'm wondering if we could give a shot at trying to describe one for folks who are listening.   Ben: Absolutely. And what I'd suggest is if you are in a situation where you are listening and you can pull something up in a new browser tab or something like that, go to learnwardleymapping.com and scroll down until you see a funny looking diagram. You'll see a video down there called "How to Read a Wardley Map," or depending on when you're listening to this episode, maybe you'll have to search a little bit harder. Maybe look into the reference section of the site a little bit.   But you'll find an artifact with an X and a Y axis. So, the Y axis will be labeled the "Value Chain" and the X axis will be labeled "Evolution." and the X axis will have four segments. Four sections within it. And these correspond to those four stages of evolution. We have different labels for these stages. It can just be one, two, three, or four. Simon likes to say Genesis, Custom-Built, Product, and Commodity. But you can also look at it through like a knowledge lens or a practice lens. There are these different lenses that you can look at that same evolution and use different words to describe it. There's an evolutionary characteristics cheat sheet that you can use to get a deeper appreciation for evolution.   Thinking about this visual, it's about what goes on this Y axis and X axis space. And what you have at the very top is who's being served by the system. Who benefits, who is getting value from it. Underneath that is usually a set of needs. So, what the user needs from the system, and these are connected by relationships. Needs relationships. So, X depends on Y. Citizens depend on pandemic safety, for example, or users depend on the dashboard in your SASS application or whatever it ends up being, right? And then underneath that is yet more components. Yet more parts of the map. And these are the capabilities that the system has within it that all add up to produce this set of benefits for the user. And all of them have those relationships. X depends on Y, Y depends on Z, and so on and so forth.   And so, by making an artifact like this together, what you really quickly start to see is that inside your organization, or even inside your own head, there are things you ought to know that you don't know. And it's really a kind of a mechanical, "how does this work?" kind of question. And by discussing it together, and instead of talking at each other, talking past each other, you talk through an artifact that you're constructing together? That specifically describes these dimensions. You'll be able to more carefully and articulately describe what the system is and therefore more carefully and articulately described what your intent is with respect to that system.   Wardley Maps vs other systems diagrams   Jorge: There are many different types of systems diagrams. How is a Wardley map different from other ways of visualizing systems?   Ben: That's a really good question. And it's one that I get a lot of the time and the blunt answer is, it's not all that different with respect to the benefits that working in any visual methods will get you. I mean, when you're in a meeting and you're not actually looking at something together? It can be very, very hard to make sure you're talking about the same thing. can be very, very hard to make sure that you're understood. But when you're using a visual thing, any sort of visual thinking tool, that gets a lot easier.   What Wardley mapping brings to the table, however, is two additional things to the visual side of it. One is this evolution concept that we've been talking about, which has its own implications for, hey! If something is high failure, we should approach it in a way that makes that failure safe. Versus something is boring, totally known, hey! Maybe we should approach this with an expectation that we should reduce the deviation. We should make it as knowable and portable as possible. So, like the approach that we take towards that thing is different. So, appreciating those qualities is really important because otherwise you end up doing things like building stuff that you don't need to build. You might outsource things that you shouldn't outsource. And roughly it's just a way of bringing capitalism and the implications that capitalism has to the forefront of your decision-making.   Now that's one thing. The second thing is the strategic thinking process. Simon Wardley describes a process for sitting with your understanding of the system that breaks that, that sort of understanding down into five steps, only one of which is making the map.   The first is Purpose. It's why we all do what we do. It's the reason we're getting out of bed, showing up to do the work. It's the purpose of the entire system. It's the moral imperative... it's the view of aesthetic truth and beauty that we are trying to imagine for the future through the work that we do every day. that's Purpose.   The second thing is Landscape, and that's making maps. That's making these visual artifacts of the competitive landscape to understand the circumstances that we're playing in, that we're dealing with right now. Who else is there? It's not just us, right? It's the wider market.   And then the third thing is Climate. These are the patterns that more or less dictate the rules of the game. It's things like everything will evolve from stage one of evolution to stage four, over time. And so, what does that imply is a worthy question. But Simon has a whole table of like, I don't know, 30 or 40 of these different rules of the game that one by one you can learn to appreciate over time.   