As possible problems, concerns need to be addressed periodically to see if they have grown large enough to be seen as a problem. Seen as beginnings to knowledge, they need to be combined with other knowledge yet retained for their correspondence to the real world. The concern can arise when a plan or image of the future is not fitting current events. A systems viewpoint notes that concerns of one may not be those of another, and that concerns of the individual have validity regardless of concerns of the populace. Concerns arise when a pattern or understanding does not match perceived reality.
Tools are methods or strategies for change or creation.
A systems viewpoint realizes that because tools are defined for a limited set of operations, the real world is fit into the tool by the user. So we now have some ideas of the types of thought, and the sorts of thoughts that are significant enough to return to us time after time. We can keep these thoughts internal to our own mind, or transform them to the external world so they can be modified or shared. We will refer to this as capturing a thought. The views and opinions expressed in this page are strictly those of the page author.