Re: FW: Economic Engineers (was: modularizing the economy)

[Jay Hanson]

From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>Yes, that's precisely the point, isn't it: What *should be* the
>objectives?

Design goals would be inherent in the language and the definitons.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
           Sustainable development both improves quality of life
           and retains continuity with physical conditions.  To
           do both requires that social systems be equitable and
           physical systems circular.

You can not have sustainable development if the rich keep getting richer and
the poor keep getting poorer, so at least some sort of social justice is
inherent in the overall objective.  This could be made more explicit in a
subroutine.

Where we have scientific or social uncertainty, we adopt the "precautionary
principle".

Jay