A Commentary on Forbes and Scenario Planning Here is another article, this time from Forbes (Can LEGO Snap Together A Future In Asia?), that cast doubt on the effectiveness of scenario planning in make strategic and tactical decisions. Scenario planning is just a tool, but it can provide great insight. As both a scenario planner and an analyst of knowledge … [Read more...] about LEGOs, Scenario Planning & Asia
Dutch New Worlds, Scenarios in Physical Planning and Design in the Netherlands 1970-2000
Recommended book: Dutch New Worlds, Scenarios in Physical Planning and Design in the Netherlands 1970-2000 In Brad Barnett's review of Dutch New Worlds, Scenarios in Physical Planning and Design in the Netherlands 1970-2000 he suggests that scenario planners are more concerned about models than application. I disagree. My personal experience has always focused on … [Read more...] about Dutch New Worlds, Scenarios in Physical Planning and Design in the Netherlands 1970-2000
Dan Addresses World Cultural Forum on Knowledge, The Environment and Civilization
On May 18th-19th May, 2013 Dan presented to the World Cultural Forum in Hangzhou, China. Here is the abstract of the talk: As we seek to create an international consensus to improve the ecological state of the planet, it is imperative that we map concepts, and reconcile definitions in to order share knowledge more effectively about the state of the environment, as well as … [Read more...] about Dan Addresses World Cultural Forum on Knowledge, The Environment and Civilization
Desperately Seeking A New Natural Satellite or Renew the Space Race and Find Our Adventurer’s Soul
Concept of Spacecraft with Asteroid Capture Mechanism Deployed-By leveraging capabilities across all of NASA, the agency is developing a first-ever mission to identify, rendezvous with, capture and redirect a small asteroid into a stable orbit in the lunar vicinity, and then send humans to visit it using the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. This mission … [Read more...] about Desperately Seeking A New Natural Satellite or Renew the Space Race and Find Our Adventurer’s Soul
‘Right’ And ‘Wrong’ Are Not Necessarily Top Down
If you think your moral compass uses some higher power to attract its True North, consider this story on Science Friday that explores empathy and the sense of right and wrong among primates. Perhaps as the brain gets bigger, fairness emerges in social animals as an adaptive survival trait. From Science Friday: Searching for the Roots of 'Right' and 'Wrong' In The … [Read more...] about ‘Right’ And ‘Wrong’ Are Not Necessarily Top Down