The fourth thing is Doctrine. And these are the universal principles that we choose to apply inside our organization. Things like always focus on user needs. So, it's about how you equip your organization to be the best that it can be to actually be able to participate strategically in the wider market. In the wider competitive landscape.   And then finally, it's the question of what you would do given what you know. It's the integration of everything that we've already discussed — the purpose, the specific landscape that you're in, the rules of the game, those climatic patterns, and the training of your organization. The doctrinal principles that you always apply. It's the synthesis of all those things that enables you to start thinking about what moves to make. Should we do this, or should we do that? And that is entirely about how to spend the precious, limited time, attention, all of scarce resources that you have at your disposal? Where do you put that? How do you decide how to invest all that in a way that makes sense?   I think the most common mistakes that organizations make is they spread that investment too wide. They don't be intentional about what they're doing, and the result is they don't make progress quickly. They don't actually achieve what they set out to achieve. And you have an organization full of individuals just showing up to work every day, not really connecting to that bigger purpose, not really making a difference in the world. And it's a system that actively trains you, that what you do doesn't matter.   So, those are the five factors of Simon's strategy cycle. That's what Wardley mapping brings in addition to being just a visual method. It brings this idea of how to pay attention and appreciate and understand the implications of capitalism, and that's evolution. And then the second thing is it brings the strategic thinking process to apply to the visual artifact with others.   Example of a Wardley Map   Jorge: Can you give us an example of a Wardley map being used to make strategic decisions?   Ben: Yeah, absolutely. I often use Wardley mapping for myself, although a lot of the times, the map never leaves my head, just because if you do this so many times, you start building up an intuition for it. But the one that I often like to share because it certainly deeply impacted me especially because it involved my family, is COVID-19 pandemic related health and safety.   And so, I made a map a little while ago, and it was broadly about citizens... sort of citizens of various countries, right? I'm in the United States. That's what I'm focused on. Citizens need health. And so, at the top of my map, those are the first things that are shared. And then I framed it this way: I said there are two ways, two different capabilities that the system has that produces health. And one is prevention, and one is treatment. So, sometimes there's shorthand in these maps. Part of the fun is like trying to find words that very concretely and concisely describe a very vast phenomenological experience. So just roll with me — prevention and treatment is about: either you prevent yourself from getting COVID-19, or you treat the issue once you have it.   Looking at these two different sides of the Wardley map, underneath prevention you have a lot more novelty. So, this chain seems to be way more towards the left side of the map, the stage one and two side of evolution. They're uncertain, they're more unknown, they're more risky, and yet the payoff could be really huge if we get it right. So, prevention, I wrote, needs things like mask wearing and things like social distancing. And what I noticed here is that these are things that feel like they should be much more evolved. They really ought to be more ubiquitous. Like the way I would hope things to be is that the obvious effective thing, like wearing a mask, is something that you would do as a citizen, in a country to prevent the spread of the virus. And I think it would be really interesting to dig into why these things are less evolved. But for whatever reason, they're less evolved. Mask-wearing, social distancing... these are things that are really, really hard for people to do, and I think it has something to do with the entanglement of like the social side of it. Like people need to see other people.   The problematic and contradictory messaging that they're getting, the emergent nature of conspiracy theories and anti-vaccination and why those things have come about. And it's a really, really kind of deep rabbit hole that you'd go into and dig into if you wanted to explore that more deeply. But for me, I just wanted to emphasize these two things in my situation. That, in our house, we will be wearing masks and we will be social distancing. And because those things are less evolved, we may actually have to do some of our own research to figure out how to effectively do that. And so that led us to things like, The New England Institute of Complex Systems. I think I'm getting that wrong. There was a really fabulous paper that basically described how to do the New Zealand pod system, but for family units. And so, the social distancing part of that, we could actually like do some research and find some new cutting-edge things that we could try and apply. For a while, we were actually able to form a household unit with our upstairs neighbors. We all had collective rules that we were following based on this cutting-edge research. That was our experiments that we had to run because this thing was so less evolved.   