That describes, in a jocular way, the concept of homeostasis. When the regular balances aren't enough, you just rely on your reserves of creativity. The reserves don't cover the gap for infinite strains tending rapidly toward infinity, just for some range of unexpected events. The interesting option is to figure out what the interesting options are.
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: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:28 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution > > > Phil Henshaw wrote: > > One thing seems sure is that the world's obsession > > with multiplying wealth, power and the complexity of our lives will > > stop being fun and loose credibility > Money, value and stability are different. Thus we have markets, > mechanisms for determining interest and exchange rates, and we see > phenomena like inflation. When these economic things get > out of whack, > the ruling class can draw from their spiritual credit line, > and speak of > opportunity. > > ============================================================ > 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
