Affordances, Category Theory, Convexity of Social Media
Seed idea: Can category theory help us frame how things that are different, but that perform the same function, are somehow “the same.” With links to affordances, cross-category competition, and jobs to be done. Plus thoughts on the trade-offs between data ownership and convexity effects on social media.
Introduction: 00:00
Introducing the podcast
Introducing the podcast
Mentioned:
- Bob Moesta, co-creator of Jobs to be Done theory
- The New England Complex Systems Institute, NECSI
- Nassim Taleb's Antifragile
- Ben Thompson on owning your media
Part 2: 19:50
Category theory, affordances, jobs to be done, reference frames for types (when a temperature becomes a fever)
Mentioned:
- The Khan-style YouTube video: Category Theory on a Desert Island
- "Shaping" and "appetite" refer to my book Shape Up
- J.J. Gibson's book on affordances: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
- Wolfram's Physics Project, and Relations to Category Theory live stream
- Rich Hickey, author of Clojure, and his talk on Values vs. Place-Oriented Programming
- Stuart Kauffman's Screwdriver Problem