Most importantly, minimalists are courageous enough to hit reset on their lives at any given momentwhen they sense complexity has crept back in. Minimalists live for a blank canvas. A cleared hard drive or whatever metaphor you want to use. Bottom line. Minimalists don’t settle, accept or...
When the cultural context changes—new examples are created, norms change—the definitions need to change too. In philosophical terminology, our current historical and cultural context is our “horizon” (Gadamer 2004). This is a spatial metaphor: we can only see as far as the horizon, but ...
Many models are best thought of as elaborations of a fundamental metaphor. They can be mathematically precise or verbal and evocative. Some commonly used meta- phors that are the bases for models of particular value in designing alternatives are discussed in the following sections. Market Models ...
financial stability, work segmentations, access to technology, and societal factors. A 2x2 is an incredibly flexible type of framework, so don’t feel constrained to these examples. Change what the two axes represent until you find the 2x2 that’s right for your challenge. ...