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Threshold Network Groups 2012. Week 1 Wednesday Synergy. Sunìstemi. “uniting, putting together”. 3 Headed Being. Complete the following tasks: Tear a piece of construction paper exactly in half Take two separate socks and pair them Give the person in the middle a sip of water.
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Threshold Network Groups 2012 Week 1 Wednesday Synergy Sunìstemi “uniting, putting together”
3 Headed Being • Complete the following tasks: • Tear a piece of construction paper exactly in half • Take two separate socks and pair them • Give the person in the middle a sip of water
3 Headed Being • Discussion • Could any of the three individuals performed the task by themselves in their current state? (either one armed and blindfolded or armless with eyes?) • Why did they have to work together?
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Synergy • A term made popular by Robert Buckminster Fuller. • “Synergy is the principle whereby the behavior of a whole system is greater than the sum of its parts, a result not predictable from an examination of the individual parts” (p. 2) • Fuller describes synergy with the alloy chrome-nickel-steel, a metal much stronger and more durable than any of the elements individually. Due to its strength and ability to withstand high temperatures, chrome-nickel-steel is often used in jet engines. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED367593.pdf
Who was Robert Buckminster Fuller? • An engineer, author, mathematician, inventor, futurist, philosopher, • Designed the Geodesic Dome – maximum space, least materials • based on “synergetic geometry” • Carbon molecule “fullerene” named after him • because of its geodesic shape • Dismissed from Harvard two times • Holds 25 patents and 47 honorary Doctorates • Authored 28 books http://www.bfi.org/about-bucky/biography
Disney’s Epcot (perhaps the most famous geodesic dome!) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/dome/epcot.html
Fullerene A 3D model of a [[C60]] molecule, also called a "Buckyball". Created by Michael Ströck (mstroeck) on February 6, 2006 in iMol for Mac OS X and Photoshop CS2. Released under the GFDL.
How does technology effect synergy? • View Steve Johnson’s “Where Good Ideas Come From” • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU&feature=related • Consider these questions: • How does technology encourage synergy? • In what ways does technology limit synergy? • What do you think the future of technology is within synergistic innovation?