SYNERGY-NET on http://metro.turnpike.net/~pflaump 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. SYNERGY-NET on http://metro.turnpike.net/~pflaump is where YOU can collaborate with the future using Interactive Education and Training on your own Web pages. Join, Beta Testers free. ** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] ***************************************************************** SYNERGY-NET on http://metro.turnpike.net/~pflaump is where YOU can collaborate with the future using Interactive Education and Training on your own Web pages. Join, Beta Testers free. ** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-9609 [log in to unmask] *****************************************************************