There is much to constructively criticize about the scientific
approach, perhaps especially when applied to human problems:
"Our visual classification of experience under subject headings is beginning
to split at the seams. These are projective devices, like metaphor, to
make the invisible
R.M. Titmus in his book, The Gift Relationship, reports his findings
that
money payments for blood have resulted in a number of anti-social
developments: erosion of community, lowering of
scientific standards, increasing levels of unethical behaviour
(e.g. lying about one's health history), and
As a Mac user I tend to be somewhat smug when many of my friends/relatives
who use PCs complain of numerous problems and the need to get technical
help. But, then, I use VirtualPC with Windows95 on my Mac because of my
preference for a genealogical application available only for the PC.
An extract
snip... by 2005 consumers globally will have embraced Internet
commerce. The virtual
commercial "communes" that we see people being members of will support
and provide
recomendations of trustworthy sellers.
The large number of disparate communities will be based around a common
A rose by any other name would still smell like methyl ethyl enthyl carbonol.
Bob
Ed Goertzen wrote:
To the Editor of The Toronto Star. 2000/1/12
:
Your lead editorial Jan 11th exemplifies the extent to which Parliamentary
Democracy has been corrupted in Canada. A media depiction has
The answer put forward in a source I read many years ago was that China lacked
the insight of perspective, which was a key development in European painting
and was an element, I believe, of the Enlightenment. This was, in effect, an
"enabling" technology which seemed to open European minds to an
As Ray Harrell has noted in a recent post there are possibly thousands
(millions?) of ways to interpret a piece of text, depending on its length and
complexity.
Now my interpretation of Mike Hollinshead's excerpt on the "Myth of
Comparative Advantage" is not that free trade is poppycock, but
john courtneidge wrote:
Simplicity lies on a scale somewhere between poverty and effluence :
Poverty - - - - - Simplicity - - - - - Effluence
Effluence = Flatulence and other bodily excretions ?
Are you implying excessive waste perhaps associated with overindulgence (not always
to Frankenstein and Golems!
Bob
Timework Web wrote:
On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Bob McDaniel wrote:
It occurred to me then that perhaps only in a centrally planned economy could
one ensure the results of perfect competition or free enterprise!
The same thought occurred to Oskar Lange in the 1930s.
Tom
This reminded me of a thought I had many years ago when learning linear
programming. It seems that when solving a problem to, say, maximize revenue
subject to a number of constraints imposed by limited resources (materials,
labour, etc.), one automatically solves a dual problem which minimizes
Thomas Lunde wrote:
The Internet gives the
tradional and eccentric, the conventional and the doomsayer a forum for
discussion. Is this not futurework? As each of us read - and agree or not
with each posting, are we not retraining ourselves for some valuable but yet
unseen futurework?
Just seeking some clarification here.
Thomas Lunde wrote:
From The Servile State Page 122
Now there is only one alternative to freedom, which is the negation of it.
Either a man is free to work and not to work as he pleases, or he may be
liable to a legal compulsion to work, backed by
I think we're making progress.
Eva Durant wrote:
snip
McD:
To both collectivists and certain environmentalists discussing such short
range or limited issues is tantamount to shuffling deck chairs on the
Titanic. But, as
has been noted before, to muddle through a bit at a time, while
Eva Durant wrote:
Uncompromising means, not changing opinions even when
presented rational reasons to do so. In the absence of such
what can I do? What if my opinion is actually a good
approximation to reality, snip
Let's take a harder look at rational thought:
"Rational thinking ...
Eva Durant wrote:
A very decent analysis _in my opinion_... (edited)
Which is _all_ you're entitled to. What's this self-serving propaganda doing on a
Future Work listserv anyway? Anyone guess the
political affiliation of its author?
--
Ed Weick wrote:
But what I don't find in it is a recognition that each time one part
of the world advances (mostly the west during the past millennium),
other parts are left behind. Nor do I find recognition that progress
in the materially advancing part of the world requires exploitation
The final display of 5 cards does not include any of the original 6. So
regardless of which card one chooses, (and assuming one has not made note of
the cards!) one is led to assume that the missing card is the one selected.
"S. Lerner" wrote:
Try the trick at
Jay Hanson wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Durant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So how do you decide who's having a grip on reality and the best
solution without having all the options and reasoning offered
listened to?
The scientific method is the ONLY WAY to know the truth from lies
Brian McAndrews wrote:
As I've mentioned before on this list, all of Ivan Illich's books (eg.
Deschooling Society, Medical Nemesis, Shadow Work, Tools for Conviviality,
..)
would enlighten our discussions. Pertinent to this thread I'd suggest
Illich's 'The Right to Useful Unemployment and
Jay Hanson wrote:
The Titanic (civilization) has just struck the ice --
I advocate selecting the best "qualified" person to organize a
survival and rescue effort as quickly as possible.
But, in this scenario, would it really have made much difference? Or maybe
that is the point!
Eva
Hi
This issue reminds me of the difference between equitable and efficient
locations. An equitable location (of say, a school) ensures that distances
travelled by pupils are as alike as possible (minimizes variation); an efficient
location, on the other hand, minimizes the total distance
Hi
Thomas Lunde wrote:
I went to the URL you posted and I must admit that the testimonials were
awesome. However when I tried to follow some of the suggestions in red, my
browser went nowhere - so I'm left with testimonials not content.
Yeah, so I noticed, too. Figured it must be an
Hi all,
Another approach to an income for all:
I once made the simple extrapolation that, if the decision to automate remains
the prerogative of individual firms, then the collective result may eventually
be a totally automated economy (a version of "The Tragedy of the Commons)!
With noone
Hi all,
Another approach to an income for all:
I once made the simple extrapolation that, if the decision to automate remains
the prerogative of individual firms, then the collective result may eventually
be a totally automated economy (a version of "The Tragedy of the Commons)!
With noone
John McCarthy of Stanford has another take on the future:
http://www-formal.Stanford.EDU/jmc/progress/
(An extract)
This page and its satellites will contain references to articles, my own
and by others, explaining how humanity is likely to advance in the near
future. In particular, we argue
Eva Durant wrote:
.
Books by Beniger (The Control Revolution) and Kelly (Out of Control)
suggest, to me, the popularization of the ideas of cybernetics
(communication and control). Absorption by the general populace of such
ideas, reflected in current art (drugs and music (forms of
A philosophical basis for a guaranteed annual income may have to await an
appropriate context for it to emerge. I suspect that the time is now past
when economic/political theory could be conceived without the explicit
incorporation of its technological context.
The following scenario was
have time to browse the Web I've prepared a short document, with
hypertext links to supporting materials, at:
http://www.geog.uwo.ca/cybergeog/cybintro.html
Cheers,
Bob McDaniel
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