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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: bentway who wrote (403035)3/17/2019 11:51:46 AM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 542907
 
I love orthogonal analysis and this is good. Imagine a mythical thief like Robin Hood though - this graph may not correctly classify them. Where do political leaders like Gandhi fall within this grid when they are ultimately found to have objectionable personal attributes?

I think of Margaret Sanger, Shockley or Watson whose racist positions are untenable in the modern world. I think of OJ Simpson - whom I enjoyed in Airplane! and the Naked Gun series but his screen presence had ruined the movies for me.

It's good to determine some things:

a) are the axes really mutually exclusive
b) are there other mutually exclusive dimensions that should also be mapped to gain other insights.
c) do the axes remain orthogonal over time or generally with respect to other independent variables

These kinds of graphs are awesome for starting the conversation. But as in the parable of the three blind men who touch an elephant for the first time and are asked to assess the totality of the animal, the dimensional oversimplification can cause misunderstanding. Agreement on the utility of the axes is essential.

So what other variables could we plot? Here's a non-exhaustive list:

  • Spiritually Rewarding vs Material Rewarding
  • Contentment vs Dissatisfaction
  • Sustainable vs. not sustainable
  • Materially Efficient vs. Inefficient
  • Permanence vs. Ephemerality
  • Rapid vs Slow
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