Links and articles
Sometimes I have a day where I’m given more to read and look at by friends online than I can actually process. Sometimes I’m busy enough during a given day where even two items are too many to handle. Yesterday was one of these days. So, I present you with the COPIOUS amounts of materials now:
- First, from Kim back in good old State College comes Mia Kim, aka Sukey Rose. Sukey Rose is just an indie girl looking to make her first album. But, in this cruel, financial catastrophe we find ourselves in, who’s got the money for dreams? Thus, Mia Kim is turning her first album into a project in which you can make yourself a stakeholder. And, from the sounds of her sounds, I think she’s going to go far.
- And, from the more serious side of things comes a really great article provided to me by Tara on the science of systems collapses. Basically, the researcher being chronicled, Buzz Holling, has found a way to distill all complex systems down into a simple concept. Birth, growth, specialization and collapse/rebirth. It’s fascinating to read this metaphor of a forest ecosystem and then apply it to the auto industry, the banking industry and society as a whole. A light read, considering its implications, too. Reminded me muchly of Stephen Wolfram’s 2002 book, A New Kind of Science.