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Complexity needs a compass

Desiree Driesenaar
Age of Awareness
Published in
7 min readMay 22, 2023

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All shapes of nature — by Johan Gielis - Biomimicry math and physics professor

We want to design a better world, right? And for that, we need to realize that we are citizens IN a society IN an economy IN a healthy planet.

There’s so much we don’t know yet about our planet. And be honest, the only thing that counts is that we adapt our human lives to the whims of our planet. Rising sea levels. Torrential rains. Earthquakes. Wildfires.

You name it, and someone in the world suffers from it.

It’s because we designed our cities and villages and countries in silly ways. We can do it much better and that’s what my newest series of math and language articles for Age of Awareness will be about.

What’s the bottom line?

The world is VUCA. Volatility. Uncertainty. Complexity. Ambiguity. And we can deal with it all by growing a strong spine and being flexible.

Resilience above all.

We were born to have adventurous lives full of experiences.

But of course, it helps to study and have a compass for new insights and innovations. Biomimicry is the #1 innovation method right now for a reason. It will tell us HOW TO adapt our world, our cities, and our lives…

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