I am posting the draft principles that are under consideration by Clinton's
Commission on Sustainable Development. The comission is accepting public
comment on the draft until July 14. If you would like to comment, download
and print the form, fill it out, and mail it to the Washington D.C.
I was just mentioning an interesting breakthrough in computer simulation
in the field of complexity theory (you know, chaos theory?). When John Holland
ran that simulation, he had a bet going with Thomas Sargent about whether or
not Holland's adaptive learning computer agents would learn to
I'd like the add to the latest posting from Carla Feldpausch.
The concept of emergence plays a key role in Roy Bhaskar's critical
realism. In his latest book "Dialectic: the Pulse of Freedom," Verso
1993, Bhaskar writes on p. 49:
In emergence, generally, new beings (entities, structures,
I'd like the add to the latest posting from Carla Feldpausch.
The concept of emergence plays a key role in Roy Bhaskar's critical
realism. In his latest book "Dialectic: the Pulse of Freedom," Verso
1993, Bhaskar writes on p. 49:
In emergence, generally, new beings (entities, structures,
Well, folks, it's official. Today's Wall Street Journal reports on
a Harvard School of Public Health's Center for Risk Analysis that
concludes it's cheaper to let people get sick and then save them
medically than it is to prevent the disease in the first place
through workplace-safety or
