in ellen langer’s interview on on being, there was a pair of lines that krista pointed out that rocked me. well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but they really did hit me pretty hard. the lines:
Read more...as i put together my most recent medium post, i’ve been doing a lot of thinking about friends, friendship, and community (though i’ve been thinking about that stuff for at least a year). one thing that kept coming up but i couldn’t find a good way to fit in was diversity as it relates to resilience. my thoughts wandered around two dimensions of diversity. one being diversity among my zone 1 & 2 friends and the second being diversity in terms of proximity (i.e. having an appropriate mix of friends from zones 1 all the way out to 4).
Read more...in episode 37 (the complexity of living organizations) of the humancurrent, the guest, dr olog konovalov shared some insights that are so in line with how i think that i might have to listen to the episode again.
Read more...i love using ecosystems and living things as a way to model human systems. i’ve done a lot of thinking in this lane as it relates to communications (initially taught by danielle coates-connor, then trained by css, and now exploring my own approach) so why should i not try to apply it to my own community?
Read more...as i put an increasing amount of thought into my upcoming annual retreat, i’m beginning to reflect on a key element of my system: my friends.
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