Category: Articles

  • Gina Gustavssons ledare i DN

    Gina Gustavsson är docent i statskunskap vid Uppsala universitet och fristående kolumnist i Dagens Nyheter. Här är en översikt över Gina Gustavssons ledare i Dagens Nyheter (bakom betalvägg): 2021-12-23: Det är först när vi möter andra åsikter och värderingar som vår tolerans prövas 2021-11-16: Pandemin hanterades fel – men i stället för att ta ansvar…

  • Retrospective 2021-03–13

    This is a summary of my reading during the first quarter 2021 (weeks 3–13). There are two list below: The first list consists of books, articles, and letters that I have read (more or less in the order read). The second list are notes I made while reading (in chronological order). A collection of robert…

  • Notes on Goethe’s Aphorisms

    Daniel Christian Wahl has translated Goethe’s collected aphorisms in ‘The Tip of the Iceberg’ Goethe’s Aphorisms on the theory of Nature and Science. I appreciate that Wahl has attempted to stay as close as possible to the literal meaning of Goethe’s writings in order to avoid unnecessary interpretations. Here are my own brief notes, which…

  • Retrospective 2020-31

    This is a summary of my reading during the week. Books I have read Wholeness in Science by Guus van der Bie. The author attempts to develop Goethe’s method in his interest in a humanization of medicine. Similarly, I think it’s possible to develop Goethe’s method in the interest of humanizing work. Traditional management, which…

  • Norm Hirst’s Propositions on Life

    This post is a summary of Norm Hirst’s Propositions on a New Metaphysics and Science of Life-Itself. Background Norm Hirst (1932–2012) was an independent scholar studying life and values for over 50 years. At MIT, Hirst studied with Robert Hartman, a visiting professor developing a formal axiology. See my reviews of Hartman’s Freedom to Live…

  • Retrospective 2020-02

    This is a summary of last week’s reading. I’ve mentioned previously that I feel a need to wrap-up my series of posts on deeper generative organizing. One way of saying it is that: “There is no formula, except this is a formula.”1 As soon as we rely on formulas, procedures, and defined processes, we become…

  • Vårt sätt att organisera är människofientligt

    I detta inlägg reflekterar jag över Jonna Bornemarks artikel Vårt sätt att organisera samhället har blivit människofientligt i DN 2019-12-25. Texten i artikeln är ursprungligen från ett tal som Jonna Bornemark höll i samband med Riksmötets öppnande 2019-09-10. Jonna Bornemark skriver att “frågan om hur vi organiserar vårt offentliga samhälle har blivit alltmer akut”. “Svaret…

  • Retrospective 2019-46

    This is a summary of my reading and painting this week. Book The Philosopher’s Stone: Chaos, Synchronicity and the Hidden Order of the World by F. David Peat arrived this week. I have started reading the book and will come back with a review. Peat is one of my favorite authors. My series of posts…

  • Retrospective 2019-19

    This is a look back at what has happened during the week. Paintings Below are this week’s paintings where I explore the use of colors. I have become better at seeing and working with contrasts compared to a month ago. Books One from ManyI mentioned last week that I planned to review On Dialogue by…

  • Retrospective 2019-18

    Introduction The purpose of this post is to summarize the week. First, a short background. I have done weekly retrospectives since 2016. However, this is the first retrospective this year which I write in English. So much of what I read is in English, and it feels akward having to translate it into Swedish while…