{"id":40479,"date":"2024-07-16T13:03:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impedagogy.com\/wp\/?p=40479"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:41:13","slug":"complex-systems-rhinos-on-the-loose-lessons-from-my-peripatetic-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impedagogy.com\/wp\/blog\/2024\/07\/16\/complex-systems-rhinos-on-the-loose-lessons-from-my-peripatetic-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Complex Systems, Rhinos on the Loose, Lessons from My Peripatetic Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The hole you see in this paper napkin was wholly (pun meant) predictable.\u00a0 The story behind it and in front of it is not.\u00a0 We think we know the world, but we barely can grasp it much less know it.\u00a0 Living on a farm like we do,\u00a0 every day reinforces the simple truth: complexity is unpredictable.\u00a0 An unassuming assumption? Yes and no, but the poem that follows says, “I DUNNO.”\u00a0 Consider the critter of complexity and scale that I call our daughter Lark.<\/p>\n

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For Our Daughter, Lark, Living in New Zealand<\/h2>\n

I found in my kitchen<\/p>\n

a rhinocerous beetle<\/p>\n

big as a silver dollar,<\/p>\n

a gift from my cats.<\/p>\n

It seemed inert<\/p>\n

like a wound-down toy<\/p>\n

but more detailed and fierce.<\/p>\n

It still quivered a bit<\/p>\n

so I wrapped it<\/p>\n

in a paper towel<\/p>\n

and brought it to the safety of my office…<\/p>\n

then I forgot about it.<\/p>\n

When I returned, it was gone.<\/p>\n

Its mandibles had cut through<\/p>\n

the paper towel home.<\/p>\n

Why was I surprised?<\/p>\n

Now I have a marauding,<\/p>\n

pinching,<\/p>\n

random critter,<\/p>\n

unforeseen, but not unforeseeable:<\/p>\n

complex systems<\/p>\n

cannot be predicted,<\/p>\n

but they can be lovely<\/p>\n

and formidable.<\/p>\n

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HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY LARKY LAMB!!<\/h1>\n

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The hole you see in this paper napkin was wholly (pun meant) predictable.\u00a0 The story behind it and in front of it is not.\u00a0 We think we know the world, but we barely can grasp it much less know it.\u00a0 Living on a farm like we do,\u00a0 every day reinforces the simple truth: complexity is
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