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RE: New Highly Complex Systems tend to be unstable:
Working with Windows 95 and the INTERNET over the last few years
and being very interested in human nature and behavior - There
seems to be an analogy about things not working very well:
complex systems are unstable - things work, then they don't -
WHY ?
The current model of "Human Beings" is about 40,000 years old and
the INTERNET is about 30 years of age. Both are complex systems
made up of sub-systems and parts that all don't fit perfectly or
work smoothly together. The body-mind, (plant, reptile, mammal)
and all our "selves", emotional, passionate, rational elements,
are so blended and mixed with "the stuff that dreams are make
of," that dreams, illusions and reality become so mixed as to
become one blended element. The result of this complex blend
often involves conflict within ourselves and with others. Clearly
we are a new experimental design, a work in process, that has not
had the time to work out all the bugs.
The same instability applies to all collections of complex
systems, The X model aircraft, B1, challenger, Windows95, and
"people" and their social technical systems - they all tend to
become UNSTABLE.
There is no single design or designer - not G-D or Bill Gates. We
seek and dream of a complete integrated design where all the
parts work smoothly together and the systems "flies". But
regardless of our "bandwidth", complex systems become beyond the
real grasp of any individual. (See Gates vision on the Start page
- not a single piece but bits and pieces) Systems Analysis and
specialization is a response to the interrelationships in complex
machines, organizations, and big projects such as the Atomic
Submarines of Admiral Rickover. General Systems is a approach to
the dynamics of open systems and their ecology, such as lakes,
old growth forests, the biosphere and the atmosphere, climate,
oceans, mobs, politics and the stock market.
Both systems have sub-systems that are a rough model of the
other. The body-mind does what it must to enable life. We (the
system) must maintain some hemostats - balance. The "old brain"
helps maintains these basic functions - balance, putting one foot
in front of the other, it is the BIOS (Basic Input and Output
system) in a PC. In Sufi terms this is the body or wagon. (brown)
The mammal brain (next) takes care of temperature, blood
pressure, response to danger and the fight/flight (stress)
response. (yellow - red) The analogy is to the base memory, disk
drives, monitor, the parts that help machines carry out their
basic functions. In Sufi terms this it the driver of the coach
(blue) trying to keep the horses in balance and pointing in the
same direction. The horses are the passions - (Red) - I don't
think machines have passions ?
In the coach is the passenger (one of our egos) - the switches of
the higher brain ( black and green) and the CPU of the machine.
The coach has a purpose and direction set by the commander.
(White to clear) The passenger self and the commander self maybe
in imperfect communication. This is the software, the programs.
The coach is part of a transportation system, goes on a road made
by others, in the computer world it becomes part of a Network, it
develops exchange protocols or external languages. The person
goes beyond selves to greater systems and themes. The commander
gets it touch with headquarters.
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