Now, so that's the prevention side of it. The treatment side of it is a little bit more straightforward because it's all about what to do within the context of the existing medical system. Treatment is more towards the right of the map because generally treatment disease and is something that's, largely more evolved. And underneath treatment, you have things like diagnosis, care, triage. These kinds of activities that you would expect to happen in a hospital, for example. And so, diagnosis depends on testing. Treatment depends on care, and care depends on personal protective equipment and medical knowledge. And so, you start to appreciate all these different parts of the system that add up to treatment. Then you can have a conversation about how, when PPE isn't available, the part of the system that provides care, enables treatment, and that therefore enables health for the citizens, starts to fall apart. When testing isn't available, the same thing happens. And so, you have this like question when you have the full system, "okay. We've got prevention kind of questions that are more towards the left of the map. You have the treatment side, which is more towards the right of the map. Where do you put your time and attention?" And as an individual? One person with a family?   I felt like the best thing we could do is invest our time and attention in the prevention side of it. On the mask wearing and the social distancing. It's really, really hard for us to do something with testing and PPE and things like that. So, it just wasn't an option for us. So very practically, just by having the whole system in front of us, we were able to make more informed decisions. And frankly, I share this with other people and saw what they thought. And that made it better. Because then we could refine and expand our awareness of what was and wasn't actually happening out in the wider world. So, any biases we had about how things worked, could get checked at the door. And we could actually work together on designing something better together.   Collaborative map-making   Jorge: The way that sounds to me is like, the artifacts that we see — these charismatic maps that you were referring to earlier — are the outcome of a process and the real value lies in the process. And it also sounds to me like the value of the process is dependent on the collaborative way in which it comes about, right? Because in the process of making this thing together, you build alignment. You tap into people's diverse knowledge, etc. Is that fair?   Ben: That's absolutely fair. And there's always the problem with any methodology that you have to somehow convince other people to do it with you. I never want to underestimate the value of one person paying attention using this method, just to get themselves figured out, to understand why they interact in the way that they do with the system. But yes, like it is enormously valuable to do with another person, or if you're on a team to do it together.   And my general advice with any methodology is kind of get past the, "everybody has to learn how to do it." Like, ignore that! And instead, just get started. Just take half an hour, try to understand one simple part of the whole thing. Just get a little bit better every day. And so, I don't think you need to be an expert Wardley mapper. You can start out by making lists. Like one of the first steps of Wardley mapping is who is being served by the system? And so, what you can do right now, today, is in the next meeting that you attend, you can sit there and you can make a list of who is being served by this system. And then you can ask other people what they think. Does this list make sense to you? Is this what you think? What am I missing? Who do you disagree with my inclusion of, on this list? Right? So, it doesn't have to be this like whole thing, this whole like methodology, it's like little parts of it, a little bit by bit every day.   Jorge: You said that Simon Wardley's goal with this was to rid the world of parasitic consultants. You're a consultant.   Ben: Yes.   Jorge: Given that it sounds like the true value in this resides in teams doing it for themselves to get their bearings and figure out where they're going next, what role do you play in that process?   Ben: That's a really good question. Because as a consultant, it seems like I am convinced that I have no value by saying that it's an anti-consulting framework. And that's not quite true. There are a lot of different ways we could explore this, but I think I'll start by saying the first thing is consultants are not useless. It's the dependence on consultants in a way that takes away an organization's own agency that I think is problematic. Simon in particular is looking at the example of, maybe one of the big consulting firms coming into an organization, talking with an executive and basically executive delegates the act of creating strategy to that consulting organization. That's probably the exact scenario that Simon is designing against by providing Wardley mapping.   