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Why everything falls apart — and what to do about it
The second law of thermodynamics says that the universe is heading towards disorder. Life is the daily channelling of the flow — temporarily creating new structures: life forms, habitats culture. Life on Earth gets a daily boost of energy from the sun, and the movement of the planet and the moon. As long as…
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Incline? Uncline? Recline?
I caught myself wondering in a workshop this week, what is the opposite to decline? Incline? Uncline? Recline? A bit of context. I often look at places in need of repair and think why has nobody fixed that yet? Perhaps, in the past, my automatic response would have been to say because there isn’t a…
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Easier to talk about what we don’t want than what we do
This riff is a partner to my one this week on humour and sarcasm. If you’ve read that one you’ll spot the connection. I’ve noticed recently that workshop groups tend to find it much easier to talk about their shared pain than their shared hopes. I think this is almost certainly cultural. Culture is reinforced…
Creativity training and teaching for engineers
