Debates on complexity and international aid have been heating up in the past few weeks. There have been thought-provoking articles by some well-known folk, which have had some some equally interesting responses. There were also some great presentations at the EWB conference. On a separate issue, complexity of nuclear reactors and financial markets are explored in a fantastic [...]
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Complexity in the air…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
‘The system made me do it’ is no longer a valid excuse…
Posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A provocative thought for the day, from Erik S. Reinert, which seems to have relevance for many different aspects of the aid ‘system’. …While I was absent-mindedly flipping through my notes for my upcoming lecture, the Tanzanian general and Member of Parliament came up to the rostrum. ‘I have read your paper and I have [...]
We don’t need more space, we need balance
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fantastic 3 minute clip from the National Geographic – it may be an advert, but what an advert…
Brave New Worlds… A Literary Diversion in Comic Form
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Is Dilbert A Closet MDG Snark?
Posted in Uncategorized on December 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Update: As Ian Thorpe and Bonnie Koenig point out, this one is of relevance to much more than the MDGs – addressing results-based approaches in general… But I do think though that it has a particular, unintended, relevance for post-2015 debate… *** One for Professor Easterly… www.dilbert.com
How the MDGs are seen by the poor
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Original source: http://www.allvoices.com/cartoons/c/64098752-UNITED-NATIONS-POVERTY-GOALS
200 countries, 200 years, 127k data points, 4 minutes
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
And all done in real space too. The genius of Hans Rosling.
It’s Hard to be Heroic in a Complex World
Posted in Uncategorized on December 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From Zach Weiner’s “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal”. Here’s the link to the original:http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2012#comic H/t Living Thing Dan and Matt McAllister
The Biology of Business: 11 rules from Complex Adaptive Systems
Posted in Uncategorized on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aid on the Edge of Chaos will be offline for a few weeks…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…while Ben is on paternity leave. Normal service to resume at the end of July…
