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How did Donella meadows navigate this spectrum? See her laws for system thinking
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The excerpt explores the contrast between two types of thinkers or philosophers—labeled as “prickly” and “gooey”—based on their approach to understanding and interpreting the world.
1. Philosophy vs. Science:
• The first part suggests that philosophy fills the
... See moreNew discoveries often have to be conceived initially as variations of existing things,
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
Part of the future I believe I'm seeing is a change in the software ecosystem which, for the moment, I'm calling situated software. This is software designed in and for a particular social situation or context.
Clay Shirky • Situated Software
In MMA, the different fighting disciplines realized that they had something to learn from each other and, in the process, created something new that transcended the original approaches. As an interdisciplinary researcher interested in synthesis and integrative approaches, I suspect I have something to learn from MMA. As universities try to make... See more
The way of the tourist is to consume; the way of the pilgrim is to be consumed. To the tourist the journey is a means. The pilgrim understands that it is both a means and an end in itself. The tourist and the pilgrim experience time differently. For the former, time is the foe that gives consumption its urgency. For the latter, time is a gift in... See more