[FRIAM] recap on Rosen

[Marcus G. Daniels]

glen e. p. ropella wrote:
> Marcus G. Daniels wrote:
>   
>> Glen wrote:
>>     
>>> We can, post hoc, find examples where an entity (lineage,
>>> organization, organism, etc) is pre-adapted for some change such that it
>>> _seemed_ like that entity somehow predicted the change.  But this isn't
>>> an effective tactic.
>>>       
>> It's very effective if the population is large enough.   6.6 billion 
>> humans is quite a few.
>>     
>
> No, a suite of trials is an effective strategy for a multi-farious
> composite (e.g. an army or a species); but pre-adaptation is an
> ineffective tactic for a small unit -- limited resources -- with an
> explicit objective.
>   
I thought we were sort of talking about large units, e.g. sustainability 
efforts as it relates to survival of governments or the even the human 
species?   It seems to me a government or large company can be agile by 
through use of non-agile specialists (and more powerful) than small but 
agile groups -- economies of scale.    A benefit of the exploitation 
phase, also comes with the benefit of the diversification of those 
exploitable specialists.