This week, David Spivak from the MIT math department will give a talk,
\nbriefing us on his ideas and asking for our input.<\/P><\/p>\n
WHO: David Spivak (MIT Math)
\nWHAT: Communication Networks
\nWHEN: September 15, 1:30PM-3:00PM
\nWHERE: 32-D831<\/p>\n
WHAT EXACTLY:<\/p>\n
Every person has his or her own ideolect, or way of using
\nlanguage; in fact every subculture has its own language. I propose that
\nevery interacting group, however small, has its own language. Two people
\nengaged in conversation have a common ground, which each can use to explain
\nnew concepts to the other. As they learn from each other, the common ground
\ngrows with shared terminology and experience, and the ability to communicate
\nnew concepts is enhanced.<\/p>\n
Consider then the network of all human interactions. These interactions are
\nnot all “2-way”: when three people have a group conversation it brings a
\ndifferent dynamic than when only the pairs can privately converse. I’ll
\nexplain how the geometric notion of “simplicial complex” can be used to
\nmodel a network of n-way interactions.<\/p>\n
Thus every node and every n-way connection in a network has its own
\nlanguage and worldview. To make this precise we must define what these
\nworldviews are. To that end, I’ll explain what a category is and give
\nseveral examples. Then I’ll propose that we can model worldviews as
\ncategories. The network of human interactions becomes a “sheaf” of
\ncategories on a simplicial complex: local languages interacting to create a
\nhigher-order entity trying to understand its world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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