Tuesday, February 11, 2014
the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC
Think about how complex our support systems are - 10's of millions in cities, air, water, transport, communication, jobs, money, markets, crime, health, education, waste, food, safety, sex, entertainment, information, social activities, sports, and how primitive are American decision and planning capacities. The lack of societal intelligence will keep us at a competitive disadvantage - compare to military logistics, supply chains, systems analysis, all foreign to most leaders - lawyers, politicians, media outlets, who are caught up in trivia and short term thinking.. not so in China, Singapore, ...
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the model of a large nation having a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Time to examine some of our favorite myths, the tie between Democracy and capitalism, first past the post competitive elections, European cultural superiority, balance of power conflicts, military empires, the invisible hand, rational choice, equilibrium and stability, great democracies are peaceful, material well being is the most important measure of human happiness,
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
Freud was born about the time "Origin of the Species" by Charles Darwin was published. Between them they destroyed the myth of the rational man, the economic man of calculated choices, and therefore the rational society with civic minded mass publics. Darwin created the human animal and Freud made him savage when he is caged by civilization and can't express his sexual and aggressive passions.
So welcome to the world of 2014 – Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of overpopulation, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to “civilization” or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business – in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the only model of a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Think about how complex our support systems are - 10's of millions in cities, air, water, transport, communication, jobs, money, markets, crime, health, education, waste, food, safety, sex, entertainment, information, social activities, sports, and how primitive are American decision and planning capacities. The lack of societal intelligence will keep us at a competitive disadvantage - compare to military logistics, supply chains, systems analysis, all foreign to most leaders - lawyers, politicians, media outlets, who are caught up in trivia and short term thinking.. not so in China, Singapore,
Now the newcomers have crashed the gates of European superiority. East Indians, Russians, Hungarians, Chinese, here and overseas have broken into the citadel of capitalism. They are aided by the new aristocracy of money and credit, “financial services” with a alchemy that makes 1 into 10, 20, 30 with a slice of profit at each transaction.
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
Freud was born about the time "Origin of the Species" by Charles Darwin was published. Between them they destroyed the myth of the rational man, the economic man of calculated choices, and therefore the rational society with civic minded mass publics. Darwin created the human animal and Freud made him savage when he is caged by civilization and can't express his sexual and aggressive passions.
So welcome to the world of 2014 – Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of over population, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to “civilization” or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
Freud was born about the time "Origin of the Species" by Charles Darwin was published. Between them they destroyed the myth of the rational man, the economic man of calculated choices, and therefore the rational society with civic minded mass publics.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC Singapore is a city state - Scandinavia does excellent, but China is so BIG -
Time to examine some of our favorite myths, the tie between Democracy and capitalism, first past the post competitive elections, European cultural superiority, balance of power conflicts, military empires, the invisible hand, rational choice, equilibrium and stability, great democracies are peaceful, material well being is the most important measure of human happiness,
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the only model of a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Now the newcomers have crashed the gates of European superiority. East Indians, Russians, Hungarians, Chinese, here and overseas have broken into the citadel of capitalism. They are aided by the new aristocracy of money and credit, "financial services" with a alchemy that makes 1 into 10, 20, 30 with a slice of profit at each transaction.
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
So welcome to the world of 2014 -- Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of over population, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to "civilization" or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business -- in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
I am creating a new means of communication - as far as anything can be new in the world today. Pictures tell a story open to the subjective character of the viewer - truly Platonic interior teaching adjusted to the reality of the individual. Sort of like Arabic where it is more poetry and subjective with several possible meaning - almost impossible to be precise with this kind of language that is helpful in domestic and diplomatic relationships in large family groups or tribes..
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business – in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
100 years ago in August 1914 a great world war began over nationalism in the Balkans, and Germany took preemptive action on the western front to get ahead of a slow Russia mobilization, afraid of the two front war. France was eager to revenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war two decades earlier. Everyone misunderstood each others' intentions and all expected it to be over by Christmas. There would be a treaty we settling some old issues. Instead many millions died as all hell broke out. Russia became the USSR, the Ottoman empire was torn apart by France and England, creating instability clearly present today. The Austria-Hungarian empire was torn into pieces by nationalism and American politics. Central Europe is just beginning to put itself back together. The peace of Versailles was vindictive and unworkable and caused a economic disaster and a second world war. WW II ended with the atomic bomb.
Not a perfect record for European Civilization...