I'm playing a little bit of a different game, personally. And whenever I work with other consultants, this is the question, a set of questions that I have for them. It's like, which game are you playing inside this organization? Are you playing the game where you just make money and you go home, like, it's just your job? Are you playing the game where you're trying to reduce harm? And so, your being in the organization is not about creating dependence on you, but it's about you reducing harm inside the organization. And that kind of has this implication, that you're just... you're there in order to watch for those moments where you can do one small thing that helps someone make one huge step forward and kicks off this snowball that turns into an avalanche of ideas and thoughts for them. Or are you actually doing a long-term and extended intervention?   And a lot of those games, I have a hard time with, just generally speaking. And so, I tend to focus on: how do I build people up? How do I help them increase their own capability? So that, I'm never building a dependence. It's never a situation where they're going to ask me to come back over and over and over and over and over again about the same thing, because they've delegated something to me. Instead, I want it to be something where if they invite me back, it's because we're going to have a new experience that genuinely stretches them, genuinely helps them grow about new things that we haven't already covered.   So, when I come in to teach mapping, it's about enabling the individuals of the organization, which is why I'm not focused just on executives, it's leaders at all levels. How do I help every person that I interact with have a little bit more agency in the decisions that they make every day? And 1) that's just helping them notice the system that they're in, but 2) knowing how to make sense of that system, and then also be able to take action to change it, to shape it. And so, a lot of times my "consulting" ends up looking more like one-on-one sparring or coaching, things along those lines. Sure, I do a lot of Wardley maps too and maybe I'm teaching you how to do that. That's why you brought me in, right? But there are these little opportunities to, on a one-on-one basis, build people up so that they individually have more power in the system that they're in.   Jorge: When I was thinking about this role of helping people map the systems they find themselves in and consulting, I was thinking that maybe the role was like a cartographer. But it sounds to me like there is a little bit of cartography involved, but it's cartography in service of learning to do cartography.   Ben: I think the worst thing you could do is delegate the cartography to someone else. Because unlike a specialized field like literal map-making — so mapping the physical world — this is different. This is like ontological map-making; this is about understanding what exists inside an organization. And it's not just like what furniture is in the rooms. It's about what ideas are in people's heads. What ontology has the organization created that is not understood in an appropriate way across the organization? And this is one of the things that we often get into where it's like, "well, are you trying to help everyone understand every part of the organization?" No, absolutely not. What we're trying to do is help individuals understand their parts of the organization, but also understand how their parts connect to other parts of the organization and where the shared understandings need to exist. It's really about understanding the boundaries of where different areas of autonomy in an organization overlap, so that collectively they can negotiate along those boundaries.   And I think it's just about knowing where to invest your attention in the organization, because if you're doing work heads down 80% of the time, and you're not paying attention to how the overall system is functioning, you're going to immediately run into the problem — that initial career-arc mind-blowing moment that I had — which was, "Oh my gosh, I'm just trying to make the local thing better. And it's actually making it worse for everyone around me!" Trying to see how you and your individual part of the organization fit into a larger whole is what this is all about. It's really about making the organization more intentional at all levels and within all parts.   Closing   Jorge: That sounds like a great way to summarize this. I love the phrase "ontological map-making." It sounds like a beautiful encapsulation of what this is about. I'm sure that folks are going to be wondering about where they can follow up with you. Where can we point them to?   Ben: I am really accessible on Twitter. And so, if you'd like to follow me @hiredthought, you are always welcome to direct message me or reach out. I can also be emailed if you want to go that way: ben@hiredthought.com. And of course, if you want to learn more about Wardley mapping, you can go to learnwardleymapping.com. There's a free book that Simon's written. We've made it available in multiple formats. There's a short introduction video on the homepage that you can just play with and see if you'd like the concepts that you're hearing about. You can decide for yourself whether to dip your toes further. And then I would encourage you to reach out and say hello if you need any help or have any questions. I'm always happy to hear from you.   Jorge: That's fantastic. Thank you so much for being on the show.   Ben: Thank you so much for having me.

