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This Is Not a Test

Michael Zargham's open course in three modules on building and rehabilitating institutions that can sustain healthy relationships with the planet, the biosphere and each other: models within limits, collective action, design principles for governance.

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A GitHub repository by mzargham, read today. Its README, titled "This Is Not a Test", describes a structured educational resource in three modules: how models function within limits (systems theory), collective action and institutional frameworks, and a synthesis of design principles with governance. Licence CC-BY-SA-4.0. The README carries the author's own flag: "I wrote this in one sitting. We can remove this flag after other contributors have reviewed and refined the content."

Not stated on the page: a publication date, the author's affiliation, or the intended audience. Why it is here: it is the theory the desk's models put into practice, models within limits used to argue about institutions, and it is open to contributors.

claims it answers

  • “This Is Not a Test explores how to build and rehabilitate institutions capable of sustaining healthy relationships with the planet, biosphere, and each other.”

Real public claims, adjudicated on the piece itself, not here.

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1 named on the piece
topics
institutions, governance, systems