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Alexandra Taylor

epistemology

Amusing ourselves to sleep

Jan 27, 2026

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4 min read

Amusing ourselves to sleep

How to stay alert when technology defines our truth

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

systems thinking

+2

Romanticize your life science

Dec 23, 2025

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6 min read

Romanticize your life science

Should we thank Goethe for the theory of evolution?

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
On death and decomposition 💀

Oct 31, 2025

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4 min read

On death and decomposition 💀

Building a bridge from the old to the new

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

metaphor

No nudity—only the “naked truth”

Sep 25, 2025

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4 min read

No nudity—only the “naked truth”

On balancing precision with understanding

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

metaphor

The metaphor is the medium is the message

Aug 28, 2025

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5 min read

The metaphor is the medium is the message

Experience one thing on another's terms

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

systems thinking

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Where shall we begin?

Jul 31, 2025

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4 min read

Where shall we begin?

Moving from mess to linear narrative and back again

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

systems thinking

Stop rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

Jul 17, 2025

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5 min read

Stop rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic

Be the iceberg instead

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
An estival interlude ☀️

Jul 3, 2025

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5 min read

An estival interlude ☀️

Featuring CIA-level semantics and evolutionarily correct orcs

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

systems thinking

Improv is pure ludicy

Jun 19, 2025

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6 min read

Improv is pure ludicy

Play and communication in the 21st century

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

mental models

This is not a newsletter

Jun 5, 2025

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5 min read

This is not a newsletter

Symbols, maps, models, and reality

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

simplicity

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Here's a fun (Utopian) experiment

May 22, 2025

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6 min read

Here's a fun (Utopian) experiment

What can the Shakers teach us about communicating complexity?

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

metaphor

Get in—we’re going to hell

May 8, 2025

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6 min read

Get in—we’re going to hell

The road through hell is paved with good material

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

systems thinking

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How does any of this mean?

Apr 24, 2025

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6 min read

How does any of this mean?

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

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

systems thinking

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For elegant analogies, think in systems

Apr 8, 2025

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6 min read

For elegant analogies, think in systems

Metaphors based on systems dynamics can make complex topics feel familiar

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor

semantics

+1

The tool that keeps you from talking in circles

Mar 25, 2025

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5 min read

The tool that keeps you from talking in circles

Perform feats of agility on the abstraction ladder

Alexandra Taylor
Alexandra Taylor
emergent phenomena

emergent phenomena

communicate clearly about complexity


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