Multiplism
This Codex Vitae, or “book of life”, is a collection of my beliefs and concepts that inform my decisions and life. It is a work in constant flux; as my understanding changes, so will my beliefs. The main purpose of this document is to
pull my (often normative) beliefs into the light where I can question them more effectively and
to share philosophies, concepts, tools, and inspiration that have been helpful to me.
It's about making things explicit.
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A balcony in Aix-en-Provence...
读什么书和吃什么菜一样，没什么高明低下，不过一个要旨：冬吃萝卜夏吃姜，是什么时候读什么书。
我老了以后，如果不能行万里路，就会看许多许多的游记，想像自己是希腊的水手，芬兰的木匠，锡兰的苦行僧，在金字塔的影子里吟诗，热带雨林的沼气中生火，雪山的冰窟内温酒，海底的沉船间舞蹈。妙哉，妙哉，简直妙不可言。
Read More不同的学科拿起了不同的工具，就像画家拾起画笔、厨子拿起菜刀、吃货展开筷子，但是我们与之互动的都是同一个流动的变化的不能被大卸八块，分块贩卖的世界。
Read MoreI am a lover of grand narratives, ambitious stories that connect happenings across time and space, and that’s why I have named this blog ‘Connections’. Today, I will attempt to show you a powerful analogy, a mental exercise of sort, one that is able to provide a common framework to think about dynamic behaviour in biology, ecology, economics and much more. The mental construct that I will be writing about today is that of stocks and flows.
Read MoreIn the spirit of this conscious integration of perspectives, what I try to accomplish within Connections is to maintain a healthy multiplism of sources and methods when it comes to data, information and knowledge. Maybe, just maybe, we will be getting closer to wisdom.
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