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Visual Thinking

Welcome to a gallery of language-independent visual thinking by NISHIO Hirokazu.

Here, we provide an experience of viewing diagrams before linguistic explanations. Titles and descriptions are hidden until you click. First, look at the diagram and imagine something for yourself. Even if it differs from the author's intent, that difference may become an opportunity to discover unexpected connections.

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broad listening
Tree and Rhizome
Changing words magnifies misunderstandings.
There are two opposing axes between the three ideologies.
Let AI speak first
The process of acquiring technical skills in the age of AI
A is more X than B
A wraps around B.
B is X from A's point of view, but A is also X from B's point of view
The A or not A argument
From FLAT/STEP to NAMERAKA: A Smooth Transition
Fit and Develop is a false dichotomy
Resolution of Improvement
Picture sharing common areas
Trade-off between DRY and loosely coupled
Torn of the world
The speckled future does not expand.
After the world is torn apart
dilemma of scale and quality
When the Periphery Grows, It Becomes the Center
Determining If Emergence at the Periphery Is Inside or Outside
The Movement of Erupting Individuals
A system with a delay
Reduction From the Center of Distribution
Everyone should know more -> they already know.
The Value of Information Varies by Person
Observations and Insights from Distribution Analysis
Unconsciously avoiding going outside the walls and being trapped by oneself
The Range of Pareto Improvements
If Forking Is Possible, Deliberation Support Is Unnecessary
The Ship Metaphor
Example of a Community Fork
Policy Modification
Temporarily Bad, Ultimately Good
Understanding the Limits of Knowing What Others Know
The Curse of Dimensionality
Uncertainty in Expanding Processes
Short-Term Decline and Long-Term Increase
Rotate and Cut
Picking Up What Is Dropped
Boundary Between Self and Others
Empathizing with Trees
Average Groups Are Not Always the Majority
Staying Still Is Not the 'Safe Center' but the 'Left Behind Edge'
Focus Only on the Dense Areas
Diagram of Dense and Sparse Circles
Pricing Knowledge Workers in the Market
The Shifting Boundary of Ambiguous Oppositions
Nested Concepts: When One Concept Becomes Two
High Movement Costs at the Periphery
Trade-Offs Between Two Attributes
Referred to by the More Popular Name
Recognizing Blind Spots in Learning
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
Higher Failure Probability but Better on Average
When Greater Variability Is Beneficial
The Assumption of Being a Circle
Proportions Decrease Even If Quantities Do Not
Non-Orthogonal Axes in Diagrams
Adding a Cup of Water to a Lake
Attributes of Interaction
Dividing Conflicting Elements
The Assumption of Singularity at the Top
Barbell Strategy and False Dichotomies
Solutions Are Not Always Unique
Only Large Stones Emerge from the Water's Surface
Coexistence of 'Being X' and 'Not Being X'
Family Resemblance
Multiple Methods of Compromise Exist
Transferring Valuable Elements to New Spaces
Focus on Sets, Not Elements
Not a Set, But an Axis
Opposition Is Not Singular
Bias of Easily Drawn Diagrams
Not One-Way, But Two-Way
The Problem of Observation Range
The Presence or Absence of Effectiveness
Identifying Non-Equals as Equals and the Expansion of Differences
A Cylinder Appears as a Circle or Rectangle, But Is Neither
Using Oneself as a Part of Oneself
The Place of Nothingness
Different Things Belonging to the Same Entity
Symmetry
The Golden Ratio
Yin-Yang Taijitu Diagram
Dialectical Method
The Spiral Staircase
Moving in Reverse, Yet Reaching the Same Goal
Existence as One or Two: A Dialectical Resolution
To Descend, You Must First Ascend
Solving in Another World
The Coexistence of 'Same' and 'Different'
The '1' in 0→1 Differs for Each Person
The Abstractness of 0, 1, and 100
6 and 9
Coexistence of 'Being X' and 'Not Being X'
People Who Say 'Digitalization Lowers Efficiency'
Avoiding Overflow
Which Is Larger?
Both Feel Discriminated Against
Building Up from Within
Echo Chambers, Subjective Plurality, and Smoothing Boundaries
