food for thought
… and free association.
“Perspective is a way to encode the world. There is a perspective from which any problem is easy.”
“Bee hives must stay at 96 degrees for bees to reach maturity. Bees can cool with their wings or huddle together for warmth. Genetically homogenous bees all move together, and the temperature fluctuates widely. Genetically diverse bees keep the hive at a constant temperature.”
(Notes from Scott Page’s talk at the SFI Overview on Complex Adaptive Systems)