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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">In the U.S. the Ad Council is a private
non-profit organization that puts advertisements promoting the
public good.<br>
<br>
When I was in college, a somewhat subversive student newspaper
printed a fake Ad Council advertisement - along with stealing the
ad council logo. (Tsk tsk.)<br>
<blockquote>186,000 Miles Per Second<br>
It's not only a good idea, it's the law.<br>
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I've heard it said that the only reason we as human beings attain
mastery over Nature is by being obedient to Her laws. Take it as a
metaphor, but specifically describing the ways things already are
working and inviting people to play in the field of that awareness
changes what's possible. Just as "obedience" to the Speed of Light
has enabled us to ascend to higher planes in our understanding of
the Universe.<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
<br>
On 10/26/13 8:02 AM, Linda Stevenson wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi, Dan,<br>
<br>
"Be prepared to be surprised" along with the OST "principles" is
<strong>descriptive </strong>of what participants might notice
in Open Space. You could think of it as a "heads up" or a
reminder that nobody knows specifically what is going to go up
on the wall (nor what specific outcomes and next steps will
emerge). General outcomes, yes, like emergent visions, creative
collaboration, genuine community, serious learning and play,
etc. but not specific ones, hence the element of surprise.<br>
<br>
In twenty years of facilitating Open Space I have never seen any
one interpret it as a directive, just a reminder which not only
applies to OST but also to life itself.<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Linda<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 09:17:38 -0400<br>
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net">dan@newtechusa.net</a><br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a><br>
Subject: [OSList] : Speech acts<br>
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When responding to Jenifer's thoughts earlier, I realized:<br>
<br>
The slogan "Be Prepared to Be Surprised" is a most interesting
one in OST. <br>
<br>
It is actually an illocutionary speech act.... of type "<b><i>Directive</i></b>".<br>
<br>
So, located here in OST, baked into it, we have a specific
slogan that is attempting to <b><big>cause</big></b> the
hearer to take a particular action, e.g. a request, <big><b>commands</b></big>
and advice. A directive!<br>
<br>
I wonder if the undeniably directive structure of "Be Prepared
to Be Surprised" really aligned with the
intention/spirit/philosophy of OST.<br>
<br>
Dan<br>
<br>
<br>
Background links:<br>
<br>
What is a speech act? <br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts</a><br>
A <i><b>speech act</b></i> in <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="Linguistics"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics"
target="_blank">linguistics</a> and the <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Philosophy of language"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_language"
target="_blank">philosophy of language</a> is an utterance
that has performative function in language and communication.<br>
<br>
What is an illocutionary act?<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act</a><br>
<b>Illocutionary act</b> is a term in <a
moz-do-not-send="true" title="Linguistics"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics"
target="_blank">linguistics</a> introduced by the
philosopher <a moz-do-not-send="true" title="John L. Austin"
class="ecxmw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Austin"
target="_blank">John L. Austin</a> in his investigation of
the various aspects of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="Speech acts" class="ecxmw-redirect"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_acts"
target="_blank">speech acts</a>. <br>
<br>
What is a Directive illocutionary act?<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illocutionary_act#Classes_of_illocutionary_acts</a><br>
<b>directives</b> = speech acts that are to <b>cause the
hearer to take a particular action</b>, e.g. requests,
commands and advice<br>
<br>
More than you asked for:<br>
What is a Commissive speech act?<br>
<b>commissives</b> = speech acts that commit a speaker to some
future action, e.g. promises and oaths<br>
<br>
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<div class="ecxmoz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/13 1:29 PM, Jenifer
Toksvig wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CE8F1773.214C7%25never@acompletelossforwords.com">
<title>Re: [OSList] The OST Game</title>
<font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dan wrote:
>> Consider the man who loves a certain woman, and
waits for the current trend of her interest in him to
change. He is goal seeking without controlling.
Likewise, trend-following market traders do not attempt
to create, control or make trends. They simply identify
& ride them, while seeking wealth. <<<br>
<br>
Waiting and seeking are still forms of controlling. Your
loving man has chosen to wait for his goal rather than
(to coin a phrase) being prepared to be surprised by
another woman. He may not be trying to control her, but
he’s still trying to control the situation in a way that
he thinks will allow him to achieve his goal.<br>
<br>
Those who seek wealth do likewise: they don’t randomly
ride the trends, they identify them and make choices
about how to ride them, in order to obtain wealth. That
is control.<br>
<br>
I don’t think it’s possible to be goal-oriented and try
to exert some kind of control over the process, unless
your goal is… to have no goal. Actually, even being
prepared to be surprised is a goal. A sort of
wonderfully ridiculous one.<br>
<br>
Jen x<br>
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</span><font color="#808080"><font size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Jenifer Toksvig<br>
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<b>The Copenhagen Interpretation<br>
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href="http://www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk"
target="_blank">www.thecopenhageninterpretation.co.uk</a><br>
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