Summer post: Dark Side of the Moon is a rough draft of Wish You Were Here. Prove me wrong.

I see a great deal of debate online about whether Dark Side of the Moon or it’s follow-up, Wish You Were Here, is the better album. The debates are fierce and extended. I have seen little discussion though, of just how similar they are to each other in structure and content. I see them as…

Social change and complexity, past, present, and future

For some years, I have been wondering just how close our social system was to self-organized criticality. Now I think I know. Two recent events may have initiated an avalanche, a sudden, rapid, and complete reorganization of our system. Perhaps it will turn out to be a more limited reorganization, but it is clear by…