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Multiple Perspectives as described by Linstone

see Linstone 1981 and Linstone 1984

science and technology belief system

1. problems can be "solved"
2. there is a best solution
3. reductionism works
4. reliance on data and models
5. quantification of information
6. the scientist is objective
7. ignoring the individual, use of averages etc
8. time movement is linear

Perspectives

T - technology

P - personal

O - organizational

time horizons

short horizon = high discount, long horizon=low discount

personal is the shortest

social

technology time can have long time horizons because of the longevity of what is "built"

types of communication

T - technical report

O - technical reports plus others such as interviews, scenarios

P - scenarios, summaries, private discussions