BYEDEN MEDINA

Five lessons from a socialist computing project in Salvador Allende’s Chile.

https://jacobin.com/2015/04/allende-chile-beer-medina-cybersyn/

Nov. 7, 2014

A presentation about the use of technology to teach systems thinking at the k-12 level

Craig Cunningham

Professor at National-Louis University

(As interesting as the article, are the comments, in which he talks about his own path of discovery and exploration of cybernetics)

Two contrasting podcasts happened to come up back-to-back on my app (both available in any podcatcher, but shared here from youtube as it’s more visual).

Both provide very interesting systems perspectives on multiple dimensions of politics, law, and society, based on different degrees of enforceability and temporality (think ‘time ‘pace layer’) in multiple dimensions with interesting overlaps (and with costs and benefits to each seen differently from different positions)….

Michael Munger on Obedience to the Unenforceable 6/19/23

EconTalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH_PBO0W8Oc

19 Jun 2023

Civilization and the pleasantness of everyday life depend on unwritten rules. Early in the 20th century, an English mathematician and government official, Lord Moulton, described complying with these rules as “obedience to the unenforceable”–the area of personal choice that falls between illegal acts and complete freedom. Listen as economist Michael Munger talks with EconTalk’s Russ Roberts about the power and challenge of the unenforceable. Links, transcript, and more information: https://www.econtalk.org/michael-mung… Subscribe to EconTalk on YouTube:    / @econtalkwithruss   Subscribe to the audio episodes: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast… Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/econ… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4M5Gb71… and wherever you listen to podcasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bn_ATSyGvs

Ram Dass: You Can’t Have An Us and Them – Here and Now Podcast Ep. 228

Be Here Now Network

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Premiered on 19 Jun 2023

Ram Dass – Here and NowIn this episode of the Here and Now Podcast, Ram Dass talks about practice in daily life and answers questions about polarization and fundamentalism, integrating psychodynamic and spiritual techniques, dealing with addiction, and more. Today’s podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/ramdass This podcast is also brought to you by Magic Mind. Magic Mind contains a magical combination of 13 active ingredients, scientifically designed to improve energy, focus, and mood while decreasing stress — all things that, combined, improve your productivity. For 50% off your subscription to Magic Mind, visit magicmind.co/ramdass “And I said I’m not going to get discouraged because I can see that a centrist position, this is a hard one, a centrist position… That at this point in the way the world game is a falling, either everybody goes or nobody goes. You can’t polarize it again. You can’t have an ‘us’ and ‘them.’ It’s got to keep embracing people, embracing people. And I saw that would demand much more centrism than I was used to or wanted from a Democratic president and so on.” – Ram Dass In this episode of Here and Now: Ram Dass talks about letting methods of practice such as mantras and kirtan permeate your daily life Ram Dass gives a detailed response to a question about the rise of fundamentalism in the world, exploring polarization and why you can’t have an “us” and “them” Ram Dass takes on more questions about integrating psychodynamic and spiritual techniques, the importance of rituals, and dealing with addiction “I think the tricky thing is for us to integrate psychodynamic techniques and spiritual techniques. Psychodynamic technique says let’s work it out; spiritual technique says let’s get on with it, let’s leave it behind. If you do either one of them to an extreme, you lose it. Hear that one? That’s interesting. It’s really the balance of them.” – Ram Dass About Ram Dass: Ram Dass’ spirit has been a guiding light for generations, carrying along millions on the journey. Ram Dass teaches that through the Bhakti practice of unconditional love, we can all connect with our true nature. Through these teachings, Ram Dass has shared a little piece of his guru, Maharajji, with all who have listened to him. ================ Ram Dass: You Can’t Have An Us and Them – Here and Now Podcast Ep. 228 –    • Ram Dass: You Can…   Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 228 – You Can’t Have An Us and Them – https://beherenownetwork.com/ beherenownetwork.com/ram-dass-here-and-now-ep-228-you-cant-have-an-us-and-them/ ================ Make sure not to miss a single video podcast from Be Here Now Network! Click here to Subscribe:    / @beherenownetwork   Follow Be Here Now Network: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeHereNowNet… Twitter: https://twitter.com/beherenownet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beherenowne… ================ Be Here Now Network Podcasts, Courses, and Articles to help you live a Life in Balance. Heart-Centered wisdom from Ram Dass, Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Krishna Das + many more! Get a Free Guided Meditation from Sharon Salzberg when you first sign up at: https://beherenownetwork.com/

World Economic Forum

Jul 18, 2023,03:00am EDT

By Breanne Pitt, PhD Candidate; Project Researcher, Strategic Intelligence, Trinity College Dublin and Abhinav Chugh, Content and Partnerships Lead, Expert Network and Content Partners, World Economic Forum

https://www.forbes.com/sites/worldeconomicforum/2023/07/18/we-must-embed-systems-thinking-in-education-heres-how/?sh=5ec375211ab0

Same article at

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/07/systems-thinking-education-future/

