Problem Solving

Lecture: Problem Solving: Time, Growth, Non-stationarity, Time scales

These lectures are part of my problem solving collection. Lecture 1: The first annotated lecture is motivated by the fact that we find it difficult to think about how to plan when we are faced with a growing threat. We struggle with [...]

Lecture: Climate and Energy: Energy Production and Demand: Background

Image: The overlooked power of renewables 2007-2013: From Environmental Defense Fund This lecture is an introduction to energy production and use and their relation to climate change. In this lecture, "energy" is the energy we use as a society. That is, usable [...]

Lecture: Problem Solving: Communications: Logical Flaws, Rhetoric, Forms of Argument

This lecture is part of my problem solving collection. This focuses on some aspects of Communications. For an introduction to the roles of Communications and Continuity in problem solving, please go to this link. Specifically, I introduce rhetoric, the skill of persuasion. The [...]

Lecture: Problem Solving: Analyzing the Relationship of One Thing to Another

This annotated lecture is part of my problem solving collection. In this, I introduce the concept of using 2-dimensional graphs to start the analysis of related parts of a problem. societal success and energy societal success and consumption consumption and population consumption [...]

Lecture: Problem Solving: Using Time and Space to Manage Complexity

This annotated lecture is part of my problem solving collection. In this, I introduce the concept of approaching a complex problem by considering the time scales, spatial scales, and wealth. short term or long term local or global rich or poor Wealth [...]

Climate Change: A fundamental shift of our place in the world

Climate Change: A fundamental shift of our place in the world A version of this blog appeared originally in the Michigan Journal of Sustainability. Richard B. Rood University of Michigan Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering rbrood@umich.edu May 24, 2014 During the [...]

By |2020-01-05T04:02:59+00:00January 2nd, 2020|Argumentation, Articles, Communication, Necessary Losses|

The Everyday Conversation Guide to CLIMATE CHANGE

This is a brochure that Emily Upton and I wrote on logical fallacies and the use of rhetorical techniques in conversations on climate change and climate change denial. The George C. Marshall Institute was a conservative think tank that provided resources for [...]

By |2022-03-17T16:20:18+00:00December 31st, 2019|Articles, Communication, Denial, Featured, Problem Solving|
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