[OT] The China-Russia-US Geopolitical Dynamical System (!!!)

[Jeff Kinz]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 08:17:21PM -0400, Fred wrote:
> On Thursday 27 July 2006 15:23, Ben Scott uttered thusly:
> > SET self-appointed net.cop mode = ON
> >
> >   Could we take the China/US/whatever debate off-list please?
> >
> > SET self-appointed net.cop mode = OFF
> >
> >   Please note that I am empowered to speak only for myself.
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >
> > -- Ben
> 
> "Sorry about that". But to bring it back "on topic", I look at geopolitics no 
> differently than I look at computer networks, the human body, or any other 
> complex dynamical system. The large human societies form transcendental sets 
> of immense complexity and dynamics. One of the reasons I am currently 
> interested in Lisp is so I can model these dynamics and see if I can pull 
> off a few impressive predictions that will help put transcendental sets -- 
> and me -- on the map.
> 
> I have heard many in the past claim that humans can't be predicted by 
> mathematics. I say they're all wrong. :-) The real irony is that I wish I 
> were wrong, because their are far-reaching and deep implications -- all of 
> which scares the willies out of me -- if I'm right.

You've read Asimov, right? Foundation trilogy?

(Note - trilogy has become a marketing term for how many books can we
sell using the same characters? :)


> 
> Of course, I could just be a wise-ass spewing forth total BS. But I'm having 
> a hard time convincing myself that's the case. :-)
> 
> -Freedom Fred
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-- 
Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.
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