what i read: 2017

here’s my 2017 list, inspired by shane parrish’s what i’m reading that he started doing back in 2013.

2017 book list: best of and most impactful

a few weeks back grant asked me what were the best books i read in 2017. i said i’d get back to him. today’s the day! it’s dec 29 and i can pretty safely say that i won’t finish anymore books this year. i surpassed my goodreads reading challenge goal and have read a total of 30 books this year.

why conflict avoidance might be the downfall of western society

the other day i was talking to andy (>_>) and i mentioned that i thought conflict avoidance might be a critical part of the downfall of western society. i don’t even remember in what context i dropped it, but he challenged me to write about it, so here we are.

the three phases of planning emergency management: moving towards complexity

in episode 018 of the humancurrent, preparing for complexity in emergency management, stacy interviews thomas appleyard who is an expert in emergency management. one thing that stuck out to me from his episode was the three phases he believes emergency management has gone through. the phases, or at least lessons from the phases, i think relate to other fields as well. i’m definitely thinking about my own field of urban planning, but other things like social change and communications.

designing for imperfection in movement work

“there has never been a social justice movement that didn’t include people who were disappointing.” — alicia garza, episode 1 of how to survive the end of the world