A podcast from Scallywag Media · Season one in planning
Some problems are hard. Others are wicked: tangled, one-shot, everyone-disagrees-on-what-the-problem-even-is. Each episode we pick one up, pull a strand, and watch the rest of the knot tighten. Then we argue about which strand to pull anyway.
The term comes from planners Horst Rittel and Melvin Webber, who described "wicked problems" in 1973. A few of their tells, paraphrased:
The opposite is a tame problem. We don't do those.
Pick a problem. Move the levers. Try to get every gauge in the green. (You can't. That's the point. But people try for a very long time.)
Which knots should we try first? Vote for as many as you'd listen to.
We're testing what this show could become. Tap what you'd actually want. Nothing is charged; this tells us what to build.
We'll email when the pilot is out and share the season vote. That's it. Untangling optional.
Loose ends found: 0 of 0
You found every loose end. It did not help. It never does. Join the list and you'll be credited as an Honorary Untangler in the pilot, if you'd like.