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In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#islandsofcoherence
In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
In times of trouble, you have to embrace what the wisdom of humanity, your intellect, and your heart tell you: that the meaning of life is to serve the force that sent you into the world.
#islandsofcoherence
. . . the soul does require that you attend to others, because attending to others is how we heal ourselves.
www.noemamag.com/the-healing-...
. . . the soul does require that you attend to others, because attending to others is how we heal ourselves.
www.noemamag.com/the-healing-...
The Healing Power Of Social Friction | NOEMA
Could the key to bridging societal divides be found inside your local karaoke bar?
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November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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. . . the soul does require that you attend to others, because attending to others is how we heal ourselves.
www.noemamag.com/the-healing-...
. . . the soul does require that you attend to others, because attending to others is how we heal ourselves.
www.noemamag.com/the-healing-...
#islandsofcoherence
When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#islandsofcoherence
When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
When a system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to elevate the entire system to a higher order.
September 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Happy National Daughters Day to these three beauties . . .
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy National Daughters Day to these three beauties . . .
#islandsofcoherence
Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Society is indeed a contract . . . a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
#islandsofcoherence
Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
September 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
Modern societies will depend increasingly on being creative, adaptable, inventive, well informed and flexible communities, able to respond generously to each other and to needs wherever they arise.
#islandsofcoherence
To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
To pluralize: to move away from paying attention only to one dominant whole, one optimum plan, and one superior leader, toward attending to multiple diverse holons (wholes that are part of the larger wholes), multiple emergent possibilities and multiple cocreators.
#islandsofcoherence
Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
September 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
Though our escape from destructive contests is not a cosmic purpose, it is a human purpose.
#islandsofcoherence
The recklessness of unlearning. When we deliberately dismantle our carefully constructed expertise and certainties to make space for new ways of seeing and being.
seths.blog/2025/09/kind...
The recklessness of unlearning. When we deliberately dismantle our carefully constructed expertise and certainties to make space for new ways of seeing and being.
seths.blog/2025/09/kind...
Kinds of reckless
Worth noting that there’s no ‘w’ in reckless. We imagine there might be, since a wreck is entirely possible. There’s the recklessness of creative generosity. This happens wh…
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September 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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The recklessness of unlearning. When we deliberately dismantle our carefully constructed expertise and certainties to make space for new ways of seeing and being.
seths.blog/2025/09/kind...
The recklessness of unlearning. When we deliberately dismantle our carefully constructed expertise and certainties to make space for new ways of seeing and being.
seths.blog/2025/09/kind...
#islandsofcoherence
With the end in clear sight, they chose love. #theychoselove
youtu.be/Rb42zY8QAFM?...
With the end in clear sight, they chose love. #theychoselove
youtu.be/Rb42zY8QAFM?...
Rabbi Irwin Kula leyning the calls and voicemails of 9/11 victims
YouTube video by Larry Singer, PsyD
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September 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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With the end in clear sight, they chose love. #theychoselove
youtu.be/Rb42zY8QAFM?...
With the end in clear sight, they chose love. #theychoselove
youtu.be/Rb42zY8QAFM?...
#islandsofcoherence
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
September 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#islandsofcoherence
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas—every idea subverts the old to make way for the new.
#islandsofcoherence
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
September 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#islandsofcoherence
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
Our models are simplifications of the world. We figure that if we make a mistake, it will be at the margin. In complex systems, however, mistakes are not measured in degrees but in whole orders of magnitude.
#islandsofcoherence
The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#islandsofcoherence
The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
The competencies of the 20th century were focused on specialization and discrete skills. The 21st century requires a more holistic, relational, and adaptive human being.
