Category Archives: Philosophy + Systems
How Groups Become Extreme
In two recent op-eds in the Huffington Post (“Is Truth in Politics Possible? Is Truth Possible in Anything Human?” and “Absence of Truth: Why the Republican Candidates Can’t Get Anywhere Near the Truth”), I argued that historically there are at least four different kinds and meanings of “truth.” There are of course more than four. But four is enough for my purposes. Continue reading
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Tagged election, philosophy, politics, republican, truth
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Managing the Mess
An odd aspect about the financial mess is how little discussion has been given to managing it, and the economic crisis with it, as messes. In all the finger-pointing, one party has escaped with less attention than deserved – business schools. Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Crisis Management, Philosophy + Systems
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Redesigning People: Deciding Who and What Will Be Human in the Age of Cyborgs
There is no question whatsoever that we are well on the way to the total redesign of human beings. There is no longer any doubt that sooner rather than later, we will become Cyborgs, ungodly mixtures of flesh and machines. Continue reading
Thinking Like an Intellectual Giant: A Tribute to West Churchman
Of all the philosophers I have studied, William James and West Churchman (who studied under James’s protégé, Edgar Arthur Singer Jr.) have exerted the greatest influence on me. James and West challenge us to make the world a more ethical place than we found it, and provide us with prime examples of large-scale systems thinking. Continue reading
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