> Cats won't do because you live with them. You are God to the fish and that > means that you have to be responsible for them. Its the human arrogance > that projects what the cat or fish's consciousness is like. I don't think > your guy was ever a cat so like American Opera singers correcting Italians > on their Verdi, he is in dubious territory. > > Ray Evans Harrell
Very likely, Ray. He joined his cats in whatever Heaven they are in some twenty years ago. I really loved the man. He wasn't just whimsical, he was whimsy. So unlike most economists. Ed Weick > > > Ray, I'll admit that one could learn a lot from fish, but I don't think > I'm > > willing to go as far as you suggest. Cats perhaps. One of my very early > > bosses, an economist, used to develop his concepts of human behaviour by > > watching his cats. He had three of them, and they were enormous. He > > maintained that people were just like pussy cats, ten percent conscious > and > > ninety percent unconscious, and it was the latter you had to worry about. > > One of his favourite teaching devices was to invite us very young and > > impressionable economist to his house and have us stand around his kitchen > > sink. He would pour catnip into the sink and we would watch the cats roil > > round and round. Standing off to one side, he would point down at them > > saying, with some excitement, "See! See! Just like people!" I guess he > was > > right, whatever he meant. > > > > Ed Weick > > > > > > > I think you guys should all go into the fish business. Build an > > aquarium. > > > A big one. At least six feet long and a couple of feet deep and thick. > > > Minimum 125 gallons. And get yourselves some African Cichlids. > > > Beautiful, durable little fish. And they breed like fundamentalists. > > > Then get yourself a big fish. Something that's beautiful, like a > Cobalt > > > Blue. Feed them all and see what happens. Supply and Demand. The > > > invisible hand of the market and all of that stuff. You can see it in > > > action. Try out your theories. See what happens to the fact that > > > everyone eats and everyone gets sick and as big as the tank is, it still > > has > > > limited resources. Nature is tough and fish weren't meant to be even > in > > > big aquariums. If you are going to keep them there then you are going > to > > > have to modify certain ideas about yours and their freedom or they won't > > > survive. I used to have a house full of aquariums and animals. I > went > > > with the natural model. Now I live in a two room apartment and except > for > > > the space, my life is much more productive and I can talk to my friends > on > > > the internet. You might consider that the upkeep of your lives has to > do > > > with the reason that you don't understand some of the more complex works > > of > > > the modern artists. It just takes too much energy. In order to have > > > civilization you must cooperate and that doesn't work with capitalism or > > > popular economics. There has to be another model. But are we > > > cognitively dissonant or can we break free and imagine another way? > > What > > > the hell? What else do you have to do with your life that isn't > > ordinary, > > > insignificant and totally temporary? Milton Friedman and his fried > > fish. > > > That's all he can taste in his 90s but he still controls yours. > > > > > > Ray Evans Harrell > > > > > > > > > > > > Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Pollard" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 12:23 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Local living economies > > > > > > > > > > Harry, I don't think the UN stands a chance of doing anything that > > various > > > > powers might view as infringing on their sovereign rights. > > > > > > > > Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ed, > > > > > > > > > > Such a program would be ideal for the UN if it was really a Global > > > > > organization. > > > > > > > > > > But, unfortunately, it hasn't much more than Pomp and Circumstance. > > > > > > > > > > Harry > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > Ed wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > The issue is who owns the seas. I think they belong to the > people > > of > > > > the > > > > > > > earth, who should manage the catch to make the fishing grounds > > > > > > > self-sustaining. Then there will be no "Tragedy". > > > > > > > > > > > >Harry, the problem is that, except for off-shore limits, the people > > of > > > > the > > > > > >earth do own the seas. But the interests of the people are so > > diverse > > > > that > > > > > >there is very little possibility of establishing an effective > > > management > > > > > >regime. > > > > > > > > > > > >Ed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > **************************************************** > > > > > Harry Pollard > > > > > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > > > > > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > > > > > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > > > > > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > > > > > **************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > > > Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release Date: 6/10/2003 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Futurework mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