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White Paper

Published: 18 July 2023

Innovative Learning Solutions to Navigate Complexity: Adapting Systems Thinking to Future Classrooms

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In an era defined by intricate challenges such as climate change, inequality and biodiversity loss, a systems perspective has become paramount. The interconnected nature of these issues demands a deep understanding of patterns, relationships and dependencies.

https://www.weforum.org/whitepapers/innovative-learning-solutions-to-navigate-complexity-adapting-systems-thinking-to-future-classrooms

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LinkedIn piece where I saw this

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kumli_innovation-systems-systemsthinking-activity-7087740440199720960-XSol/

12 July 2023

This paper by John Beckford, Beckford Consulting and Katie Barnes, Executive Director of the National Preparedness Commission explores the concept of systemic resilience and failure in the face of crises. This is the third of a series of papers commissioned by NPC on applying systemic thinking to the notion of national preparedness. The first paper discussed the role of data in preparedness and the second paper explored crises, resilience, and complex systems.

This paper discusses the importance of stakeholder priorities in understanding where to focus resources during a crisis. It emphasises that the value of a system lies in the eyes of the beholder, and different stakeholders may have different interests and needs. Understanding these varying interests is crucial in determining system success and resilience. During crises, system owners should prioritise understanding the needs of stakeholders and communicate with them effectively. A systemic mapping of the elements and interactions within a system is also vital for identifying alternative solutions and managing dynamic risks.

Video recordings now available for the event, and sponsored by the Digital Theory Lab.

06/28/2023

Zach Coble

http://digitalhumanities.nyu.edu/news/2023-06-28-hayles-deacon-recordings/

From this tweet “circulating this again, a conversation over two talks between Kate Hayles and Terry Deacon — a “third wave” of cybernetics”:

May 14, 2020

Sustaining Creative Adaptability with Liberating Structures [Part 1 of 3]

By S. Fisher Qua and Keith McCandless

https://keithmccandless.medium.com/more-magic-less-mystery-f9bc2d614e85

As part of promoting the new podcast, The Santiago Boys (https://the-santiago-boys.com/interviews/brian-eno), Evgeny Morozov sharing a lot of interesting tweets on background materials he covered – this is one interesting example:

https://the-santiago-boys.com/interviews/brian-eno

Brian Eno on British art and cybernetics in the 1960s, Stafford Beer’s influence on his art, and the perils of automaticism.

Tweets:

Anarchist Federation 

@AnarchistFed

ORGANISE PUBLIC Reading Group This month we’ll be reading: “Anarchist Cybernetics ” Texts available via The Anarchist Library:https://tinyurl.com/yn23wszd Everyone is welcome to join in, we keep it very relaxed. Listeners welcome. Non-Anarchist welcome! https://discord.gg/CdaCccFJ

https://socialinnovation.org/news/2015/02/20/farewell-to-the-late-brenda-zimmerman/

THE NINE PRINCIPLES OF WORKING WITH COMPLEXITY

1. View your system through the lens of complexity in addition to the metaphor of a machine or a military organization.
2. Build a good-enough vision. Provide minimum specifications, rather than trying to plan every little detail.
3. When life is far from certain, lead with clockware and swarmware in tandem. Balance data and intuition, planning and acting, safety and risk, giving due honour to each.
4. Tune your place to the edge. Foster the “right” degree of information flow, diversity and difference, connections inside and outside the organization, power differential and anxiety, instead of controlling information, forcing agreement, dealing separately with contentious groups, working systematically down all the layers of the hierarchy in sequence and seeking comfort.
5. Uncover and work with paradox and tension. Do not shy away from them as if they were unnatural.
6. Go for multiple actions at the fringes, let direction arise. You don’t have to be “sure” before you proceed with anything.
7. Listen to the shadow system. That is, realize that informal relationships, gossip, rumor and hallway conversations contribute significantly to agents’ mental models and subsequent actions.
8. Grow complex systems by chunking. Allow complex systems to emerge out of the links among simple systems that work well and are capable of operating independently.
9. Mix cooperation with competition. It’s not one or the other.

Complex systems modelling is complex https://twitter.com/EleanorFrajka/status/1683917521735368704?s=20

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sres.2962?fbclid=IwAR2Px5J8OYxXpsorQkNxfn6fsPfd6hoT7xsDSsWqGCbo7vYl8pwniPGGR-c

Theresa Arnold, Heiko Kleve, Steffen Roth

First published: 25 May 2023

https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2962

Abstract

Business family members face challenges related to exposure to diverse role expectations and systems logics, the management of which often results in situations of high complexity, dilemmas, and paradoxes. To address these issues, in this paper we combine key insights from social systems theory with systemic family coaching tools such as “internal maps,” the “expectation carrousel,” and the “tetralemma.” In drawing on an illustrative example from a family business succession planning context, we demonstrate how systemic approaches may help business family members to (a) creatively reflect on both the personal and interpersonal expectations they are confronted with and (b) manage issues of decision-making in dilemmatic or paradoxical situations.