Review: Critical Choices – The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Goverance

Wolfgang H. Reinicke (Editor), Francis Deng (Editor), Jan Martin Witte (Editor), Thorsten Benner (Editor), Beth Whitaker (Editor), John Gershman (Editor) 5.0 out of 5 stars Global Hybrid Network Governance Primer for UN+, July 21, 2011 By  Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) – See all my reviews Last week I reviewed the first book …

Nature Bats Last: (Another) Nuclear Power Station Shut Down By (More) Jellyfish

(Another) Power Station Shut Down By (More) Jellyfish by Rachel Cernansky, Boulder, Colorado on 07.12.11 Treehugger Image: NPphotostream via flickr It’s getting to be a recurring problem: jellyfish clogging the water flow that power plants need in order to run. In Scotland less than two weeks ago, they impacted the water intake for cooling at …

Stuart Umpleby: Papers on Reflexivity, Soros Reviews

2010 “From Complexity to Reflexivity: The Next Step in the Systems Sciences” 2009 with Emil Nedev, “A Reflexive view of a Transdisciplinary Field: The Case of Cybernetics” 2007 “Reflexivity in Social Systems: The Theories of George Soros” 1990 “A Preliminary Inventory of Theories Available to Guide the Reform of Socialist Societies” Many Other Papers See …