To: Frequent posters, lurkers, innocents on several mail lists, and Sam Cole. Sam, you wrote: >> Wesburt Ian Miles forwarded your email about global models. You may be interested in the downloadable global model on my web site at http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/~cole/heuristic.htm. It is an "open" systems simulation that I designed for my futures students so that they could explore a wide range of variables and ideas about the future. I would welcome any feedback. << ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks, Sam, for introducing me to your web site and your futures model which explores future extensions of the present condition. I was not able to access your URL at <http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/~cole/heuristic.htm.>, with or without the final (.). Perhaps the site was being updated, I'll try again later. My awareness of general models, I can't say experience with them, dates from the 1950s models used by the electric power industry for dispatching production and calculating loss coeficients for the various plants. "Stella" and "Structures" are two more recent model programs I have heard about, but not used, as yet. I regard my global model shown at URL <http://www.freespeech.org/darves/bert.html> as a representation of the basic principles of Human Action, which principles are in effect and operative in the social order, regardless of whether or not people understand and acknowledge those basic principles. Here, of course, vested interests come into play to keep the public ignorant of how the system works. In my experience, both the forward exploration and the backward historical analysis are essential to an effective understanding of the present condition and to the selection of the proper corrective action for improving the present condition. My thanks to Ian Miles for bringing my e-mail to your attention. I will get back to you as soon as I am able to access your site, and look forward to your comments on my simple model of economic principles at URL <http://www.freespeech.org/darves/bert.html>. Regards, WesBurt
