Aristotle - Circudyne

Mid-century poster illustration from a boardwalk: a single navy book on sunlit planks, a wooden roller coaster's peaks and dips rising against a teal sky, calm sea beyond.

Summer Reading 2026

Industrial Dynamics

The summer reading series arrives at the wellspring: Jay Wright Forrester's 1961 book, the bedrock beneath circularity's systems thinking.

Mid-century travel-poster illustration: first-person view across a grass tennis court, a single closed book resting on the near sideline, citrine sunlight and an open teal sky, no people.

Systems Dynamics

Thinking in Systems

Donella Meadows built an exquisite analytical toolkit, then told us exactly where its utility ends. The future can only be envisioned, not analyzed.

Vincent van Gogh’s The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix), showing a compassionate figure helping a wounded man onto a horse, rendered in expressive brushwork.

On the Bubble

Empathy Is a Strategic Capacity

It enables worldbuilding where time and value are not yet fixed, providing a path to product–market fit before markets, metrics, or demand signals exist.