Container Thinking (Light Possible Book)
Container Thinking introduces the Ecological Practice Approach (v4.0), which draws inspiration from figures such as Gibson, Lakoff, and Schön. It is built around core concepts, including Container, Containee, and a range of ecological opportunities - Affordance, Supportance, and Curativity.
The book reviews its historical evolution through multiple versions from 2019 to 2025 and frames it as a cross-boundary thematic enterprise by four meta-frameworks:
- Ecological Formal Cause
- Ecological Formism
- Ecological Opportunity
- Ecological Actualism
This Light Edition is designed as an accessible entry point. Unlike the Classic edition (a fully edited single PDF), the Light edition includes:
- An introduction to the possible book
- 16 featured articles
- A full Table of Contents with links to all original Medium.com articles
📊 At a glance
- Full possible book: 8 parts · 126 articles
- Light edition: 17 files · 324 min read · ~85,860 words (~172 single-spaced pages)
What you’ll find inside
#0 - Container Thinking (book, 2025) - Introduction and TOC - 20 min
#1A - The “Container Thinking” Journey (2019 - 2025, Part A) - 25 min
#1B - The “Container Thinking” Journey (2019 - 2025, Part B) - 23 min
#1C - The “Container Thinking” Journey (2019 - 2025, Part C) - 15 min
#1D - The “Container Thinking” Journey (2019 - 2025, Part D) - 17 min
#2A - Ecological Formal Cause and Other Meta-Frameworks - 5 min
#2B - The Ecological Formism Framework (v1.2) - 4 min
#2C - Ecological Formism: Creative Self and World of Activity - 21 min
#2D - The “Weave” Basic Form - 11 min
#3A - The “Enter — Event — Exit” Schema - 14 min
#3B - The Life Coordinate Framework (v2, 2023) - 37 min
#3C - Creative Life Coordinate (2025) - 17 min
#3D - The “Weave the Whole” Framework - 11 min
#4A - The “Difference — Conversion — Opportunity” Schema - 12 min
#4B - Supportance-based Life Development - 38 min
#4C - Curativity as Action Opportunity - 41 min
#4D - The Ecological Strategic Cognition Frameworks (v2.3) - 13 min
