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daviding: “Might we have an indicator that lives for Canadians are at a…” December 21, 2022
Might we have an indicator that lives for Canadians are at a stress level lower than other countries? Either that, or spouses are just nicer to each other.> Canadian marriages are oddly stable> In 2020 – the most recent year for which data is available – Canada recorded fewer divorces than at any point since […]
daviding: “Any country concerned about population decline could learn f…” December 12, 2022
Any country concerned about population decline could learn from Finland on policies encouraging infertile mothers, balancing personal and societal concerns. > In Finland – where women first gained suffrage, where a woman is now Prime Minister – it is illegal to pay egg donors more than a basic €250 compensation for temporary discomfort (plus the […]
daviding: “While institutions are incorporated to live beyond the lifet…” November 29, 2022
While institutions are incorporated to live beyond the lifetime of a single human being, perhaps fulfilling its mission can lead to a conclusion that the best course is to wind itself down. Courage at the #IveyFoundation , led by #BruceLourie > One of Canada’s largest and oldest philanthropic organizations has decided to wind down and […]
daviding: “Reassured that qoto.org is on the Wayback Machine @interneta…” November 27, 2022
Reassured that qoto.org is on the Wayback Machine @internetarchive .https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/Qoto.org
daviding: “Researching #Contextualism, online archive of "#RootMetaphor…” November 26, 2022
Researching #Contextualism, online archive of "#RootMetaphor: The Live Thought of #StephenCPepper" from Paunch 1980 magazine is helpful. Philosopher of aesthetics a follower of #JohnDewey, contemporary of #KurtLewin, senior to #ThomasKuhn, #EricTrist https://ingbrief.wordpress.com/2022/11/26/root-metaphor-the-live-thought-of-stephen-c-pepper-1980/ #SystemsThinking

Aesthetics | Encyclopaedia Britannica | 15 edition
Stephen C. Pepper was a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, on the entry for Aesthetics.
Root Metaphor: The Live Thought of Stephen C. Pepper (1980)
An online version of a special issue of Paunch (1980) on "Root Metaphor: The Live Thought of Stephen C. Pepper" has been preserved on the internet Archive
Stephen Pepper’s “World Hypotheses” | TOK-SOCIETY-L@LISTSERV.JMU.EDU | 2018
A rich discussion on "Stephen Pepper's World Hypotheses" was begun in January 2018 on the Theory Of Knowledge listserv
Archive of Work related to Stephen C. Pepper ~ 1989 | Bill J. Harrell
Archive of Work related to Stephen C. Pepper ~ 1989 | Bill J. Harrell
Kairos and chronos in medical practice | Hippocrates ~ 300 BCE
Attributed to Hippocrates is the use of the term kairos in observational methodology, and the presentation of significant findings. Just to be scholarly, Hippocrates is generally reported as a institution, rather than a person. Although Hippocrates is generally accepted as the father of medicine, few have recognized, or even realized, the extent to which he […]
Autopoiesis as in the contextualist root metaphor | Mancing, Marston-William (2022)
Autopoiesis, as coined by Humberto Maturana, is in the contextualist root metaphor of Stephen C. Pepper, rather than the organismic root metaphor, say #HowardMancing and #JenniferMarstonWilliam .

2022/12 Moments December 2022
December was full of birthday, wedding, seasonal holiday events, and then family congregated in town to share time together.
2022/11 Moments November 2022
Days getting shorter, less encouragement for bicycling
2022/10 Moments October 2022
Madrid long walks and museums, Barcelona beach and lectures, recovery from jet lag back in Toronto
2022/09 Moments September 2022
A month with much activity, starting in NYC for a weekend, returning to Toronto to care for my father in the hospital, and ending the month in Madrid, Spain.
2022/08 Moments August 2022
Busy social calendar of summer family gatherings and local festivals, interspersed with otherwise invisible journal article writing.
2022/07 Moments July 2022
Enjoying summer with Toronto Jazz, then road trip to Iowa and Chicago.

2021/02/02 To Understand This Era, You Need to Think in Systems | Zeynep Tufekci with Ezra Klein | New York Times
In conversation, @zeynep with @ezraklein reveal authentic #SystemsThinking in (i) appreciating that “science” is constructed by human collectives, (ii) the west orients towards individual outcomes rather than population levels; and (iii) there’s an over-emphasis on problems of the moment, and…Read more ›
2019/04/09 Art as a discipline of inquiry | Tim Ingold (web video)
In the question-answer period after the lecture, #TimIngold proposes art as a discipline of inquiry, rather than ethnography. This refers to his thinking On Human Correspondence. — begin paste — [75m26s question] I am curious to know what art, or…Read more ›
2019/10/16 | “Bubbles, Golden Ages, and Tech Revolutions” | Carlota Perez
How might our society show value for the long term, over the short term? Could we think about taxation over time, asks @carlotaprzperez in an interview: 92% for 1 day; 80% within 1 month; 50%-60% tax for 1 year; zero tax for 10 years.Read more ›
2020/07/13 “Making Growing Thinking” |Tim Ingold (web video)
For the @ArchFoundation, #TimIngold distinguishes outcome-oriented making from process-oriented growing, revisiting #MartinHeidegger “Building Dwelling Thinking”. Organisms are made; artefacts grow. The distinction seems obvious, until you stop to ask what assumptions it contains, about the inside and outside of things…Read more ›
2020/04/09 “Can Ecological Economics Shape a Shock-Resistant Planet” | Herman Daly (web video)
In web conference, #HermanDaly says #EcologicalEconomics used to get attacked from the right, now it's from the left. Panel @revkin @jon_d_erickson @ktkish @sophiesanniti #TimCrowshaw #KatieHorner livestreamed #sustainwhat .Read more ›
2018/11/19 Niall Ferguson | “Networks and Power” |Long Now (web video + audio)
Complementing the idea of a @longnow , @nfergus provokes the challenge of a #shortthen as the online social media platforms distract the larger perspectives on history.Read more ›

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