Archive for September, 2008
Black Swans..
I am very much on the same page as Nicholas. He has just written an additional essay at the Edge. I commend its direction of travel as it strikes very hard at our own experience in dealing with the wickedness of problems and their solutions.
THE FOURTH QUADRANT: A MAP OF THE LIMITS OF STATISTICS By [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Current Affairs.
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The Indaba…
We have had the privilege of working with many South Africans and working in South Africa. The idea of the Indaba is a very compelling one. This short explanation works well to describe our ambition to get back to basics in resolving the more complex issues with simpler tools based on and in humanity.
Freeing the [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under Working Rambles.
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3 Degrees Of Separation
Came across this recently and thought I would share.
“Is it time to revise the old saw that everyone in the world is connected by just six degrees of separation? A study from French mobile carrier O2 has found that strangers are more connected to each other than they ever have been.
According to the study, the [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under Current Affairs.
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