People's Republic of China, PRC, PLA, civilization, digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, exploration, discovery, democracy,
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC Singapore is a city state - Scandinavia does excellent, but China is so BIG -
Time to examine some of our favorite myths, the tie between Democracy and capitalism, first past the post competitive elections, European cultural superiority, balance of power conflicts, military empires, the invisible hand, rational choice, equilibrium and stability, great democracies are peaceful, material well being is the most important measure of human happiness,
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the only model of a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Now the newcomers have crashed the gates of European superiority. East Indians, Russians, Hungarians, Chinese, here and overseas have broken into the citadel of capitalism. They are aided by the new aristocracy of money and credit, "financial services" with a alchemy that makes 1 into 10, 20, 30 with a slice of profit at each transaction.
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
So welcome to the world of 2014 -- Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of over population, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to "civilization" or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business -- in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
I am creating a new means of communication - as far as anything can be new in the world today. Pictures tell a story open to the subjective character of the viewer - truly Platonic interior teaching adjusted to the reality of the individual. Sort of like Arabic where it is more poetry and subjective with several possible meaning - almost impossible to be precise with this kind of language that is helpful in domestic and diplomatic relationships in large family groups or tribes..
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Think about how complex our support systems are - 10's of millions in cities, air, water, transport, communication, jobs, money, markets, crime, health, education, waste, food, safety, sex, entertainment, information, social activities, sports, and how primitive are American decision and planning capacities. The lack of societal intelligence will keep us at a competitive disadvantage - compare to military logistics, supply chains, systems analysis, all foreign to most leaders - lawyers, politicians, media outlets, who are caught up in trivia and short term thinking.. not so in China, Singapore, ...
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the model of a large nation having a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Time to examine some of our favorite myths, the tie between Democracy and capitalism, first past the post competitive elections, European cultural superiority, balance of power conflicts, military empires, the invisible hand, rational choice, equilibrium and stability, great democracies are peaceful, material well being is the most important measure of human happiness,
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
Freud was born about the time "Origin of the Species" by Charles Darwin was published. Between them they destroyed the myth of the rational man, the economic man of calculated choices, and therefore the rational society with civic minded mass publics. Darwin created the human animal and Freud made him savage when he is caged by civilization and can't express his sexual and aggressive passions.
So welcome to the world of 2014 – Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of overpopulation, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to “civilization” or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business – in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the only model of a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Think about how complex our support systems are - 10's of millions in cities, air, water, transport, communication, jobs, money, markets, crime, health, education, waste, food, safety, sex, entertainment, information, social activities, sports, and how primitive are American decision and planning capacities. The lack of societal intelligence will keep us at a competitive disadvantage - compare to military logistics, supply chains, systems analysis, all foreign to most leaders - lawyers, politicians, media outlets, who are caught up in trivia and short term thinking.. not so in China, Singapore,
Now the newcomers have crashed the gates of European superiority. East Indians, Russians, Hungarians, Chinese, here and overseas have broken into the citadel of capitalism. They are aided by the new aristocracy of money and credit, “financial services” with a alchemy that makes 1 into 10, 20, 30 with a slice of profit at each transaction.
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
Freud was born about the time "Origin of the Species" by Charles Darwin was published. Between them they destroyed the myth of the rational man, the economic man of calculated choices, and therefore the rational society with civic minded mass publics. Darwin created the human animal and Freud made him savage when he is caged by civilization and can't express his sexual and aggressive passions.
So welcome to the world of 2014 – Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of over population, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to “civilization” or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
Freud was born about the time "Origin of the Species" by Charles Darwin was published. Between them they destroyed the myth of the rational man, the economic man of calculated choices, and therefore the rational society with civic minded mass publics.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC Singapore is a city state - Scandinavia does excellent, but China is so BIG -
Time to examine some of our favorite myths, the tie between Democracy and capitalism, first past the post competitive elections, European cultural superiority, balance of power conflicts, military empires, the invisible hand, rational choice, equilibrium and stability, great democracies are peaceful, material well being is the most important measure of human happiness,
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the only model of a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Now the newcomers have crashed the gates of European superiority. East Indians, Russians, Hungarians, Chinese, here and overseas have broken into the citadel of capitalism. They are aided by the new aristocracy of money and credit, "financial services" with a alchemy that makes 1 into 10, 20, 30 with a slice of profit at each transaction.
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
So welcome to the world of 2014 -- Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of over population, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to "civilization" or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business -- in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
I am creating a new means of communication - as far as anything can be new in the world today. Pictures tell a story open to the subjective character of the viewer - truly Platonic interior teaching adjusted to the reality of the individual. Sort of like Arabic where it is more poetry and subjective with several possible meaning - almost impossible to be precise with this kind of language that is helpful in domestic and diplomatic relationships in large family groups or tribes..
