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boyd’s rant

boyd’s rant

The Australian Ugliness, by Robin Boyd: (the above a “quality” institutional building at the university)
SO…
Written in 1960, it might have been professional courtesy to slog…

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consumers of knowledge

consumers of knowledge

Social phenomena.  Wealth and attitude.  Learning for a purpose.
Many articles regarding America’s “consumer culture” exist.  There are articles about America’s 40 year process of switching from “saving”…

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intersection of three ideas +3

intersection of three ideas +3

Over the course of the last few weeks various ideas have crossed my path, and, as any pattern recognition device does, commonalities were found and are detailed below. The…

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maturity?

maturity?

Time and space.  Why is it so obvious in hindsight? Similar to his paintings of haystacks and water lilies, Monet spent a lot of time thinking about light…

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revolutions emerge from the urge

revolutions emerge from the urge

This is a summary from all of my notes from the Business Network Theme Week at the Santa Fe Institute, September 2009.  Additional daily summaries were posted back…

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protestant work ethic

protestant work ethic

Prompted by Mike Harrold’s post on Facebook: Max Weber’s “Protestant Ethic”, which in turn was prompted by an article in the New Yorker: Why Work?.
To begin,…

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attention span

attention span

All set to complete Talisman’s new development document this morning, but was distracted by reading about developing greater concentration… go figure. Creating environments that help people get…

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