Network

Recently planted and tended public notes from across note.garden.

  1. stevegrossi

    1. systems traps

      Tended

      Systems traps are a pattern language in systems thinking which describe tendencies of systems to fall into certain pathological ruts.

    2. Tragedy of the Commons

      Tended

      A "tragedy of the commons" is a systems archetype that describes a scenario in which some number of parties all share a resource, where each is individually incentivized to consume as much of the resource as they can for their own benefit,…

    3. Success to the Successful

      Tended

      Also known as "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer," this system archetype describes when, among two equally capable groups, more resources are given to one due to luck or bias.

    4. Fixes that Fail

      Tended

      Fixes that fail (also called "policy resistance") is a systems archetype describing the situation in which a quick fix to an urgent problem ends up eventually making the problem worse due to both its side-effects and the resources consumed…

  2. joelmeador

    1. Sweet Cicely

      Planted

      Sweet cicely grows in USDA plant hardiness zones 3 through 7.

    2. Skirret

      Planted

      Skirret cultivation is suitable in USDA zones 5-9.

    3. Amaranth

      Planted

      Planting Amaranth

    4. Ground Cherry

      Planted

      Like peppers, they prefer bottom warmth, so use a heat mat.

    5. Tobacco

      Planted

      Start mine in a small container (6-8wks b4 last frost just like tomatoes)

  3. stevegrossi

    1. informality benefits the powerful

      Tended

      Feminist Jo Freeman's "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" examines the ways in which "informality" in organizations—the lack of explicit structure—serves the powerful while appearing to be democratic.