Verbatim

a commonplace blog of quotations about learning and learning design

Entries Tagged as 'complexity'

a mess

May 26th, 2006 · Comments Off

We have also come to realize that no problem ever exists in complete isolation. Every problem interacts with aother problems and is, therefore, part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems…Furthermore, solutions to most problems produce other problems…English does not contained a suitable word for ’systems of problems’. Therefore, I have had [...]

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the art of prophesy

January 5th, 2006 · Comments Off

The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future.
Often misattributed to Mark Twain.

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intentions

December 30th, 2005 · Comments Off

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, 1988.

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