Is the World Manageable? This question along with answer is presented as part of a university web site at: http://www.utexas.edu/courses/resource/ Until humans understand the ecosystem, social system and economic system much better, the world is, indeed, unmanageable, in my opinion. And, from all available evidence, humans have failed in about every way that I can imagine, short of nuclear holocaust (and we're not out completely of the woods on that, either). However, the same principles as management of much smaller portions apply world-wide. The principle obstacles are found in flawed human organizational artifacts -- economics, politics and law, and social justice. Until we can manage our own microcosm of the planet well, there is no reason to think that we can do any better with more complexity to monitor and evaluate. As a logical step in this direction, our focus can be to learn as much as possible in the relatively simple system of our own life, and as we learn good management there we can improve our management of increasing spheres of the global system. Walking comes before running, and I think that walking our talk comes before political activism with a goal of telling others how they must live their lives. That's my view. What is yours?
