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Technology Plus New Processes Mean Better Collaboration for Dealing with Major Challenges

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If we want to deal better with this recession/depression and with climate change, just for starters, we need to collaborate better.
Networks, such as the Internet, provide the technology. I believe the ProxThink growth model, used in a Sustainable Proximities approach, can provide new processes for using the technology of networks. Together, networks and the […]

Posted 13 February 2009 † David Loughry § Civilization § Environment § ProxThink Growth Model § Sustainability ‡ Comments (0)

Networks, Nature and New Possibilities

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Natural capital systems like ecosystem services haven’t fallen off a cliff, while our markets have. Shouldn’t we be more embarrassed that we can’t do better? I think we can.
Ecosystem services are things like drinking water, air to breathe, and decomposition of wastes. The earth keeps providing these for us without a break.
We have a […]

Posted 17 December 2008 † David Loughry § Civilization ‡ Comments (0)

Financial Turmoil

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How does ProxThink relate to our current financial turmoil? I’ve noticed three problems with financial markets. The problems concern aspects of financial decisions, financial relationships, and the proximities of financial markets. I’ve also noticed these three problems are often present in other kinds of markets. I’ll mention possible solutions near the end of this […]

Posted 31 October 2008 † David Loughry § Managing Change § ProxThink Growth Model ‡ Comments (0)

System Services

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Here are some thoughts the current global financial crisis provoked, although I’ve thought about this on and off for years.
From Wikipedia, we have the basics of ecosystem services:
Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by natural ecosystems. Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services and include products like […]

Posted 07 October 2008 † David Loughry § Civilization § ProxThink Growth Model ‡ Comments (0)

Asians Might Learn ProxThink Quicker?

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“Americans are more likely to see categories. Asians are more likely to see relationships.” So says David Brooks in his recent op-ed Harmony and the Dream. He is using scientific experiments as sources, and he also says: “Americans usually see individuals; Chinese and other Asians see contexts.”
Individuals and categories (Americans) are more like the […]

Posted 12 August 2008 † David Loughry § Politics ‡ Comments (0)

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