Homelessness, an Initial Inquiry

Homelessness is a persistent problem in US cities and elsewhere. Homelessness should not be viewed in isolation, as it is coupled with health, career, family and socio-economic context. Recent innovations in approach to addressing homelessness and associated problems in…

I think this is a really apt metaphor. (Also loving reading your words again and so glad you’re blogging this.) You’re right; there is no single “boss” signal really telling the body to assemble. No one thing snaps its fingers and it’s done. The formation of a system is the result of slow and consistent communication between a bunch of little signal…

Barbara Holtmann: Complex Systems Designer

Life Lessons from the Women of TEDxJohannesburg

(Article 4/20 in the series)

August is Women’s Month in South Africa. To celebrate, we’re conducting long-form interviews with 20 women who have spoken at…

Some radical ideas to explore

Based, in part, on current reading — “Complexity and the Social Sciences: The State of the Art” by Byrne and Callaghan.

Science is not neutral. Because it’s done by humans, it has a point of view. Scientists are not neutral.

Emergence in human groups:

Chemicals assemble into cells.

Cells assemble into organs.

Organs into people and people into families and other groups.

Who tells the chemicals how to organize?