A South African Magic: The Gathering podcast with a competitive focus featuring Anthony Hodgson, Kaloyan Petkov, Sarvesh Balkaran and hosted by Keraan Chetty.
…
continue reading
Interviews with Scholars of Systems and Cybernetics about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/systems-and-cybernetics
…
continue reading
…
continue reading
1
Pete Barbrook-Johnson and Alexandra S. Penn, "Systems Mapping: How to Build and Use Causal Models of Systems" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
49:58
49:58
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
49:58
There is a growing need across social, environmental, and policy challenges for richer, more nuanced, yet actionable and participatory understanding of the world. Complexity science and systems thinking offer hope in meeting this need. But in their 2022 book Systems Mapping: How to Build and Use Causal Models of Systems (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022), …
…
continue reading
1
Anthony Hodgson, "Ready for Anything: Designing Resilience for a Transforming World" (Triarchy Press, 2011)
59:48
59:48
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
59:48
Recently I had a chance to sit down for a long overdue chat with Anthony (Tony) Hodgson. When we last spoke it happened to be for my very first episode of Systems and Cybernetics. We talked about his newest book at the time: Systems Thinking for a Turbulent World: A Search for New Perspectives (Routledge, 2019). That was in the summer of 2020, duri…
…
continue reading
1
A Better Way to Buy Books
34:29
34:29
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
34:29
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has already raised more than $27,000,000. In this interview, Andy Hunter, founder and CEO discusses his journey to creating one of the most revolutionary new organizations in the book world. Bookshop has found …
…
continue reading
Just stopping by to give everyone an update since we have been away for a while. We will be back to regular programming soon, in the meantime have look at my new football project. The United Bias https://anchor.fm/theunitedbias/episodes/The-Premier-League-Preview-e27rrao You are also welcome to join our FPL community if you are so inclined: https…
…
continue reading
1
Frank Jacob, "Wallerstein 2.0: Thinking and Applying World-Systems Theory in the 21st Century" (Transcript Publishing, 2022)
40:22
40:22
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
40:22
Immanuel Wallerstein's world-systems theory can help to better understand and describe developments of the 21st century. The contributors of Wallerstein 2.0: Thinking and Applying World-Systems Theory in the 21st Century (Transcript Publishing, 2023) address ways to reread Wallerstein's theoretical thoughts in the humanities and social sciences. Th…
…
continue reading
1
The Science of Science: A Discussion with Aaron Clauset
1:15:17
1:15:17
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:15:17
Listen to this interview of Aaron Clauset, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder and in the BioFrontiers Institute. Aaron is also External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute. We talk about what the science of science can contribute to your career in research. Aaron Clauset : "In science, having good ideas is, in the …
…
continue reading
1
Robert Falconer, "The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession" (Great Mystery Press, 2023)
54:29
54:29
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
54:29
Today I interview Bob Falconer about his new book, The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession (Great Mystery Press, 2023). Falconer’s book is the result of a decade-long journey to understand a phenomenon that raises questions not only about how we, as a contemporary Western culture, understand ourselves. It’s…
…
continue reading
1
Pamela M. Lee, "Think Tank Aesthetics: Midcentury Modernism, the Cold War, and the Neoliberal Present" (MIT Press, 2020)
1:11:24
1:11:24
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:11:24
In her groundbreaking and timely book Think Tank Aesthetics: Midcentury Modernism, the Cold War, and the Neoliberal Present (MIT Press, 2020), distinguished art historian Pamela M. Lee poses fundamental questions about how the rise of the “think tank” in the mid-20th century has challenged, and indeed must challenge, our understandings of aesthetic…
…
continue reading
1
Charis Kikidis aka Mogged
57:31
57:31
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
57:31
Fresh off his 9th place finish at Pro Tour MOM we are joined by Charis as we get to learn about the MTGO end boss and his journey in the beautiful game.
