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Designers use the term “wicked problem” to talk about situations that are so complex that there can be no real solutions. Attempts to resolve these problems in standard ways often make the situation worse. How can our policymakers, as well as ourselves in our daily lives, deal with such situations, situations that inevitably involve people with different perspectives, values, and desires, as well as different cultures and world views? This is a conversation-based course for those interested in exploring ways of thinking about deciding, adapting, and designing in the context of such complexities. New in-person course. Format includes discussion.

SUGGESTED BOOK: Appreciative Living: The Principles of Appreciative Inquiry in Personal Life, Jacqueline Bascobert Kelm, ISBN 0977216101

“. . . a very simple argument: women are not equal to me; they are superior in many ways...including most ways that matter now . . . (in fact), maleness in humans is hardly necessary for the survival of the species.” Eh, what? Ideology? No. Science fiction? No. Rather, a tightly reasoned scientific argument, superbly combining evolutionary, cross species, and cross cultural materials, fully accessible to the non-specialist and leading to sensible answers to key questions regarding gender, female/male, where might things be heading? Where should things be heading? New in-person course. Format includes lecture and discussion.

REQUIRED BOOK: Women After All: Sex, Evolution, and the End of Male Supremacy, Melvin Konner, M.D. ISBN 9780393239966