diff --git a/blog/archetypes.rst b/blog/archetypes.rst deleted file mode 100644 index a833947..0000000 --- a/blog/archetypes.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,36 +0,0 @@ -.. _archetypes: - -================= -System Archetypes -================= - -*2024 Feb 14* - -.. _The Fifth Discipline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Discipline - -All archetypes and quotes from `The Fifth Discipline`_ by Peter Senge. - ----------------- -Limits To Growth ----------------- - - A reinforcing (amplifying) process is set in motion to produce a desired - result. It creates a spiral of success but also creates inadvertent - secondary effects (manifested in a balancing process) which eventually slow - down the success. - -------------------- -Shifting The Burden -------------------- - - An underlying problem generates symptoms that demand attention. But the - underlying problem is difficult for people to address, either because it - is obscure or costly to confront. So people "shift the burden" of their - problem to other solutions — well-intentioned, easy fixes which seem - extremely efficient. Unfortunately, the easier "solutions" only - ameliorate the symptoms; they leave the underlying problem unaltered. - The underlying problem grows worse, unnoticed because the symptoms - apparently clear up, and the system loses whatever abilities it had to - solve the underlying problem. - -To be continued... diff --git a/blog/index.rst b/blog/index.rst index 3166c44..5183e34 100644 --- a/blog/index.rst +++ b/blog/index.rst @@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ Read you a thing picam www littlebraincell - systems systemantics - STTTGTS - archetypes + stttgts pcrowdoodle diff --git a/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst b/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst index 3af70d0..b21abbb 100644 --- a/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst +++ b/blog/pcrowdoodle.rst @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Where have all the RPi laptops gone I've poked fun at Elecrow (the maker of the CrowPi-L) a few times but it seems like they deserve my thanks and respect: "RPi laptop" is a cool idea and they seem to be one of only a handful of companies actually -making it happen.' +making it happen. RPi OS is a sweet spot for exploratory hacking IMO: diff --git a/blog/STTTGTS.rst b/blog/stttgts.rst similarity index 100% rename from blog/STTTGTS.rst rename to blog/stttgts.rst diff --git a/blog/systems.rst b/blog/systems.rst deleted file mode 100644 index e80c576..0000000 --- a/blog/systems.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -.. _systems: - -=================== -Books about systems -=================== - -*2024 Jan 23* - -Books I've read: - -* `Systemantics `_. Highly - recommend. This is "chicken soup for the system thinker's soul". The third - edition is called *The Systems Bible*. -* `Thinking In Systems `_. - Highly recommend. This is probably the best formal introduction to systems - thinking out there. -* `The Fifth Discipline `_. - Do not recommend. At least, not if "systems thinking" is your goal. Only 1 - of the 4 or 5 parts is dedicated to systems thinking. The rest is business - leadership stuff. - -Books on my radar: - -* `Reckoning With Risk `_ -* `Doing It Differently `_