Conventional logic works really well for solving discrete problems with definite answers. But the “wicked problems” of today36 require more creative responses. These challenges defy singular stable solutions: issues as serious as war or poverty, or as banal as traffic and trends. Throw money, people, or time at any of these and you may fix a symptom, but you create additional problems: financial aid to the developing world, for example, often breeds corruption in addition to its intended relief; adding more lanes to the highway encourages more drivers and more gridlock;
