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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]]''

Latest revision as of 12:08, 1 September 2024

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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.

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