Gap Exists vs. Not Zero
Half-Full or Half-Empty: Perspectives on a Glass of Water
Buzzwords Have Low Resolution
Value Changes Based on Parameters
Different Layers of Centralization and Decentralization
Focusing on Deficiencies
Each Believes the Other Is Inferior
Each Thinks the Other Has a Narrow Perspective
People Who Deny Value and Those Who Deny Its Decline
Price Increase or Decrease Depends on the Timeframe
Nested Concepts
A Cylinder Appears as a Circle or Rectangle, But Is Neither
The Spread of Degraded Copies
The Meaning of Words Is Not Equal
Series of Images Where the Same Words Refer to Different Things
Increase or Decrease?
The Loud Person and the Quiet Person: A Recognition Paradox
Without Context, Changes Appear the Same
Is Something That Has Changed Still the Same Thing?
Diversity and Unity
Deterioration as a Fundamental Premise
Existence and Non-Existence Conflict
Minority Becomes Majority Among Observers of Minorities
Has It Expanded or Not?
Truth Reversal in Broad and Narrow Senses
Misalignment in Perception of Necessary and Sufficient
When Perspectives Seem Biased
Different Directions of Projection
Opposite Interpretations of Resistance Lines
Abstraction Is Not One-Dimensional
Broad Interpretation Leads to Uncertainty
People Who Criticize New Things
Diary Entry 2024-05-20
Differences in Word Meanings Over Time
Ultimately Deteriorates Severely
People Who Marvel at the Future
Addressing Inequality and Privilege
The Level of Fulfillment
Independent Technologies May Create Synergy in the Future
Saying 'Nothing' by Looking at a Narrow Scope
Can Earn or Cannot Earn
Gains Along the Path Allow for Future Pivots
The Value of Contextless Additions
Low Ratings for Things Distant from Personal Values
I Know Both, But The Other Person Knows Only One
Improved But Worsened
Minority Influencing Majority Opinions Diverge
You Only See What You Are Looking For
Narrow-Minded Perfectionist
Differences in Observation Scale
Individual Differences in Segmentation Despite Same Resolution
Cognitive Resolution
The Fallacy of False Dichotomies
Discussion Stuck in a Stalemate
Is It Okay to Approximate?
The Direction to Move Forward
Slow and Large Movements
Are We Falling Behind?
The Large Cost That Occurs Later
Plan for Achieving Distant Goals
User Opinions Unaware of Development Obstacles
Reversed Set Inclusion Relationships
Revolutionary Technology
There Is Also Black
Multiple Symbols Representing Ambiguous Concepts
There Are Multiple Interpretations
Expanding and Connecting
Common Characteristics
Transformation Anchored in Abstraction
When A Levee Breaks, Water Spreads
Connecting Through Abstraction
Cognition of Cognitive Blind Spots
The Relationship Between A and B and Aspects of A Created by B Are the Same
A Single Mass with Small Particles
Neither 'X Is' Nor 'X Is Not' Is Correct
The Bias of Easy-to-Draw Diagrams
Knowledge Network Notation and Gray Translucent Meaning Diagram
Feelings When Reading a Book
Delving Into the Unknown Until It Becomes Known
Development of a Sense of Discomfort
Books and Delving Deeper
Proportion Decreases Even If Quantity Does Not
When Some Decrease, Others Increase
The Dichotomy of Existence and Non-Existence
Unseen Emergence Points
Judgment Supported by Multiple Perspectives with Different Observational Ranges
Mobile Communities Connecting Other Communities
Underestimating Different Domains
Viewing Opponents as Small Groups
Most Things Already Exist
Only Large Stones Emerge from the Water's Surface
The Value of Contextless Additions
Exploration Games and Knowledge Distribution Map
Importance and Observation Range
Feeling That Inferior Things Are Valued
In a World of Observers, Minorities Become Majorities
Biting at the Edges of an Argument
The Spread of Deteriorated Copies
Generalizing and Attacking Prominent Inferior Individuals
Phenomenon of Criticism from Limited Observation at Pyramid's Base
Parts Disappear, Parts Remain, and New Ones Emerge
The Narrow World of Those Who Attack What They Don't Understand
Inability to Share Information with Narrow Observation Range
Threads That Stitch Together a Torn World
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