Self-reference and strange loops in complex systems
How paradigms shift and knowledge evolves
Why top-down standardization often fails in practice
Gift economies and open source culture
Short-term vs long-term thinking in systems
Why adding people to late projects makes them later
Distributed intelligence and emergent behavior
Design patterns before design patterns
Why interfaces fail and how to fix them
When technology drives culture rather than serves it
Quantum mechanics and Eastern philosophy parallels
Quality as the intersection of subject and object
Eastern philosophy for Western minds
Interconnectedness and mutual dependency
Strategy and tactics in competitive environments
The medium is the message
Performance and identity construction
When copies replace originals
Image over substance in modern culture
Economic anthropology and social contracts