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A Flood of Complexity

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Yesterday Toronto was hit with a massive rainstorm that dumped more than 120mm of rain on parts of the city

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complexity systems science systems thinking 

Complexity and the Senseless Marketing of the Future

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Futurists take what we know now and project into the future ideas about things will be like years from today

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behaviour change design thinking environment systems thinking 

The Lies Told By Innovation

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If the forest and trees are part of the natural environment, then we need to consider them both at the same time — literally and metaphorically — in the systems we work in and do so with intent (design) otherwise we will continue to perpetuate the lies that innovation allows us to tell ourselves so well.

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behaviour change design thinking education & learning 

Amazing Stuff: December 14th Edition

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Looking for awesome things, the latest in zombie attack science, solving the food shortage using Twitter, drinking tap water instead of bottles, or how little art pictures can help stimuate new thinking? Then this issue of Amazing Stuff has something for you.

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design thinking environment public health science & technology social media 

Amazing Stuff: November 6th Edition

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From H1N1 apps for the iPhone, seeing the beauty of islands from space, the carbon footprint of pets, exploring innovation online, and visualizing the world around us using computer-assisted tools, the first week of November has offered a lot of amazing things.

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Amazing Stuff: Halloween Edition

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This week’s Halloween edition of Amazing stuff highlights a short video on complexity science (and organizing a children’s party), an unexpected (and amusing) link between environmental health + pornography, a map of illness, marketing and PR for the masses, and figuring out what meaning really means in the world of design.

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