Practical Question

2008-01-20 Thread Martin Boroson
A practical question too: I will be running an OST taster on Thursday for a group of about 30 - 40 people. We have three hours in total. For various reasons, I need to leave 45 minutes for the intro, and 45 minute for the closing circle. This leaves me 1.5 hours for the small groups.

an invitation to an intergenerational gathering

2008-01-20 Thread Filiz Telek
Dear friends, I would like to share with you an invitation to an intergenerational gathering that I am co-organizing and co-hosting with people from Pioneers of Change, Art of Hosting and World Cafe networks. In our search and exploration of creating whole and resilient communities and a life-af

Re: Philosophical Question

2008-01-20 Thread Harrison Owen
Fun Stuff! I am on the road and away from my library -- which means I can't check on what Stuart K. said nor what I said. But no mind, what I should have said (even if I didn't) is that the first condition is a "relatively safe neutrient environment." It must be neutrient or nothing will grow --

Re: Philosophical Question

2008-01-20 Thread Koos de Heer
Hi Marty, Interesting questions! The way I understand it, Kaufman does not refer to an environment with abundant food supply. Neither does he mean an environment where the food supply is constant. I have always taken it as referring to an environment that provides at least a minimal level o

Re: Philosophical Question

2008-01-20 Thread Martin Giannini
you know marty... there are at least 4 types of people... broken into 16 by the typologists. re: Myers Briggs Psychological Types doesn't matter. either way you look at it, if you have a mix of people, a good balance is good. so stable nutrient environment? differences. complexity. di

Philosophical Question

2008-01-20 Thread Martin Boroson
Dear all: I have a couple of philosophical questions about the concept of a "stable nutrient environment." According to Stuart Kauffman, as quoted by Harrison, this is Condition #1 for self-organization. My questions: a. What does this mean scientifically? Presumably Kauffman is talk