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On Bugs, Bytes and Books
Recently, some friends offered a gift to my children. A male rhinoceros beetle. In Japan, these bulgy-looking, tusked beasts are often the favorite pets of young kids during the summer months and can be readily caught in the wild, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Kay, dynamic equilibrium, ecology, education, environment, equilibrium, general semantics, literacy, media ecology, systems, systems thinking, technology, Trivium
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Systems Thinking and Sustainability
In my prior post, “We are Air,” I introduced the idea of systems thinking via the duo of Gregory Bateson (with a hat tip to his daughter Nora) and the biologist David Suzuki. The driving force behind my scholarship and … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, education
Tagged autopoeisis, Buckminster Fuller, CADS, David Suzuki, dynamic equilibrium, ecology, education, equilibrium, Fritjof Capra, Gregory Bateson, Lewis Mumford, Maturana, McLuhan, media ecology, Neil Postman, sustainability, systems, systems thinking, techno-organic, Varela
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