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past..

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past..

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past..

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools.

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past...

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past...

Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools.

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts. Knowledge of psychology , theories of personality and their comparison into the siddhantha texts is an unenviable task. Because it needs expertise in both schools. If there is a space that connects both systems and that so close then it is quiet surprising. If this holds truth- a psychotherapy approach was present in these millennium old texts. It is very interesting to note Monasteries have been helping the people with an ancient model of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in the past.

Interpretation of religious texts is increasingly becoming trend in philosophy circles in India. The author tries to explain that hermeneutics as it is known has been already done in India on the older texts like the “SHIVA AGAMA “by the siddhantha scholars. Siddhantha itself means the deeper mind. They have the psychoanalytic contents. Topographical, dynamic and structural model of mind are explored in the siddhantha texts.

How to Add New Dimensions to Your Study with Bible Maps Today, we're going to look at a familiar, but not often well-used tool: Bible Maps! We'll dig into this coming resource, and look at: Why Bible maps can be a powerful tool for understanding more than just geography. How to utilize a map alongside other approaches to Bible study. Where and how to find good FREE Bible map resources. Making the Colorful Pages in Your Bible Useful By learning how to use Bible maps as a part of your approach to Bible study, you will definitely broaden and deepen the paths and approaches to exploring what you read. You'll be able to connect more and more holistically to the passages AND begin to intuitively understand contextual ideas without even needing to dig for them. At the end, I'll give you a bunch of FREE resources so that you can be equipped for studying with maps beyond whatever you may have in your printed Bible. So, let's get started. The Big Ideas and Helpful Highlights Why Bible Maps? This parallel, from Wayne Stiles, is our starting point for understanding the usefulness of maps: When traveling, road maps give you insight into the distance between locations, which roads to take, and what points of interest to look for. Topographical maps use contour lines in which each line represents the same elevation. This representation gives you an understanding of the “lay of the land”—the topography of a given terrain. It's much more informative to see a topographical map than a flat map with no contours and curves. A physical map reveals locations of rivers, mountains, lakes, seas—basically the physical features of an area. These same things have an impact on our understanding of what we read in the Bible. (These examples continue the parallel and are also from Wayne Stiles.) Highways—There was a major highway that ran the full length of Israel; this is the primary reason Israel had interactions with surrounding nations. HUGE importance. Topography—Jerusalem, Megiddo, and many other sites had a significant military advantage because of their topography. Physical Barriers—Rivers, seas, and lakes—and climate—all played a major role in shaping biblical events. Understanding their significance gives a greater understanding into the biblical narrative than you would have otherwise. [sic] --- The rest of this post (it was too long for show notes!), all the visuals, and oodles of links to free map resources are here on my website. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marinalmcclure/message

