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[[File:Tending Plato's Elephant.jpg|thumb|Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot. Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in a cave and forced us to tend the elephant.]]"'''Tending Plato's Elephant'''" is a short essay by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
[[File:Tending Plato's Elephant.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Tending Plato's Elephant'''.]]
 
== Tending Plato's Elephant ==
 
<blockquote>
People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot
People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot


Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant
Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant
</blockquote>
== Commentary ==
=== Origins ===
<blockquote>
A mix of "Prisoners in Plato's cave" and "Blind men tending Plato's elephant"
</blockquote>


=== Mental models ===
=== Mental models ===


"mental models do make a difference in delivering results"
"... mental models do make a difference in delivering results"


Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor?
Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor?
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File:Yes yes, it's all very tragic - Juvenal.jpg|link=Juvenal|Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —'''[[Juvenal]]'''.  
File:Yes yes, it's all very tragic - Juvenal.jpg|link=Juvenal|Yes yes, it's all very tragic. —'''[[Juvenal]]'''.  
File:A man cannot stab his enemy twice.png|link=A man cannot stab his enemy twice|'''[[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]]'''. The second stab, he is not the same man, and his enemy is not the same enemy.


File:Archetype Heaven.jpg|link=Archetype Heaven|'''[[Archetype Heaven]]''' is a fully licensed [[transdimensional corporation]] which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms.
File:Archetype Heaven.jpg|link=Archetype Heaven|'''[[Archetype Heaven]]''' is a fully licensed [[transdimensional corporation]] which monitors and safeguard's Plato's theory of forms.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]]
* [[Archetype Heaven]]
* [[Archetype Heaven]]
* ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]''
* ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]''
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave Allegory of the cave] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave Allegory of the cave] @ Wikipedia
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxoSZfBFrwE How did Plato and Aristotle justify slavery?] @ YouTube
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eodvY4fxjDs The Life of Plato] @ YouTube
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant Blind men and an elephant] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant Blind men and an elephant] @ Wikipedia
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn9BUfUCL4I The Blind Men and the Elephant] @ YouTube


=== Social media ===
=== Social media ===


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1694368140388364773 Post] @ Twitter (23 August 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1633811736342978561 Post] @ Twitter (9 March 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1633811736342978561 Post] @ Twitter (9 March 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1377592676841836544 Post] @ Twitter (1 April 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1377592676841836544 Post] @ Twitter (1 April 2021)

Latest revision as of 12:08, 1 September 2024

Earliest known poster for Tending Plato's Elephant.

People forget that Plato was a warrior and statesman, and a slave-owner to boot

Given the chance, Plato would have locked us up in that cave and forced us to tend the elephant

Mental models

"... mental models do make a difference in delivering results"

Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor?

It is if you're the prisoner in the cave.

  • Post @ Twitter (26 November 2022)

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