Category: "Complexity"
Serenity
Just at this moment life seems to be very full of "situations" and it is clear that each situation can only be influenced to a limited extent. In some cases that may well mean that no influence can be brought to bear and I don't think there is any where full control can be applied. For these situations it is crucial that efforts are focussed on what can be influenced - and not wasted on the rest.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Friends, Complexity, Decision Making, Worldview, ----------
Is Honesty Always The Best Policy?
Once upon a time... no this is not a fairy tale - this tale has its roots firmly in reality - this would have been my opinion. My "gut-instinct" on this question though has changed through time. Nowadays I would subscribe to the view that there are times when honesty is not only "not the best" policy, but is actively amongst the worst!!
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Complexity, Worldview, ----------
A Partial Summary
Although the entries in this blog are sporadic and are not following any particular pattern there are a few themes that run through them and which recur in different posts. I'm just thinking that it might be as well to provide a bit of a summary and a few links to enable easier browsing between related posts.
Categories: Welcome, Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Friends, Complexity, Learning, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
Someone Is Pulling The Strings Again
In previous posts I wrote about the way in which I have "re-interpreted" an East Asian belief regarding the "Red String of Fate". It is time to revisit the idea and to write a bit more - expanding the original thoughts and considering just what we are "tied" to.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Friends, Complexity, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
On Encouraging Serendipity
There is a discussion on LinkedIn at present about the inadequacies of the "linkedIn format" when it comes to what I shall term "constructive discourse" - by that I mean that something is "created" as a result of the discussion.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Knowledge Management, Web, Complexity, Worldview, ----------
Inspiration Comes from Many Sources
It is past time that I wrote something which is about a topic separate from my current medical issues!! Otherwise it might seem like that is the only thing on my mind - which is far from the truth. OK - it does tend to dominate - particularly at some times during the cycle - but there are plenty of other things occupying my mind.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Complexity, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
Know Yourself .... Can You?
The wonders of the world wide web - not only have I made contact with lots of old friends, I have also made some very good new ones. I love the diversity of characters that you get to meet - and, in my experience, there are plenty of 'good' people - or - at least, people who give the impression of being 'good' because we all know how easy it is to create a persona that is false.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Complexity, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
The Other Side Of "If Only"
When you start to think about it, it is sobering - no - downright scary just how many people and events may be affected in the future by the decisions we make, individually and collectively, today. I may believe that I have some idea of the immediate effects however, given the way that the world is now connected so much more than ever before, it is next to impossible to determine the totality of the effect of each and every decision we make.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Friends, Complexity, Decision Making, Worldview, ----------
Mein Weltanschauung
Although a few of my previous posts have hinted at this subject I think that now that I have got the initial burst of activity on the blog out of the way it is time to make a clearer statement of where my thoughts are coming from and, therefore, put some context on to the content of the blog.
Of course, in keeping with the overall theme of the blog I should stress that this is work in progress and "feeding my ignorance" remains the main aim - trying to identify the context for this is important, but it does not mean that the context is fixed. As my learning increases, so the context may shift.
Categories: Philosophical, Systems Thinking, Knowledge Management, Complexity, Learning, Cognition, Worldview, ----------
Dumbing Down
I often watch TV series/programmes about subjects that I have a particular interest in and, inevitably, those of which I have most knowledge always seem to come across as superficial or shallow or just plain dumbed down. I wonder to what extent that is a problem for the media generally.
Categories: Systems Thinking, Complexity, Learning, ----------
