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Ruth Malan (ruthmalan@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 14:27:40 JST Ruth Malan

Day 15 #AdventOfSystemSeeing
Pulling on Threads: Why? (And What?)
Find an interesting thread in the tangle of the situation and pull on it. If you notice something curious or concerning, ask "why?" (looking for direct causes), and again "why?" as exhaustively as a curious two year old. And you may find yourself... tracing out paths in a causal interaction network. Example: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/109378117775642584
Or follow "what does this depend on (or need)?" and "what does that depend on (or need)?" paths.
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  Attached: 1 image I have students in my Software Design & Development course listen to that episode as a reading assignment, and then we do a kind of “5 Whys” exercise around the question “Why did Atari collapse?” The rules: • Ask why • Stick to proximate / direct causes • Be specific • Keep asking why Here’s a screenshot of the virtual whiteboard from that discussion when the class was remote. Comes out a little different every time, but similar themes always emerge:

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