Post #2165742
2026-01-18 19:17 UTC
@nedbat @julian yep. I'm better about it than I used to be, but when I get in "the zone", where I get excited about the systemic relationships across space and time... And then I forget to check in and realize that the person I'm speaking to is looking for the exit. Systems are beautiful, but not to people who don't find systems to be beautiful.
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@jztusk@mastodon.social 2026-01-18 19:44
@mweiss @nedbat @julian Ah, but when you enter "teacher's mind", the person you're talking to/instructing is *part* of the system, and your goal is to alter their relationship with the subject, increasing either their understanding or enjoyment of it, usually by *you* gaining an understanding of their understanding, and then finding ways for them to change it. It's a different, perhaps "meta", system, but also fascinating (at least to me).