The simple big one is that they don't see that growth produces exploding complexity, along with exploding every thing else, and call it a 'stable state'. There are quite a long list of other things demonstrating the same extraordinary disconnection from reality.
> How about giving us a hint as to why this seemed so great?! And > possibly why traditional economics sucks so much? Are any of your > talks on-line? > > Thanks! > > -- Owen > > Owen Densmore http://backspaces.net > > > On Jan 18, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Justin Lyon wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > Colleagues, > > > > I just finished reading the most amazing book: > > > > _Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of > > Economics_ by Eric D. Beinhocker > > > > For those of you that heard my speeches in the UK or in Brazil on why > > traditional economics is a pseudo-science, you will know my feelings > > about most economists (with the exception of Dr. Dante Suarez and a > > few > > others). > > > > It's like Eric wrote a manifesto for why we formed Simudyne. Thank > > you Eric! > > > > Get thee to a bookstore and read it if you are interested in > > simulation > > science (or complexity science or non-linear science or whatever we're > > calling it today). > > > > ;-P > > > > Oh, and I can also recommend _The God Delusion_ by Richard Dawkins. > > > > Have others on the list read these two books with their clear call to > > arms? What do you think of the books and their arguments? > > > > - -- > > Best regards, > > > > Justin Lyon > > > > M: +423 663 168892 (Worldwide) > > M: +44 781 480 2797 (London, UK) > > > > O: +1 210 787-3498 (San Antonio, USA) > > O: +44 20 8144 4072 (London, UK) > > > > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > W: http://www.simudyne.com > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFFr52KhfoqghrmIrARChK1AKCmoEF4e5RUe9CeGQbMIVXVUCTy/wCdGie7 > > 7Uusym2Um1MQEeYkk1d3VFg= > > =4bl9 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ============================================================ > > 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 > > -- Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com ============================================================ 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