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.29.273185v1?rss=1 Authors: Honda, G., Saito, N., Fujimori, T., Hashimura, H., Nakamura, M. J., Nakajima, A., Sawai, S. Abstract: In fast moving cells such as amoeba and immune cells, spatio-temporal regulation of dendritic actin filaments shapes large-scale plasma membrane protrusions. Despite the importance in migration as well as in particle and liquid ingestion, how these processes are affected by the micrometer-scale surface features is poorly understood. Here, through quantitative imaging analysis of Dictyostelium on micro-fabricated surfaces, we show that there is a distinct mode of topographically guided cell migration (phagotaxis) directed by the macropinocytic Ras/PI3K signaling patches. The topography guidance was PI3K-dependent and involved nucleation of a patch at the convex curved surface and confinement at the concave surface. Due to the topography-dependence, constitutive cup formation for liquid uptake in the axenic strain is also destined to trace large surface features. Given the fact that PI3K-dependency of phagocytosis are restricted to large particles in both Dictyostelium and immune cells, topography-dependency and the dual-use of membrane cups may be wide-spread. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.17.254383v1?rss=1 Authors: Deantoni, M., Villemonteix, T., Balteau, E., Schmidt, C., Peigneux, P. Abstract: Continuation of experience-dependent neural activity during offline periods of sleep and wakefulness is a critical element of memory consolidation. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), offline consolidation effects have been evidenced probing behavioral and neurophysiological changes during memory retrieval, i.e. in the context of task practice. Resting state fMRI (rfMRI) further allows investigating the offline evolution of recently learned information, without confounding task-related effects. In the present study, we used rfMRI to investigate offline changes in functional connectivity (FC) and Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuation (ALFF) associated with learning and relearning in a spatial navigation task, following an episode of post-training wake or sleep, respectively. Resting state activity was measured immediately (i) before and (ii) after topographical learning in a virtual town, (iii) 4 days later after regular sleep (RS) vs. sleep deprivation (SD) on the first post-learning night, and (iv) after topographical re-learning in an extended town encompassing the initial map. Task (navigation)-based fMRI activity was also recorded on Day 1 and Day 4 during target retrieval. Our results highlight the continuation of navigation-related activity in the subsequent resting state, as evidenced by changes in FC and ALFF in task-related neural networks. Behavioural performance was not modulated by post-training SD vs RS. However, in line with prior reports, post-training SD was associated with increased FC between navigation-related brain structures when faced to the task of learning a novel but related environment in the extended version of the city at Day 4. These results suggest the use of compensatory resources to link novel information with SD-related less efficiently consolidated memory traces. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

SHOW NOTES Scenario: You've got a desert bighorn tag that's taken you 20 years to draw, but your knee replacement just went south. It's three months until opening day. What do you do?  Episode topic: Learning to hunt brand-new country and species Prioritize species Study that species Where can you get a tag each year?   Species taxonomy  Habits & habitat Preferred forage Bedding & cover Migration routes, if applicable Rut periods Are they callable?  Call biologists and isolate areas where populations exist Study maps E-scouting Topographical maps Final prep:  Boots on the ground Glassing skill Patience Hunting for success The critical necessity of patience RESOURCES www.browning.com www.timneytriggers.com @siembida_custom_knives www.proofresearch.com  

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.05.04.077792v1?rss=1 Authors: Green, S., Nathani, S., ZImmerman, J., Fireman, D., Urs, N. M. Abstract: The cortex plays an important role in regulating motivation and cognition, and does so by regulating multiple subcortical brain circuits. Glutamatergic pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) are topographically organized in different subregions such as the prelimbic, infralimbic and orbitofrontal, and project to topographically-organized subcortical target regions. Dopamine D1 and D2 receptors are expressed on glutamatergic pyramidal neurons in the PFC. However, it is unclear whether D1 and D2 receptor-expressing pyramidal neurons in the PFC are also topographically organized. We used a retrograde adeno-associated virus (AAVRG)-based approach to illuminate the topographical organization of D1 and D2 receptor-expressing neurons, projecting to distinct striatal and midbrain subregions. Our experiments reveal that AAVRG injection in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc) or dorsal striatum (dSTR) of D1Cre mice labeled distinct neuronal subpopulations in medial orbitofrontal or prelimbic PFC, respectively. However, AAVRG injection in NAcc or dSTR of D2Cre mice labeled medial orbitofrontal, but not medial prelimbic PFC, respectively. Additionally, D2R+ but not D1R+ PFC neurons were labeled upon injection of AAVRG in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Thus, our data are the first to highlight a unique dopamine receptor-specific topographical pattern in the PFC, which could have profound implications for cortico-striatal signaling in the basal ganglia. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Turkey season is nigh! Patt Dorsey from the National Wild Turkey Federation shares her turkey savvy with us -- from what makes a good roost tree, to all the quirks a biologist would care about, like the bird's laser-like vision, or a hen's ability to store semen for later use. 1:30 - Nicole Qualtieri's article on turkey and bear hunting quarantine ethics 3:00 - Sautéed turkey breast with morels... mmm 5:30 - Why would you want to hunt turkeys in the first place? 6:30 - If you celebrate holidays like Thanksgiving, chances are you know your way around a turkey. It can be a good first quarry for new hunters. Field dressing a turkey is a lot more intuitive for some people than, say, an elk. 7:00 - 'Bird brain' doesn't apply to turkeys. They outwit people all the time. 8:00 - Spring is breeding season, which means toms are on the prowl for hens, calling them in 9:00 - What is it about that naked-looking waxy head and bright red snood? #sexyandyouknowit 11:00 - Turkey biology. Did you know hens can store semen for later use? And other details. 13:00 - Fall vs. spring turkey hunting. Totally different 15:00 - Topographical clues for good turkey country 17:00 - What makes a good roosting tree?  18:45 - NWTF turkey video with veterans hunting, "Beyond the Strut - Montana" 19:40 - Turkeys have phenomenal eyesight 23:00 - Diaphragm vs. box vs. pot calls 25:00 - Being patient is more important than being a great caller 30:00 - Stay safe out there 35:00 - How you field dress depends on what you want to do with your bird 36:00 - Wild turkeys... not the same as your store-bought Butterball. Treat the meat differently, it's going to be a bit more tough. 38:00 - Share turkey feathers for traditional handicrafts

