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The Cabrera Lab Blog
As part of our research mission, we strive to make the science of systems thinking accessible to everyone. The Cabrera Lab Blog and the Cabrera Lab Podcast are our primary platforms for sharing these ideas. The views expressed in these outlets are solely our own and do not necessarily represent those of our partners or of Cornell University.
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Dr. Cabrera Inducted into the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 6, 2021 — Dr. Derek Cabrera was inducted as Member of the International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic...
Staff
May 12, 20211 min read
Designing an Effective Vision Can Be Challenging
Designing an Effective Vision Can Be Challenging. By far, the most challenging aspect of Vision design is that they are ideally binary. ...
Derek Cabrera
Apr 27, 20217 min read
Is rote learning bad? No, but it’s not enough.
Let’s take an example where a learner is asked to understand the species concept, a categorization system that explains that all life is...
Derek Cabrera
Apr 1, 202110 min read
Perspective Masters: The Bowerbird
This post was adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . Turn on a nature documentary...
Elena Cabrera
Mar 11, 20212 min read
The DSRP of Creepy AI Images
A set of haunting images has hit the internet. Not Freddy Kruger haunting, but somehow equally disturbing for our brain. The text from...
Staff
Mar 3, 20213 min read
Distinguishing (D) and Systematizing (S) Greebles
This post was adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . Researching any of the four...
Elena Cabrera
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Embed "Stand Down and Bubble Up" Into Your Culture Now So You'll Be Ready Later
Recently, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III ordered a "DOD-wide stand down to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks (1)." ...
Derek Cabrera
Feb 4, 20214 min read
Categorization and DSRP
This blog has been partially adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . The Systems...
Elena Cabrera
Jan 28, 20214 min read
A Few Important Distinctions Regarding the Current Constitutional Crisis
In this polarized landscape, unfortunately people focus less on what is being said than on who is saying it. Before you write me off as...
Derek Cabrera
Jan 13, 20214 min read
Empathy Is Derived From The Perspective Pattern
This blog has been partially adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . You cannot feel...
Elena Cabrera
Jan 11, 20213 min read
DSRP in Utero
This blog has been partially adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . Scientists once...
Elena Cabrera
Jan 6, 20212 min read
DSRP and the Cocktail Party Effect
This blog has been partially adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . Selective...
Elena Cabrera
Jan 5, 20213 min read
Application: Lesson Plan for Teaching Cognitive Jigs in Nature Camp Setting
This blog was written by Paul Corsi as a project for PADM 5449 at Cornell University. Background and Context: Primitive Pursuits in...
Paul Corsi
Dec 12, 20206 min read
How to make optimal decisions in complex environments
This blog was written by Patrick Kastner as a project for PADM 5449 at Cornell University. Making decisions is part of our everyday...
Patrick Kastner
Dec 9, 20204 min read
DSRP and Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
This blog was written by Ashley Hock as a project for PADM 5449 at Cornell University. The following is meant as a primer for young...
Ashley Hock
Dec 8, 20204 min read
Know Your Feelings
This blog was written by Austin Reid as a project for PADM 5449 at Cornell University. The following three-part poster series is...
Austin Reid
Dec 7, 20202 min read
"There are no systems out there"? False.
Systems Exist It is often said, citing Banathy, that "there are no systems out there." Variations of this view include a panoply of ideas...
Derek Cabrera
Nov 30, 20203 min read
The 8 Sacred Cows of Systems Thinking
This isn't a blog post, but more of a blog-collection. 8 common things that systems thinkers like to say that are bupkis . We call them...
Derek Cabrera
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Perspective-taking and Theory of Mind
This blog has been partially adapted from A Literature Review of the Universal and Atomic Elements of Complex Cognition . Some earlier...
Elena Cabrera
Nov 29, 20202 min read
A Systems View is Not a Mask Mandate
When I was a child, my mother would tell me a story of her own childhood. She spoke of how the children would collect tin foil wrappers...
Derek Cabrera
Nov 22, 20202 min read
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