In-Between: Messenger taking a break
We forgot to mention last week that the Messenger will be taking a break for a few weeks - we are settling into a new model where we write five part series on a topic and then take some time off before we start the next one. That could be a week or four depending on the time of the year - we tend to be slower in the summer and the holiday season. While you’re waiting, do take a look at some of the series we have written in 2024.
Some Recent Series:
In reverse chronological order, the issues we have covered this year are:
Solving in Public I: Heat Action Plans
One mark of skill is the ability to do the right thing at the right time in the right way. Or what's often known as 'skillful means' in a religious context.
Living with others: On Multispecies Wisdom, Part 1
Anyone walking the sidewalks of Bangalore or Mumbai is bound to encounter a cow or a dog minding its own business without a human in tow. Free-ranging animals dot our urban landscape, even when they are eventually bound to a human being. Some consider our more than human cities a sign of backwardness. Others take it as a sign of an advanced civilization…
Wystem: A System for Wicked Problems, Part 1
Socrates used to say he was the midwife of wisdom. Talking to him made you wise(r). No wonder he was executed for corrupting the minds of the youth. How exactly did he evoke that latent wisdom? What was so enlightening about the Socratic method?
Apprehending our Age
It's a new year, and it's been four turns around the sun since Socratus opened doors. Way back when we promised we will become the midwives of collective wisdom. We are not there yet, but we do have a better understanding of our role in evoking the wisdom of the world.
See you soon!