We investigated the association between hindfoot residual malalignment assessed on weightbearing computed tomography (WBCT) images and the development of periprosthetic cysts (PPCs) after total ankle replacement (TAR). We hypothesized that PPCs would be found predominantly medially in the varus configuration and laterally in the valgus configuration. In this series, the PPC volume after primary TAR significantly correlated with postoperative hindfoot malalignment and longer follow-up.   To view the article click here.

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We have another showcase edition of the show for you. We chat with Noah Lorang about how he makes 3D topographical maps of the United States. Check him out over at Elevated Woodworking! Shownotes Subscribe Support on Patreon LET'S CONNECT Instagram YouTube www.makeorbreakshop.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

“Helena: Will they be happier when they can feel pain? Dr. Gall: On the contrary. But they will be technically more perfect.” ― Karel Čapek, R.U.R. In a world of global peace, that has forgotten the machines of war, the harmony is broken with the incursion of autonomous killing machines, vestiges of a lost age. To learn more about how Our Last Best Hope is played check out our primer episode. The Characters: Sofia Morales (D Gailey) the tech obsessed Engineer. Professor Cyndy Diamont (John Holt) anthropological computer scientist. Brouge Craklin P.H.D.  (Ken Breese) military historian. The Mission: The Crises - A doomsday weapon from a bygone age has awakened in the frozen north. The Limit - Time has forgotten the weapons of the past but the historians and hobbyists remember. The Plan - Get to the "brain" and reprogram the mechs to blast themselves into the sun. The Assets: Employee Manual for Site X 3d Topographical heat map of the doomsday compound A six-shooter pistol borrowed from a museum Find D on twitter @mxnurd Find John on twitter @LordJoho Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways. Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

“The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves.” ― Norbert Wiener, The Human Use Of Human Beings: Cybernetics And Society In a world of global peace, that has forgotten the machines of war, the harmony is broken with the incursion of autonomous killing machines, vestiges of a lost age. To learn more about how Our Last Best Hope is played check out our primer episode. The Characters: Sofia Morales (D Gailey) the tech obsessed Engineer. Professor Cyndy Diamont (John Holt) anthropological computer scientist. Brouge Craklin P.H.D.  (Ken Breese) military historian. The Mission: The Crises - A doomsday weapon from a bygone age has awakened in the frozen north. The Limit - Time has forgotten the weapons of the past but the historians and hobbyists remember. The Plan - Get to the "brain" and reprogram the mechs to blast themselves into the sun. The Assets: Employee Manual for Site X 3d Topographical heat map of the doomsday compound A six-shooter pistol borrowed from a museum Find D on twitter @mxnurd Find John on twitter @LordJoho Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways. Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

