structural determinism and the pursuit of conservation and boundaries

Took me some time to read the most recent work of Maturana (co-authored with Ximena Dávila) and their biological-cultural matrix of human existence. I was relating the definitions, old and new, to the process of enabling system innovations. In a recent conversation I was explaining my way of looking to social-cultural principles that creates a [...]

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On Design

Looking around the topic we can see many ways of engaging to design. In systems design, sometimes different types of involvement are needed and I’ve been exploring the different approaches. I’ve noticed that in the studies of strategy there is a design school, and according to this, does not really represent the multiple ways we [...]

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Principles and the Social Contract

Still exploring how to define the set of principles that are needed to create a common ground for planning. The research of the thesis brought some ideas that led to what was explored on the XVI-century book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I went to read the famous Le Contrat Social to get an idea of how [...]

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