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business – in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
100 years ago in August 1914 a great world war began over nationalism in the Balkans, and Germany took preemptive action on the western front to get ahead of a slow Russia mobilization, afraid of the two front war. France was eager to revenge its defeat in the Franco-Prussian war two decades earlier. Everyone misunderstood each others' intentions and all expected it to be over by Christmas. There would be a treaty we settling some old issues. Instead many millions died as all hell broke out. Russia became the USSR, the Ottoman empire was torn apart by France and England, creating instability clearly present today. The Austria-Hungarian empire was torn into pieces by nationalism and American politics. Central Europe is just beginning to put itself back together. The peace of Versailles was vindictive and unworkable and caused a economic disaster and a second world war. WW II ended with the atomic bomb.
Not a perfect record for European Civilization...
People's Republic of China, PRC, PLA, civilization, digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, exploration, discovery, democracy,
The model for third wave society - the most successful political economy - is the People's Republic of China. PRC Singapore is a city state - Scandinavia does excellent, but China is so BIG -
Time to examine some of our favorite myths, the tie between Democracy and capitalism, first past the post competitive elections, European cultural superiority, balance of power conflicts, military empires, the invisible hand, rational choice, equilibrium and stability, great democracies are peaceful, material well being is the most important measure of human happiness,
Mass mobilization and democratic centralization work with a state guided economy to rationally plan and execute infrastructure, including human resources, balance supply and demand, smooth the transition from one generation to another.
China is the only model of a successful political economy with a smooth rationalization of the social contract. The nature of post modern society is meritarcy, high education and training in specialities and enterprise based on capital markets. If you want to see enterprise try Shanghai or Beijing IT world.
Now the newcomers have crashed the gates of European superiority. East Indians, Russians, Hungarians, Chinese, here and overseas have broken into the citadel of capitalism. They are aided by the new aristocracy of money and credit, "financial services" with a alchemy that makes 1 into 10, 20, 30 with a slice of profit at each transaction.
Can democracy work when people are driven by irrational forces they do not understand ? Does the responsible elite establishment need to control the masses by manipulation of those needs and desires? Is government just another use of selling as done in marketing of soap, cereal and cars.Where has a responsible civic elite gone? Fox news, the Koch brothers ?
So welcome to the world of 2014 -- Imperialism in Africa and the middle east with artificial borders is a evil mix of over population, ancient myths and false beliefs, armed with tools of mass destruction. A unemployed undereducated population of young males have taken up arms from Libya to Baghdad, from Damascus to Angola.
The old western civilization has entered a third great transformation.
The first was from hunters gatherers to "civilization" or cities with specialization of trades and crafts, and a ruling elite of aristocracy and clergy, with laws, police and armies.
Second, In 13th century a age of reason and enlightenment began with contact with the more civilized moors in Spain and with the classics they had preserved. By the 17th century elites began to believe that people and society could be rational and they needed to do away with superstitions, clericalism, royalist, and all that medieval Gothic stuff.
People of the enlightenment believed in the perfectibility of mankind, starting with a blank slate, and therefore the possibility of self government and a more perfect society. Politics comes from polis the civic paradigm in ancient Greece, their constitution was to make men better and better men would make a better society. They also believed people make rational choices.
The use of reason and logic let to science and engineering, exploration and discovery, with the raise of capitalism, banking, joint stock companies, (if you only have a few ships and they are lost in a storm you are out of business, but if you spread the risk over thousands of ships it just becomes a cost of doing business) laws and courts to enforce complex commercial arrangement. Thus the industrial revolution in several waves, steel and coal, steam and textiles, oil, electric power, chemistry, cars, planes, radio and TV, with air conditioning, pest control, making Florida possible.
Now the third transformation which is digital, quantitative, mathematical, biological, systems, advanced engineering, all requiring high skills and specialization. The Anglo owners of American companies employed central European labor, and German and Scottish technicians. Then they hired professional managers and went to live on investments in colonies of the very rich. But now the management and founders have to know the business -- in a way Carnegie did not know steel technology, Rockefeller knew little about oil, but they knew business and how to make a cartel work to protect high profits from newcomers.
I am creating a new means of communication - as far as anything can be new in the world today. Pictures tell a story open to the subjective character of the viewer - truly Platonic interior teaching adjusted to the reality of the individual. Sort of like Arabic where it is more poetry and subjective with several possible meaning - almost impossible to be precise with this kind of language that is helpful in domestic and diplomatic relationships in large family groups or tribes..
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