Episode 9 In this episode of the Observers Notebook podcast, host Tim Robertson talks to the Lunar Topographical Studies Section Coordinator, Jerry Hubbell. Jerry gives us a brief history of the Lunar Topographical Studies Section and discusses what type of equipment is needed to contribute to the section, and also the various observing programs available, and contact information. You can contact Jerry at: jerry.hubbell@alpo-astronomy.org For more information on the current issue of the TLO: http://moon.scopesandscapes.com/tlo.pdf For the link to the Lunar Terminator Visualization Tool: https://ltvt.wikispaces.com/LTVT For more information you can visit the ALPO web site at: www.alpo-astronomy.org/ You can also support this podcast at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ObserversNotebook Listen to the podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/observersnotebook Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/observers-notebook-the-alpo-podcast/id1199301885?mt=2

Lunchtime Lecture by Paul Walsh. Lunchtime Lecture series organised by the Royal Irish Academy Library and the Irish Historic Towns Atlas 'Mapping city, town and country since 1824: the Ordnance Survey in Ireland.' Walsh explains the context for the Memoirs, an intrinsic element of the 6" mapping project. Larcom had described the connection between the maps and the Memoir as a 'Portrait of the island of Ireland ... accompanied by a biography'. He examines Larcom's utilitarian perspective, the role of the OS engineers and their mathematical skills and the focus on the parish as the unit for surveying and description. The sections of what became known as the Topographical Dept. are described as well as the reporting systems in place. The pressures caused by budgetary overruns etc. and the ensuing political decisions re the Memoir scheme and its demise are discussed. In conclusion, the work of the 19th-century surveyors is connected to the current work of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Please see accompanying powerpoint. http://www.slideshare.net/theroyalirishacademy/paul-walsh-george-petries-topographical-department-183542-15102014 Location: Academy House Date: Wednesday 15 October, 2014 Disclaimer: The Royal Irish Academy has prepared this content responsibly and carefully, but disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information contained in any of the materials. The views expressed are the authors' own and not those of the Royal Irish Academy.

This movie shows you how to use XGen to create a series of primitive cubes, then adjust their heights and color via ptex map to create interesting works of art.

Benjamin Keatinge. Beckett, Ireland and the Topographical Imaginary.

Benjamin Keatinge. Beckett, Ireland and the Topographical Imaginary.

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In this episode, I speak to Rob Knight, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Knight studies our inner ecology: the 100 trillion microbes that grow in and on our bodies. Knight explained how hundreds of species can coexist on the palm of your hand, how bacteria manipulate your immune system and maybe even your brain, and how obesity and other health problems may come down to the wrong balance of microbes. Links to studies mentioned in this episode: Ruth Ley and Peter Turnbaugh's studies on obesity in Jeff Gordon's lab: Obesity alters gut microbial ecology. Microbial ecology: human gut microbes associated with obesity. An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest. A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins. Julie Segre's studies of the skin: A diversity profile of the human skin microbiota. Topographical and temporal diversity of the human skin microbiome. Chris Lauber and Elizabeth Costello's studies of human-associated body habitats (in Noah Fierer's and Rob Knight's lab): The influence of sex, handedness, and washing on the diversity of hand surface bacteria. Bacterial community variation in human body habitats across space and time. Jeremy Nicholson's studies of the metabolome: Pharmacometabonomic identification of a significant host-microbiome metabolic interaction affecting human drug metabolism. Cathy Lozupone's study of global microbial diversity (in Rob Knight's lab), and confirmation of the patterns in archaea by Jean-Christophe Auguet: Global patterns in bacterial diversity. Global ecological patterns in uncultured Archaea. Ruth Ley and Cathy Lozupone's study integrating gut-associated and environmental bacteria: Worlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota.