In 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations and Thomas Jefferson and associates published the Declaration of Independence. The indus...

Here is the table from The Fourth Economy. One of the central arguments is that we're living through a shift from the information econom...

Once a myth is seen to be a myth, it no longer is. That is, if you call a myth a myth it no longer functions as a myth, as a way to make sen...

I watched the final debate between Britain’s current and two contending Prime Ministers this evening. They represented the Conservative Part...

Pragmatism is no longer pragmatic. Generating solutions in a way that depends on focusing on specific problems in a specific context is no l...

It is not enough for the next generation of politicians to give up on old ideas. It is time to give up on old ways of thinking. Enlightenmen...

1. Social Invention & Progress In the earliest grades, children learn that technological inventions fuel progress. Things like the wheel...

One of George W's few (only?) inarguable successes is in the area of judicial appointments. Intolerant of activist judges who pretend to...

Microsoft has just introduced Vista – its new operating system. Change an operating system and you change the context – change an applicatio...

It's quite delightful to point readers off to a kindred thinker. Jeff Jarvis, fresh from his meeting with the world's elites at Davo...

I remember how frustrated conservatives would get talking to liberals in the 70s. "Sure it would be wonderful to end poverty," the...

One of the proponents of systems thinking is Dee Hock (although he calls it by a more interesting name, one that reflects how he has customi...

American people are fairly pragmatic. The vote results in today's election are not a vote for liberals - most of the Democrats who are w...