Quoted material with my inserted links 1. Look at problems in many different ways, and find new perspectives Leonardo da Vinci believed that, to gain knowledge about the form of a problem, you begin by learning how to restructure it in many different ways. He felt that the first way he looked at a problem [...]
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Sustainable societies (Diagram)
May 23, 2012
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This is a work-in-progress. (You can click on the image to view it full-size). This may be another example of bottom-up innovation – where the people themselves lead change. Relevant Links: Rainforest Action Network: Sustainable Economies Updates: Added 5/12/08 – Product Usability Weblog: “Design Strategies for Sustainable User Behavior” Related on the Web: 5 Simple [...]
Read moreWhy do social problems persist? The Cycle of Socialization (Diagram)
May 23, 2012
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keyword: Dan Montano, user experience design, information architect I copied this diagram from a book called: Reading for Diversity and Social Justice. An anthology on racism, antisemitism, and Classicism. (this link takes you to Worldcat.org where you can search libraries worldwide to find a library near you that carries this book). You can also view [...]
Read moreLooking forward one hundred years (quoting Joichi Ito)
May 19, 2012
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Joichi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab “One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it. One hundred years from now, the role of science and technology will be about becoming part of nature rather than trying to control it.So much [...]
Read moreInteresting explorations into the printed book
May 7, 2012
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I like to keep track of books that explore their form. Here is a short list of some interesting examples. Book within a book: http://new.pentagram.com/2012/05/new-work-schiaparelli-and-prada/ Griffin and Sabine (book as correspondence of letters and postcards): http://chachic.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/postcard-love-griffin-and-sabine/ Artist’s Books (various): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist%27s_books Cream (art exhibit in book form) – http://www.hotbooks.co.uk/book_details.asp?b_id=472 If you know of some other books [...]
Read moreHigher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
May 3, 2012
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“Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals. In studies 1 and 2, upper-class individuals were more likely to break the law while driving, relative to lower-class individuals. In follow-up laboratory studies, upper-class individuals were more likely to exhibit unethical decision-making tendencies (study 3), take valued [...]
Read moreInsects master abstract concepts
May 3, 2012
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“An insect’s brain is capable of constructing and handling abstract concepts. It can even use two different concepts simultaneously in order to make a decision when faced with a new situation….” “…While it was previously thought that only humans and some primates were capable of such sophisticated cognitive analysis, these findings demonstrate that the absence [...]
Read moreGreen Blog at The New York Times
October 28, 2011
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Just in case you missed it, The New York Times online has a Green Blog. Make sure to note the long list of resources and blogroll they have on the lower right area of the page. The New York Times – Green Blogs >> Tweet
Read moreThinking, fast and slow
October 27, 2011
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From NPR.org “In 2002, Daniel Kahneman won a Nobel Prize in economics — but he isn’t an economist. Kahneman’s field is the psychology of decision-making, and that’s the topic of his new book, Thinking, Fast and Slow. Kahneman tells NPR’s Robert Siegel about the two systems that make up what he calls “the machinery of [...]
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