…
continue reading
1
Winning the Pioneer RCQ with Nikola Krsmanovic
1:19:18
1:19:18
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:19:18
In this weeks show we are joined by Nikola Krsmanovic fresh off his winning performance at the Pioneer RCQ this past weekend. We get to know Nikola and learn about his path to victory. We also throw in a bonus section on RB Mid in pioneer. Nikola Krsmanovic RCQ Winning decklist 4 Cauldron Familiar 4 Unlucky Witness4 Bloodtithe Harvester 4 Mayhem De…
…
continue reading
1
Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management
1:38:56
1:38:56
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:38:56
JoAnne Yates, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita and Professor of Managerial Communication and Work and Organization Studies at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, talks about her classic and award-winning 1989 book, Control Through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management (Johns Hopkins University Press), with Peopl…
…
continue reading
1
David LePoire, "Time Patterns in Big History: Cycles, Fractals, Waves, Transitions, and Singularities" (2020)
1:10:13
1:10:13
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:10:13
There is the common saying, “history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Are there any discernible patterns in history, and if so, what are these patterns? These are the questions addressed in Dave LePoire’s Time Patterns in Big History: Cycles, Fractals, Waves, Transitions, and Singularities (2020). Among the issues addressed in this book…
…
continue reading
1
RC Naples report - How to Grixis
1:01:54
1:01:54
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:01:54
Keraan is back from the RC in Naples and we go deep into all things Grixs. If you ever wanted to know how to Grixis, this is the episode for you. Deck 2 Cut Down 2 Abrade 3 Go for the Throat 1 Spell Pierce 1 Negate 2 Make Disappear 2 Blue Sun's Twilight 3 Invoke Despair 3 Reckoner Bankbuster 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 4 Corpse Appraiser 2 Sheoldred, th…
…
continue reading
1
What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing
23:15
23:15
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
23:15
In this episode Chris Gondek interviews Ed Finn, author of the new book What Algorithms Want. Tune in for an interesting discussion on algorithm disconnect revolving around things humans regularly use, like Siri. And listen in for a definition of the phrase "culture machines". We depend on--we believe in--algorithms to help us get a ride, choose wh…
…
continue reading
1
Bernard D. Geoghegan, "Code: From Information Theory to French Theory" (Duke UP, 2023)
53:29
53:29
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
53:29
Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan traces the shared intellectual and political history of computer scientists, cyberneticists, anthropologists, linguists, and theorists across the humanities as they developed a communication and computational-based theory that grasped culture and society in terms of codes. In Code: From Information Theory to French Theor…
…
continue reading
1
Winning the Super PTQ with Rishon Naidoo
53:57
53:57
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
53:57
Local player Rishon Naidoo, overcomes the lack of RCQs in South Africa by winning a stacked MTGO Super PTQ. Rishon aka @boulderelf joins us on the pod as we get to know one of South Africa's rising stars.
…
continue reading
1
Peter Jones and Kristel van Ael, "Design Journeys Through Complex Systems" (Bis Publishers, 2022)
1:02:40
1:02:40
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:02:40
As I slowly settle into 2023 — reflecting on the blur that was 2022 — I can’t help but think about the complex problems (aka big messes!) we face at every turn: from increasingly devastating manifestations of the climate emergency, to the ubiquitous homelessness crisis, to the perplexing challenge of accessing a family physician in prosperous regio…
…
continue reading
1
Technocracy Now! Part 2: Exploring Technocracy through Cybernetics
1:08:28
1:08:28
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:08:28
On part #2 of Technocracy Now, we tell stories of cybernetic technocracies. First, we hear the story of Charles A. McClelland, a liberal political scientists who proposed a cybernetic computer system that claimed to predict conflicts before they happened. With this information, US policy makers could usher in a new age of peace and stability (and f…
…
continue reading
1
Xiao Liu, "Information Fantasies: Precarious Mediation in Postsocialist China" (U Minnesota Press, 2019)
1:06:37
1:06:37
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:06:37
International and transnational historiography has given us vivid glimpses of the development and impact of cybernetics on a national scale in such countries as the Soviet Union, Chile and, of course, in the US and Great Britain where the field initially began to coalesce. Now, Xiao Liu’s Information Fantasies: Precarious Mediation in Postsocialist…
…
continue reading
1
Frank Uit de Weerd and Marita Fridjhon, "Systems Inspired Leadership" (CRR Global, 2021)
55:02
55:02
