Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-14 Thread Douglass Carmichael
Phil writes. I think that would have the usual negative side effects of imposing political controls on 'free' markets. I think we have been led down the wrong path. Marts are free and interesting. Capitalism however is a process of control of markets, using the state apparatus and the very

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-14 Thread Marcus G. Daniels
Douglass Carmichael wrote: Tweaking the charters towards some modest form of bias away from concentration is just a correction on the existing dependence of corporations on state regulation. If the idea is to avoid the fragile concentration of power in the hands of a small number of mere

Re: [FRIAM] FW: 3rd (FINAL) CALL, UCLA LAKE ARROWHEAD HUMAN COMPLEX SYSTEMS CONFERENCE

2006-12-14 Thread Owen Densmore
How many of us would like to, or plan to, go? I'd like to put something together based on our work since the last meeting. -- Owen Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net On Dec 14, 2006, at 11:09 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote: abstracts due tomorrow... -Original Message- From:

Re: [FRIAM] FW: 3rd (FINAL) CALL, UCLA LAKE ARROWHEAD HUMAN COMPLEX SYSTEMS CONFERENCE

2006-12-14 Thread Pamela McCorduck
I'd like to be there, but only as spectator, Owen. Pamela On Dec 14, 2006, at 11:14 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: How many of us would like to, or plan to, go? I'd like to put something together based on our work since the last meeting. -- Owen Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net On

Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

2006-12-14 Thread Phil Henshaw
Doug writes, Phil writes. I think that would have the usual negative side effects of imposing political controls on 'free' markets. I think we have been led down the wrong path. Marts are free and interesting. Capitalism however is a process of control of markets, using the state