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[[File:Tending Plato's Elephant (tweet).png|thumb|Tending Plato's Elephant (social media post screenshot).]]"'''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'''.]]
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


== Tending Plato's Elephant ==
=== Mental models ===


<blockquote>
"... mental models do make a difference in delivering results"
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
Is the Prisoners in a Cave metaphor better than the Blind Men with an Elephant metaphor?
</blockquote>


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


<blockquote>
* [https://twitter.com/ddmlxr/status/1596452542397177859 Post] @ Twitter (26 November 2022)
A mix of "Prisoners in Plato's cave" and "Blind men tending Plato's elephant"
</blockquote>


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


<gallery>
<gallery>
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:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|link=The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving|[[The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving]].
File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|link=The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving|[[The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving]].


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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[A man cannot stab his enemy twice]]
* [[Archetype Heaven]]
* ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]''
* ''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Juvenal]]


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato Plato] @ 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn9BUfUCL4I The Blind Men and the Elephant] @ YouTube
=== 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/1377592676841836544 Post] @ Twitter (1 April 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1377592676841836544 Post] @ Twitter (1 April 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1364892468416806913 Post] @ Twitter (25 February 2021)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1364892468416806913 Post] @ Twitter (25 February 2021)
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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)

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (23 August 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (9 March 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (1 April 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (25 February 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (21 February 2021)
  • Post @ Twitter (15 February 2021)
  • Comment @ Facebook