Andrew's Minute Paper 2/14

One interesting parallel that occurred to me when the two options for the third reading for today were being discussed. It was mentioned that one of the authors of Cradle to Cradle was an architect, which made a segment of Redesigning Society stand out in my mind. There is a section that uses a great analogy for systems design to how an architect thinks about a house and how it paralleled designing a society. In my mind, this then clicked to "Well, just goes to show that architects and futurists really do think on the same wavelength."
Another idea from a book I once read came to mind as the group I was in discussed the various courses something could follow. The book could, in a way, very much support the idea that one person doesn't make the change, but the society as a whole must be changed. While this wasn't something we really focused on today, it was an idea from certain previous discussions and readings that stuck in my mind. Repeatedly within the story, the main character basically attempts quick fixes for various current problems (such as environment, war, and overpopulation), only to have his unilateral changes end disastrously.