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Stop rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic
Jul 17, 2025

Stop rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

Be the iceberg instead

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
An estival interlude ☀️
Jul 03, 2025

An estival interlude ☀️

Featuring CIA-level semantics and evolutionarily correct orcs

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
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Improv is pure ludicy
Jun 19, 2025

Improv is pure ludicy

Play and communication in the 21st century

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
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This is not a newsletter
Jun 05, 2025

This is not a newsletter

Symbols, maps, models, and reality

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Alexandra Taylor
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Here's a fun (Utopian) experiment
May 22, 2025

Here's a fun (Utopian) experiment

What can the Shakers teach us about communicating complexity?

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
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Get in—we’re going to hell
May 08, 2025

Get in—we’re going to hell

The road through hell is paved with good material

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Alexandra Taylor
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How does any of this mean?
Apr 24, 2025

How does any of this mean?

What a crumbling tome from the ‘50s can tell us about reaching people today

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
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For elegant analogies, think in systems
Apr 08, 2025

For elegant analogies, think in systems

Metaphors based on systems dynamics can make complex topics feel familiar

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
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The tool that keeps you from talking in circles
Mar 25, 2025

The tool that keeps you from talking in circles

Perform feats of agility on the abstraction ladder

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Alexandra Taylor
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