Author Archives: Kristian

What do we mean by complexity? How does complex differ from complicated? And what do we mean by simplicity? How do these concepts relate? The notion of complexity appears in many subject areas, such as psychology and adult development, pedagogy, … Continue reading →

Complexity and simplicity is a cliche that is sometimes referred to. But what does it mean and how can a higher complexity sometimes make life simpler? Let’s take a classic example from the history of mathematics. Carl Friedrich Gauss was one of … Continue reading →

Nu är det dags att ta nästa steg i vuxenutvecklingen! Aktiviteten på den här bloggen vad gäller vuxenutveckling flyttas nu över till den nystartade sajten komplexitet.se! Jag står bakom den också. Där flyttar jag över det viktigaste av den kunskapsmassan … Continue reading →

Nu har jag äntligen fått hem Pelle Billings Jämställdhetsbluffen och sträckläst. Även om jag har läst alla inlägg på http://www.pellebilling.se/blogg/ sedan starten så var det en och annan nyhet, men framförallt presenterade den en sammanhängande bild av kunskapsmassan som han … Continue reading →

Up to date I have written almost 100 introducing texts on adult development in Swedish and started to consider translating them to English, which is a future project. Until then I have compiled everything (and more) in a pretty condensed … Continue reading →

This is the second part on Peak Oil. In the first part I reviewed Kjell Aleklett’s Peeking at Peak Oil which summarized a decade of research on Peak Oil. That was in Swedish but there are several English introductions e.g. … Continue reading →

Vi måste ställa om och fasa ut våra fossila bränslen! Det är ett budskap vi får höra titt som tätt, till leda enligt vissa. Men ändå går det trögt. Klimatförhandlingarna kärvade ordentligt i Köpenhamn och sedan dess har inte mycket … Continue reading →

We are at the end of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy where we also find a reconnection with the beginning. In typical superhero stories the superpowers of the heroes and of the villains can be seen as allegories for mental and … Continue reading →

Since this is quite an ambitious question, let’s try to narrow it down. Firstly, the ”why” in the question here implies a reason, a backward-looking analysis of what made it possible to reach the point we’re at. And what it … Continue reading →