"We have a society based on science and technology and at the same time we have arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That is a prescription for disaster as clear as anything." 

Carl Sagan, 1996

possible presentation 

1. Knowledge

1.1gladwell spaghetti

1.2 answers seeking questions--bigfoot

1.3 nature of beleif

1.4 knowledge as measurement

1.5knowledge and decision making

2 adaptability

2.1 how does it happen?

2.2good &bad aspects

2.organizations

2.1define organization

2.2 problems of groups

2.3 loosely coupled systems

2.4

Need to get to knowledge and decision making in loose systems