:) Arno
2015-08-30 22:16 GMT+03:00 Harrison via OSList < [email protected]>: > There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a > gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very > suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell > on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now. > > > > A time of reflections. > > > > It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or > maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All > systems are self organizing. > > > > *All Systems are Open* is a complicated way of saying that everything is > connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we > don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is > completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. > So much for THAT vain hope. > > > > *All Systems are self Organizing* -- I know of no way of actually proving > this one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. > If you find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected > environment, where nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are > there, must have pretty well gotten themselves together all by themselves. > Of course there are a number of people who are sure that God did it, and > personally I don’t have any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to > divine agency doesn’t help us very much. We still don’t have much control > and the systems around us, including those we think we organized, have a > source other than our selves. > > > > Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) > can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational > as different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, > Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that > could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is > the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out that way, > so I’ve found. > > > > All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to > do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to > accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really > have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If > ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or > contributing, you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new > place where you can do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few > words: Follow your passion and take responsibility for it. > > > > It took 80 years. Fun! > > > > Harrison > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Winter Address > > 7808 River Falls Drive > > Potomac, MD 20854 > > 301-365-2093 > > > > Summer Address > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. > > Camden, ME 04843 > > 207-763-3261 > > > > Websites > > www.openspaceworld.com <http://%20www.openspaceworld.com> > > www.ho-image.com > > OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives > of OSLIST Go to: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >
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