I know this is not the primary point, but that photo is a *wonderful* illustration for this.

D’oh! Thanks — fixed and reposted!

Unfortunately, the text that has been on my mind a lot the past year (and which is, even more unfortunately, very likely to be relevant in the *coming* year) is “How Complex Systems Fail”. how.complexsystems.fail

Unfortunately, the text that has been on my mind a lot the past year (and which is, even more unfortunately, very likely to be relevant in the *coming* year) is “How Complex Systems Fail”. how.complexsystems.fail

Leroy says hi from East Vancouver and thanks you for putting your skill and energies towards the public good.

I did my doctorate on the biomechanical behaviour of bone (including working with human samples) so…I spent a number of years thinking of little else? [if they ever have questions, or would like me to suggest experiments they can do at home, feel free to send them my way]

Unfortunately the list of songs that can make me cry is…not short.

Having spent time in both Hebden Bridge and Lowell, MA, I might add — not by coincidence.

Indeed.

For those who are unfamiliar (if, say, you haven’t lived in New England for much of your adult life), the song and some context.

www.zinnedproject.org/materials/br...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=YsvG...

For those who are unfamiliar (if, say, you haven’t lived in New England for much of your adult life), the song and some context.

www.zinnedproject.org/materials/br...

m.youtube.com/watch?v=YsvG...