“Unintended consequences get to the heart of why you never really understand an adaptive problem until you have solved it. Problems morph and "solutions" often point to deeper problems. In social life, as in nature, we are walking on a trampoline. Every inroad reconfigures the environment we tread on.” HeartProblemSocialKnowledgeLearningEnvironmentWalkingSolutionsConsequenceManagementDeeperSocial LifeAdaptiveUnintended ConsequencesTrampolines Book:The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems Source: The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World's Toughest Problems
“To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?” InspirationalFirstsProblemThreeAsksDecisionMistakeLearningGreatnessSolutionsThirdsObstaclesSolveQuestioningProblem SolvingOvercoming ChallengesProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemSuccessful LifeSolved ProblemsProblems And Challenges Author:Jim Rohn
“I've concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress genius because we haven't yet figured out how to manage a population of educated men and women. The solution, I think, is simple and glorious. Let them manage themselves.” ThinkingMenSimpleCommonLearningHavensGeniusSolutionsMen And WomenPopulationEducatedManageGloriousAnarchyDirtEducation SystemSchooledUnschoolingEducated ManProblems In School Author:John Taylor Gatto
“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” IfsKnowsFirstsProblemAsksHoursKnowledgeLearningFiveMinutesSolutionsManagementSolveFive Minutes Author:Albert Einstein
“None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated.” WorldSelfProblemIndividualLearningSolutionsEducated Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it in the same way twice.” WayUseProblemMillionsLearningEnvironmentSolutionsPatternsCoreProgrammingOur Environment Author:Caroline Alexander
“Complexity has and will maintain a strong fascination for many people. It is true that we live in a complex world and strive to solve inherently complex problems, which often do require complex mechanisms. However, this should not diminish our desire for elegant solutions, which convince by their clarity and effectiveness. Simple, elegant solutions are more effective, but they are harder to find than complex ones, and they require more time, which we too often believe to be unaffordable” PeopleWorldShouldBelieveProblemDesireStrongSimpleLearningSolutionsHarderComplexesStriveSolveClarityComplexityProgrammingConvinceMore TimeMechanismDiminishElegantFascinationEffectivenessComplex ProblemsElegant Solutions Author:Niklaus Wirth