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
55:02
Listeners who have tuned in to my most recent episodes here on Systems and Cybernetics will be familiar with what seems be a current running theme. So, as I grapple with what it takes to bring systems thinking to life, I couldn't help but be intrigued when I came across Systems Inspired Leadership: How to Tap Collective Wisdom to Navigate Change, E…
…
continue reading
1
RCQ weekend, part 1 - Hammering people with Rich Soldin
1:31:32
1:31:32
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:31:32
We are joined by the winners of the 2 Johannesburg RCQs, Richard Solid and David Boers. In the first episode we discuss the weekend at large and focus on the modern portion of the event with a deep dive on Hammer Time. Top 16 deck lists 1 Soldin, Richard Hammer https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060860#paper 2 Dalais, Matthew UR Prowess https://www.…
…
continue reading
1
David Ehrlichman, "Impact Networks: Creating Connection, Sparking Collaboration, and Catalyzing Systemic Change" (Berrett-Koehler, 2021)
56:14
56:14
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
56:14
I recently caught up with the very busy David Erlichman, co-founder and coordinator of the Converge network (www.converge.net), about his fantastic book Impact Networks: Creating Connection, Sparking Collaboration, and Catalyzing Systemic Change (Berrett-Koehler, 2021). Solving complex problems like climate change or homelessness demands intense co…
…
continue reading
1
Carol Sanford, "Indirect Work: A Regenerative Change Theory for Businesses, Communities, Institutions and Humans" (Interoctave, 2022)
1:00:50
1:00:50
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:00:50
I recently got a chance to talk to Carol Sanford about her newest book Indirect Work: A Regenerative Change Theory for Businesses, Communities, Institutions and Humans. Carol Sanford is a consistently recognized disruptor and contrarian working side by side with Fortune 500 and new economy executives in designing and leading systemic business chang…
…
continue reading
1
Mark Andrejevic, "Automated Media" (Routledge, 2019)
1:49:14
1:49:14
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:49:14
In this era of pervasive automation, Mark Andrejevic provides an original framework for tracing the logical trajectory of automated media and their social, political, and cultural consequences. Automated Media (Routledge, 2019) explores the cascading logic of automation, which develops from the information collection process through to data process…
…
continue reading
1
Arena Open Steets of New Capenna Tales
1:16:35
1:16:35
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:16:35
The team all played the recently concluded Arena Open with Anthony going all the way to claim 2500$. We discuss our #SNC limited experiences that culminated in a strong open showing. Anthony's 8-1 day 2 draft deck: 2Expendable Lackey 1Strangle 1A Little Chat 2Corrupt Court Official 1Aven Heartstabber 1Snooping Newsie 2Tainted Indulgence 1Body Dropp…
…
continue reading
1
Adam Day, "States of Disorder, Ecosystems of Governance: Complexity Theory Applied to UN Statebuilding in the DRC and South Sudan" (Oxford UP, 2022)
1:00:54
1:00:54
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:00:54
Today's vision of world order is founded upon the concept of strong, well-functioning states, in contrast to the destabilizing potential of failed or fragile states. This worldview has dominated international interventions over the past 30 years as enormous resources have been devoted to developing and extending the governance capacity of weak or f…
…
continue reading
1
Jessica M. Wilson, "Metaphysical Emergence" (Oxford UP, 2021)
1:08:55
1:08:55
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
1:08:55
Is a tree nothing but its material makeup, or does reality include trees above and beyond what they are made of? How about consciousness – nothing but neural activity, or something over and above it? Metaphysical emergence is a leading nonreductive theory of how we can be committed to a fully material world without accepting that everything reduces…
…
continue reading
1
Shannon M. Mussett, "Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022)
56:50
56:50
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
56:50
Everything is breaking down. Chaos is increasing. Entropy is not just a metaphor, although it also that. In Entropic Philosophy: Chaos, Breakdown, and Creation (Rowman and Littlefield, 2022), Shannon M. Mussett argues that while denial and nihilism are common and world-shaping responses to entropy, they are not our only options. By revaluing order …
…
continue reading
1
Mark Neocleous, "The Politics of Immunity: Security and the Policing of Bodies" (Verso, 2022)
50:32
50:32
Lejátszás később
Lejátszás később
Listák
Tetszik
Kedvelt
50:32
Our contemporary political condition is obsessed with immunity. The immunity of bodies and the body politic; personal immunity and herd immunity; how to immunize the social system against breakdown. The obsession intensifies with every new crisis and the mobilization of yet more powers of war and police, from quarantine to border closures and from …
…
continue reading