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Monthly Archives: April 2009
space ghetto matrix
carefully craft insights, then put them next to random photos from the internet and try to deduce the relationship, leading to deep, unexpected insights about the topic at hand. Meets JG’s criterion of mysticism.
Posted in design method
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planning is dead
Long-term planning, in its traditional sense, is dead. The ability to specifically predict the tone, tenor, overall shape, and other details of a corporation, society, family, or any other complex organization more than a few years in the future is … Continue reading
Posted in abms, design theory, planning
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science of quality
Christopher Bartneck claims that design is the science of quality. I was meditating on that and thought that maybe quality is all the stuff that other sciences can’t qualify. any better thoughts?
Posted in design theory, philosophy of science
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invasive species
Henry King (of Doblin) makes a widely-recognized observation that the recession will lead to innovation. He takes it one small step farther: as the economy picks up again, we’ll see emerging new business models and unexpected fast-growing players in many … Continue reading
Posted in economics, geopolitical theory, school
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decision science
It’s not that I’m anti-social, but I don’t participate in the green movement, nor in the race to save all who are suffering in Africa and elsewhere, nor usually even to keep my family and friends updated and in-the-loop about … Continue reading
Posted in behavior, behavioral economics, power theory, social network
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droughts and margins
Droughts kill societies. Along with using up resources, the straight out vagaries of nature are not amenable to our long-term goals. It’s not always our own human nature that drives the death of society – although in this light these … Continue reading
Posted in economics, geopolitical theory, government, planning
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awareness
I think the zeitgiest of the past couple decades has been about the horror and difficulties of self-awareness, how when you realize you’re doing something or participating in something, it’s over. But there are certain things where you can be … Continue reading
Posted in art, attention, information overload
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attention economy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_economy A highly relevant and timely idea, the attention economy is coming to be but not in the way expressed in this article at least. It lists some of Ronald Coase’s ideas about how to implement attention transactions, but doesn’t … Continue reading