Nick ArgallOrganization Engineering: A GlossaryHaving won some preliminary support for the idea that Organization Engineering is a language worth learning, I thought I might write down…·11 min read·May 22, 2023--4--4
Nick ArgallISSS Variety Comparison Grid Symposium: Belated answers to the text chatThere were a lot of points raised in the chat that are worth coming back to, and that weren’t addressed in my ‘First Lessons’ essay. Let’s…8 min read·May 14, 2023--2--2
Nick ArgallVariety Comparison Grid: First lessons from the ISSS SymposiumIt was brilliant to have the opportunity to present the Variety Comparison Grid to the International Society for the Systems Sciences. This…10 min read·May 14, 2023----
Nick ArgallTV Review: Totally Completely FineThis series about suicide prevention doesn’t pull its punches, or hide what it’s about.·2 min read·Apr 26, 2023----
Nick ArgallAnalysis: Keekok Lee’s claims about Qi and ‘thing ontology’Her application of the Western philosophical lens to Chinese philosophy is excellent, but cannot lead to understanding Chinese philosophy·13 min read·Apr 20, 2023----
Nick ArgallNot for the faint-hearted: Chris Votey’s “Boy’s and Men’s Issues Handbook”It’s clear that Chris Votey went through hell writing this book, although I suspect he’d be the first to say that the people he’s writing…·5 min read·Apr 13, 2023----
Nick ArgallContemplating Keekok Lee’s contribution to our understanding of Chinese PhilosophyKeekok Lee has made valuable contributions to the study of Chinese medical philosopy, even though they made me angry at first.·9 min read·Mar 14, 2023----
Nick ArgallA commentary on Keekok Lee’s “The Philosophical Foundations of Classical Chinese Medicine”When I was studying traditional Chinese medicine, I longed for a coherent theory textbook for first-year Chinese medicine students…·14 min read·Mar 10, 2023----
Nick ArgallReflections on Alexander Bogdanov’s “Essays in Tektology”A blog post about my experience reading one of the great thinkers of the early 20th century.6 min read·Feb 12, 2023----
Nick ArgallHow I broke free of the white supremacistsWhite supremacy is a cult. You can protect yourself and those you love from disappearing into it. This is how I got out.·9 min read·Jan 10, 2023----