[Platt] "The increase in versatility is directed toward Dynamic Quality. The increase in power to control hostile forces is directed toward static quality. Without Dynamic Quality the organism cannot grow. Without static quality the organism cannot last. Both are needed." (Lila, 11)
Agree? Ron: This Quote is exactly the view that I'm trying to express to you. I see balance as increase in versatility, whereas I see Superiority as increase in power to control... What are your thoughts? [Krimel] Or think of it this way. To say a relationship is balanced is to say that it is stable. All forces tensions and variations in the relationship, while they may be variable are constant to some degree. Balance is a function of the range of variability. A rock on the ground has an imperceptible range of variation. The relationship between the rock and the ground varies in geological time. A foot on a tight rope is a much more tenuous relationship. Change occurs in milliseconds and constant variation is required to maintain the balance. Smaller forces are required to disrupt it. It takes a pick and a shovel to separate the rock from the ground and a puff of breeze to remove foot from rope. I hope we all are that the tightrope walker is in a much more dynamic relationship than the rock. And yet the very static quality of the rock's relationship allows other kinds of relations to occur. Lichens and molds can grow on it. Insects or burrowing creature find shelter beneath it. Increasing levels of stability allow dynamic interaction in increasingly subtle and complex ways. We exist in a space and time that allows subtle and complex creatures like us discuss such matters because most of the 'hostile forces' that could destroy us are not so much 'controlled' as canceled out by other forces that could destroy us. I would tend to say that as the greater forces fall into balance, the increasing subtlety and complexity that arise are Good. What we have seen so far on planet earth is a drift toward balance, subtlety and complexity. I am even willing to call this as a drift toward 'betterness'. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
