I'm taking a short break from simulation and matching work to post a
couple of messages stimulated by recent discussions and web pages
visted about Gross Progress Indicators and about population.
I started out to address those topics, but instead wrote a preamble
discussing a related
excerpt from a paper by Albert Bartlett published in Population
Environment, Vol. 20, No. 1, September 1998, Pgs. 77 - 81.
REGIONWIDE PLANNING WILL MAKE THE PROBLEMS WORSE
REGIONAL PLANNING DILUTES AND ULTIMATELY DEFEATS DEMOCRACY
What
dpw writes:
Of all the things I have to say, if there is only one thing you take
seriously let it be this:
We can maximize the global net baud rate for interpersonal
communications by using combinatorial optimization to match people
based on personality, interest, and
Greetings -
I saw the below post on a listi; I would like info on Resilient Communities. .
.
Thank you,
Martha E. Ture
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From: Bob Stilger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Ole,
At 2:09 PM +0100 12/17/98, you wrote:
According to the Internet, at least the following other
broadly and globally aiming potential TERMINATORS exist.
[i.e.: 1. Karnataka State Farmers Association, KRRS
The Cremation Monsanto action of KRRS in South India
At 4:16 PM -0500 12/16/98, Edward Weick wrote:
In an essay forwarded to this list, Richard Douthwaite paints a
potentially disastrous picture of the modern world.
snip
But lets poke at it a little and see how real it is.
snip
Growth did not, as Douthwaite appears to imply, stagnate
There's an interesting survey of "alternatives to GNP" on the web
page for my institute -- www.tufts.edu\gdae
On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Douglas P. Wilson wrote:
Caspar Davis wrote:
I assume you know about the various Genuine Progress Indicators that
have been proposed at various levels of
This brief statement by Mike Nickerson summarizes the thinking behind
the "Seventh Generation Bill" that he and Joe Jordan, Liberal MP, are
working on for eventual tabling as a private member's bill. It is one
of the more promising initiatives around.
Caspar Davis
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