Jennifer Baez
@jenniferbaez
Jennifer Baez
@jenniferbaez
Local communities in different parts of the world are making a constructive difference in responding to a plethora of crises: global climate change, political authoritarianism, economic disparities, poverty, war and the threat of nuclear war, consumerism, and a general sense of meaninglness.
They are interested in inner transformation as well as
... See moreIt's easier to learn about a system's elements than about its interconnections. Many of the interconnections in systems operate through the flow of information. Information holds systems together and plays a great role in determining how they operate. Many interconnections are flows of information signals that go to decision points or action points
... See moreBecause of feedback delays within complex systems, by the time a problem becomes apparent may be unnecessarily difficult to solve.
I love Voltaire’s observation that “History never repeats itself; man always does.” It applies so well to how we behave with money.
If you grew up when inflation was high, you invested less of your money in bonds later in life compared to those who grew up when inflation was low. If you happened to grow up when the stock market was strong, you
... See moreA system is a set of things-people, cells, molecules, or whatever-interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time