[FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

[Douglass Carmichael]

I find “little” comments like this so valuable. Is there a FRIAM archive on
line?

 

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Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 8:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Democracy and evolution

 

Phil et al: I believe one of the key "popular" books which addresses these
issues of continuing economic expansion based on an exploitation of natural
resources with no regard to the environment and the natural systems on which
we all depend, is Jared Diamond's Collapse.  In my mind, the economic
systems that we have produced cannot continue much longer and, if not us,
our children and grandchildren will face a much different, more difficult,
more dangerous world.  The proper use of some of our existing tools, such as
communication, computers, modeling, complexity/chaos theories may help if
they are properly applied and not just used to reinforce the current
systems. 

 

For those of you who heard Ian's presentation on group animal movement, we
might consider humanity to be more akin to locusts, who form swarms out of
individual hunger and by biting their neighbors to move the group.  Sigh.
Something to think about anyway.

 

Paul Paryski  

 

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