Near-decomposable systems are complex structures divided into smaller subsystems. The short-term behavior of each part is mostly independent, while long-term interactions between parts happen only in a simple, aggregate way. This concept, introduced by economist and polymath Herbert Simon, explains how complex natural and human systems function and survive
James Hillman’s archetypal psychology presents the psyche as fundamentally plural, or or of multiple minds. Human beings do not possess only one psychological voice, value system or centre of intelligence.
Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”
Listening to your body means paying attention to the signals your whole organism is sending, taking them seriously, and responding in a way that keeps you healthy and steady over time
