The Digital Age has significant influence on Places -- what can inform a new way of thinking about a sustainable, resilient future for Place? Technology changes everything. But sometimes it takes awhile. Fire was mankind’s first technology. Gaston Bachelard, in…Read More

Complexity is not something people are trained to deal with, but it is fundamental now. Learning how systems operate is fundamental. But thinking “in systems” does not come normally to people. Our deepest assumptions favor breaking things down into manageable…Read More

So from the start, did Covid-19 have to be a disaster of epic proportions? It’s interesting how going viral has two meanings now. There is what happens on the network, people see a post or picture or story and share…Read More

Have people must have invented a ‘hack,’ so learning all about systems is easier to translate? There is a ‘hack’, and the ‘work around’ is very elegant. Most people in school are taught to learn is to memorize content, and…Read More