Well that curve is the clearest kind of complex systems inforation we ever get. This is one beautiful and dramatic bullet of information, and I think if we ask a hundred systems scientists what it means we'll get a lot of opinion, much of it not based on systems theory.
I think what's amazing about the curve is that it shows a remarkably clear dynamic in the trust of the nation, a long period on the same path of decay. What I read it as, and others may differ, is that out trust in war as a response to terror actually never had a growth, climax or stability period, only a decay period. Growth curves are usually direct evidence of the regular organizational development processes of complex systems. I think we should include using them to locate physical examples of the phenomena we wish to model, as one means of finding windows into seeing how they actually work. Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus G. Daniels > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 1:37 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Friam Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3 > > > Phil Henshaw wrote: > > What do you > > think the amazing shape of the Bush approval curve means, about the > > complex system events of American politics? > > http://jackman.stanford.edu/blog/?p=74 I rate this as very high > > quality data on a very real but unnoticed large scale > complex system > > behavior. What do you see it as. > > > It might show that people prefer to follow rather than think. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
