Category Archives: Creative Systems Thinking

The Future of Education: To Focus on AI or MI ?

Posted on December 10, 2019 by

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” ― Albert Einstein Right now two starkly different visions … Continue reading →

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システム革命、システム学習 – Systems Revolution in Learning

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

The systems view of science focuses on relationships, describing a universe where everything moves and flows like a river… All of the Japanese text here is from this article at the Change Agent website:「学習する学校」レポートより：「学習する組織」のアプローチ.  It is followed by a translation in … Continue reading →

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The Prison Of Your Mind: Sean Stephenson

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

“The true prison is not surrounded by barbed wire, or electrical fences, the real prisons do not have guards. The real prison is up here. And we all got it.. True freedom is dropping down out of that mind. And … Continue reading →

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How We Learn to Compartmentalize

Posted on June 8, 2019 by

“People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one’s perception of reality..” ~Thich … Continue reading →

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The Doors of Perception – Aldous Huxley

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

“Each one of us is potentially Mind at Large. But in so far as we are animals, our business is at all costs to survive. To make biological survival possible, Mind at Large has to be funneled through the reducing … Continue reading →

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Edu-Tech’s Brave New World – How Education Software is Being Designed to Hijack Children’s Brains

Posted on September 23, 2017 by

“Many parents intuitively understand that ubiquitous glowing screens are having a negative effect on kids. But it’s even worse than we think. Recent brain imaging research is showing that they affect the brain’s frontal cortex — which controls executive functioning, … Continue reading →

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The Houseboat Summit, 1967 – Alan Watts, Tim Leary, Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

An extended conversation between Tim Leary, Alan Watts, Allen Ginsberg & Gary Snyder on the problem of whether to “drop out or take over” conducted on Alan Watts’ houseboat, the S.S. Vallejo, 50 years ago, in 1967…   Alan Watts: This … Continue reading →

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