links and threads

I was looking at the list of grouped complexity sites and was intrigued by one called trojanmice. I clicked on it and found it to be a practical site for organizations who want to make changes, but know that large shockwave changes stir up the water for a little while, but the old ways are still there after the dust settles. Unfortunately the news section of this site has not been updated since 2005. So I looked to the links page and one that caught my eye was Action Science. I entered this site and found that the ideas for Action Science were founded on the ideas of Kurt Lewin and John Dewey. These names had links as well and so I clicked on Kurt Lewin, taking me to the entry about him in Wikipedia. The Wikipedia entry discussed Lewin's Equation of human behavior: (not a mathematical equation)

B=f(P,E) Behavior is the function of the Person and his or her Environment

This of course, is common knowledge, that boiling down human behavior to a single constant law is a very hard, maybe impossible thing to do. It reminded me of a scene in Harold and Maude, where Maude tells Harold, "Consistency isn't a human virtue." (I quote this movie a lot.)

Reaching this point, I decided to write a blog about the ways I choose a path to understanding. Like in conversation, sometimes the decisions I make to follow a link or to find a book on a shelf are quick and not easy to follow. Slowing the process down by writing about it, might make the dams in the stream of consciousness. Thinking about it now, how important is the need to share with you the decisions I make to follow a particular link on the internet? Probably not that important. I will see where this takes us. Your comments are welcome.