A great paper just published in Strategic Management Journal contrasts the view of strategy and decision-making tools (such as those taught in business schools or economics classes) as “technologies of rationality” with a more sociological perspective that they term “tools in use”. One of the main ideas is to cast “a sociological eye on how …
Month: March 2015
On ‘intelligent muddling’ and anticipatory practices
The concept of intelligent muddling is proposed in a provocative little book called The Techno-Human Condition by two American scholars – Braden Allenby and Daniel Sarewitz from Arizona State University. The book is ostensibly a critique of transhumanism movements; however, it addresses much broader themes as per their notion of the ‘techno-human condition’, and critical …
What is, or should be, the core focus of sustainability science?
What do you think is the core subject matter of sustainability science? Some might say that the answer is obvious, i.e. sustainability. I’m not sure it that’s simple or, at the very least, there is much more to the story. Sustainability can be understood as a concept, a vision, as a set of related normative …