David Ing @daviding@qoto.org

In a larger system of ideas, #DonellaMeadows reposted an article from #WholeEarth Review 2001.

> We can’t control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!

https://donellameadows.org/archives/dancing-with-systems/

Via @RuthMalan on #SystemsThinking

For fans of #PostNormalScience, @SFuntowicz is trying out a home on SDF, https://sdf.org/?tutorials/social_network .

> To the users of the SDF Public Access UNIX System, 'SDF Social' is based on the concepts and principles of the early Social Networks that we have always been a part of and not the highly commercialized, for-profit and ethically questionable Social Networks of the late 1990s and 2000s.

> Simply put, SDF has always been about Collaboration, Non-Commercialism, Choice and Privacy.

Interesting choice for a proponent of #PhilosophyOfScience !

Introduction to #OperationsResearch by #WestChurchman #RussellAckoff #LeonardArnoff was published 1957. https://archive.org/details/introductiontoo00chur/page/n7/mode/2up

Then in proposing #SystemsThinking, look forward by 22 years, in a presentation and paper to the Operations Research Society.

Ackoff, Russell L. 1979. “The Future of Operational Research Is Past.” _Journal of the Operational Research Society_ 30 (2): 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.1979.22.

(Thanks for pointing out the archived source,
@cyetain ).

Manuka honey is for healing, not just for eating, @josh .

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/manuka-honey-medicinal-uses

I'm noticing a delay, @JimSpohrer , between updates from the mastodon.social instance and qoto.org , that isn't evident with toots from other instances. This may be attributable to the high volume of recent signups to the largest Mastodon instance.

This may be a case for migrating to a more focused community that isn't the largest. This may be Internet thinking in federation, as compared to mainframe thinking in centralization.

Thanks for the pointer to your slides for the "Introduction to #ComplexSystems" at #WesternUniversity, @leahdriel .

Perhaps we might extend our reach with #SystemsThinking #Ontario, a little farther west? https://wiki.st-on.org/

The federated structure of Mastodon introduces a speed bump in first choosing an instance that is somewhat close to the interest of the posters, @josh . A list of suggested instances would help students.

I have previously taught courses where I required students to blog reflections. I suggested WordPress.com for those who were totally unfamiliar, with others already have hosted blogs elsewhere, or self-hosted blogs. http://coevolving.com/utoronto/201801-SystemsThinking-SystemsDesign/

On the list of science-related sites at https://fediscience.org/server-list.html , I would suggest qoto.org , @FrankSonntag .

This was the third Mastodon instance that I tried, and have been there since 2018. Moderators make a big difference! https://scholar.social/@daviding

From your photo, @marathon0, it looks like you're in Toronto to the north and west.

I'm located east of the Don River, and south of Queen Street. On bike rides into the Port Lands, there's so much construction. When done, citizens will appreciate what long term planning can do.

https://www.tumblr.com/daviding/684730597354110976/villiers-street-looking-south-new-eastern-bank?source=share

Web video of "Reifying Systems Thinking towards Changes" for #SystemThinking Ontario reused slides from #UBarcelona seminar for #RyanCArmstrong one week earlier. Rhythmic shift, (con)texture and propensity are main ideas by year 4 of 10-year journey.

https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/reifying-systems-thinking-towards-changes-st-on-2022-10-17/

Audio + slides introducing basics "Knowing Better via #SystemsThinking: Traditions and Contemporary Approaches" in lecture for
#RyanCArmonstrong to #UBarcelona business school students, covering variety of schools of thought, mainstream approaches, systems changes.

https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/knowing-better-via-systems-thinking-u-barcelona-2022-10-10/

I posted on Twitter my whereabouts on Mastodon. https://twitter.com/daviding/status/1585602775202897921?t=ppqBNPl2FPjXfNmluCZWWg&s=19

Choosing an instance can be a speed bump. Servers are decentralized, so moderators may choose to be more or less active.

In the #anthropocene, humans can impact less.

> The report shows that Canada's economy can grow without increasing carbon emissions. The country's GDP grew 22 per cent between 2005 and 2020, but carbon emissions declined by 9.3 per cent over that period.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-pandemic-emissions-canada-1.6420159

With #CodeForCanada , a presentation + workshop guide for #CanadianDigitalService on "#SystemsThinking through Changes: An #ActionLearning guide" is available CC-BY-SA

https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/systems-thinking-through-changes/ .

A milestone release by #SystemsChanges Learning Circle for practitioners, alongside publication in review

When there is a larger threat from outside, attention is drawn away from internal struggles within.

#RobertReich puts a historical perspective on current affairs in the USA.

> Putin has brought a fractured Nato together. Maybe he’s bringing America back together too. It’s the thinnest of silver linings to the human disaster he’s creating, but perhaps he’ll have the same effect on the US as the old Soviet Union did on America’s sense of who we are.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/24/democrats-republicans-russia-ukraine-invasion-putin

P.S. I am Canadian.

For those who are critical about "design thinking", #KarelVredenburg makes the strong distinction between design and pseudo-design.
https://www.karelvredenburg.com/home/2021/10/9/cr2h7dllvanrttb1tn8cfx1zjuhqol