Philosophy
Iterative Solutions, or why planning 10,000 years ahead is a bad idea.
06.04.08 09:16
I was musing about the failure of the U.S.
government to come to terms with its
responsibility and obligation to fulfill on the
promise of long term high level radwaste storage
with my friends and mentors the other day. I was
struck by the concern that seems to be rampant
among the public, the responsible government
officials, and the scientific and technical
effort associated with the Yucca Mountain project
that we somehow provide a long term high level
radwaste storage solution that will be viable for
10,000 years.
Now maybe it's just me, but doesn't that strike you as ludicrous?
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Now maybe it's just me, but doesn't that strike you as ludicrous?
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Robust Barriers and Good Design
02.24.06 22:15
Lurking about my favorite root cause analysis
forum, reading the conversations about poka-yoke
and robust barriers triggered a few thoughts,
which are captured here. These are meant to
encourage and challenge our collective thinking,
not criticize, though sometimes it is difficult
to sound that way...
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The Origins of the Razor's Edge
02.14.95 13:06
The "razor's edge" is a term used by Maturana and
Varela in "The Tree of Knowledge" to describe the
balance required to think and act in a world that
cannot be completely objective and yet at the
same time is not thoroughly without substance or
order. To exist on the "razor's edge" is to live
in an understanding that both extremes are
nothing more than interpretations that we make,
and to be effective in the world you must be a
master at managing the middle ground.
This interpretation has led us to explore new thinking that we have published here in a variety of articles on various topics, to provoke others to recognize different possibilities in diverse areas of business, life, and the world, where we observe that the traditional interpretations are breaking down and causing people to suffer.
This interpretation has led us to explore new thinking that we have published here in a variety of articles on various topics, to provoke others to recognize different possibilities in diverse areas of business, life, and the world, where we observe that the traditional interpretations are breaking down and causing people to suffer.
Welcome to the Razor's Edge!
01.01.95 12:00
Razor's edge thinking on issues of management of
change, configuration, assets and margins, safety
conscious work environment, safe operation of
complex systems, causal analysis, management
assessments and investigations, performance
measurement systems and tools, linguistics,
neuro-biology, producing action, requests and
promises, and other extremely "outside the box"
perspectives on life, the universe, and
everything.
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