16 thoughts on “Dual Role Actor Thesis Published by The Journal of Brief Ideas”
What an exquisite idea–one that is very much in the spirit of one of my intellectual heroes: Thomas Schelling. To the point: in addition to having “multiple selves” over time (Schelling’s idea), an actor can also have (if you are correct) multiple selves and motives at the same time!
Indeed! The coffee shop story reminds me of the great mathematician Henri Poincare’ — who once observed that our best ideas pop up when we least expect them to…
What an exquisite idea–one that is very much in the spirit of one of my intellectual heroes: Thomas Schelling. To the point: in addition to having “multiple selves” over time (Schelling’s idea), an actor can also have (if you are correct) multiple selves and motives at the same time!
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Thank you Enrique. I never thought such a mundane encounter to pick-up coffee would ever generate any deep insights.
This idea will need to be further explored some time down the road.
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Indeed! The coffee shop story reminds me of the great mathematician Henri Poincare’ — who once observed that our best ideas pop up when we least expect them to…
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