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@heinrichsgeist @katyswain @AustRealProg

I agree that while MMT presents as 'descriptive', to assume that human nature does not imbue descriptions with personally relevant meaning is to misunderstand human behavior.

It's actually quite simple to describe this without any judgement or subjective/political leanings. (It may be debated whether or not #systems philosophy is itself an ideology..)

The part where mmt shows taxes to be a dead-end in the financial flow, until spent back into the economy can be simplified/generalized further. Any system with flow will have the same set of logical parts that controls its physics. You need to know the volume that's moving, which includes both the velocity and size of the medium (like pipes & wires) it moves through the subsystems.

"Rich money" and "poor money" do not spend the same in an economy because of the important differences in their flows. Both taxes and profits inflate/increase the totals moving through the system, but to different areas. Profits flow up into the hands of the wealthy, and then 'trickle down' to the economy again (maybe, someday). It's very unidirectional, and most goes laterally to other wealthy nodes.

Taxing profits is *more* important than taxing incomes for this reason, otherwise, it's dead-end value for the system as a whole.

"If Product hates Tech and Tech hates Product, you can see it in the code."

#crossfunctional #silos #knowledgework #systems

rss.com/podcasts/theengineerin

RSS.comWhy Traditional Software Development Approaches Struggle In The Modern Day | Diana Montalion In The Engineering Room Ep. 36 | Podcast Episode on RSS.comIn this engaging conversation with Diana Montalion - former principal systems architect at The Economist and Wikimedia Foundation, and author of "Learning Systems Thinking" - we explore why traditional software development approaches are struggling to keep up with modern system complexity.Diana shares insights from her extensive experience building large-scale information systems, explaining how relationships between components often matter more than the components themselves. She discusses the critical shift from reductionist thinking to systems thinking, illustrated through practical examples from distributed systems and event-driven architectures.Diana and Dave explore what it really means to think systematically about complex software systems. They discuss why the future of software development requires us to move beyond simplistic solutions toward a more nuanced understanding of system dynamics.------------------------------Website Diana Montalion- https://montalion.com/LinkedIn Diana Montalion - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianamontalion/Youtube Channel Diana Montalion - https://www.youtube.com/@dianamontalionBluesky Diana Montalion - https://bsky.app/profile/mentrix.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/continuousdelivery📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible.📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelinesEqual Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0

"If there are four or five of us, we can deliver something none of us could do by ourselves. And that is when you have a team really able to innovate and change—when the relationships between them produce solutions that are better than the individuals would come up with."

#teaming #knowledgework #systems

rss.com/podcasts/theengineerin

RSS.comWhy Traditional Software Development Approaches Struggle In The Modern Day | Diana Montalion In The Engineering Room Ep. 36 | Podcast Episode on RSS.comIn this engaging conversation with Diana Montalion - former principal systems architect at The Economist and Wikimedia Foundation, and author of "Learning Systems Thinking" - we explore why traditional software development approaches are struggling to keep up with modern system complexity.Diana shares insights from her extensive experience building large-scale information systems, explaining how relationships between components often matter more than the components themselves. She discusses the critical shift from reductionist thinking to systems thinking, illustrated through practical examples from distributed systems and event-driven architectures.Diana and Dave explore what it really means to think systematically about complex software systems. They discuss why the future of software development requires us to move beyond simplistic solutions toward a more nuanced understanding of system dynamics.------------------------------Website Diana Montalion- https://montalion.com/LinkedIn Diana Montalion - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianamontalion/Youtube Channel Diana Montalion - https://www.youtube.com/@dianamontalionBluesky Diana Montalion - https://bsky.app/profile/mentrix.bsky.socialPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/continuousdelivery📖 Dave’s NEW BOOK "Modern Software Engineering" is available as paperback, or kindle here ➡️ https://amzn.to/3DwdwT3 and NOW as an AUDIOBOOK available on iTunes, Amazon and Audible.📖 The original, award-winning "Continuous Delivery" book by Dave Farley and Jez Humble ➡️ https://amzn.to/2WxRYmx📖 "Continuous Delivery Pipelines" by Dave Farley Paperback ➡️ https://amzn.to/3gIULlA ebook version ➡️ https://leanpub.com/cd-pipelinesEqual Experts is a product software development consultancy with a network of over 1,000 experienced technology consultants globally. They increase the pace of innovation by using modern software engineering practices that embrace Continuous Delivery, Security, and Operability from the outset ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ASy8n0

Evolved (biological and social) are always more complex than at first sight.

Chloroplasts do more than photosynthesis: They're also a key player in plant immunity

phys.org/news/2023-10-chloropl

> Scientists have long known that chloroplasts help plants turn the sun's energy into food, but a new study, led by plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, shows that they are also essential for plant immunity to viral and bacterial pathogens.

Phys.org · Chloroplasts do more than photosynthesis: They're also a key player in plant immunityBy Science X

I've just spent three hours on my workbook, while only writing one small section. The new Obsidian (@/obsidian@mas.to) Properties feature was helpful in re-organising things but meant some work to clean up my previous inconsistencies and figure out a smarter way to do what I want.

ericlawton.org/preface/

How Social Systems Work · BookIntroduction The US Declaration of Independence famously asserts that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”. Yet there is very evidently huge inequality, even fr…

Control over Language is Political Power

> Sometimes, changes in people and in social institutions are effected through violence. However, most of the time, they is effected through language. This means that whoever is able to effect some measure of control over language, has power over the people and the systems.

ericlawton.org/2023/08/29/cont

Social Systems ThinkingControl over Language is Political PowerSometimes, changes in people and in social institutions are effected through violence. However, most of the time, they is effected through language. This means that whoever is able to effect some m…

> How to pick the right credit card to maximize your reward points and cashback

> Points and cashback are great

Really?

Or do they just increase use of credit cards, paid for by consumers?

Where does the cash we get back come from?

Higher prices for what we buy, so merchants can pay transaction fees? Higher interest for those who can't pay off their balance every month?

Or are the credit card companies taking a hit on their profits? 🤣

thestar.com/business/personal-

www.thestar.comHow to pick the right credit card to maximize your reward points and cashbackSome 70 per cent of Canadians use credit cards to pay for essentials. The trick, say experts, is finding the right card that pinpoints your spending habits — and paying your balance off every month.

"I believe is a form of resistance because it pushes back and disrupts and . It is an active way of pushing back and disrupting these toxic . And it’s actually just pushing back and saying, 'You can’t have me.' It’s a politics of refusal."

atmos.earth/rest-resistance-co

AtmosResting on and for the Earth | AtmosNap bishop Tricia Hersey speaks with brontë velez about how to envision a new way of living that centers rest and liberation.