<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>you know marty... there are at least 4 types of people... <br><br>broken into 16 by the typologists. re: Myers Briggs Psychological Types<br><br>doesn't matter. either way you look at it, if you have a mix of people, a good balance is good. <br><br>so stable nutrient environment? differences. complexity. diversity.<br><br>it's like mono culture v. poly culture. or complementary gardening.<br><br>lots of love,<br><br>martin giannini <br>dublin, ireland<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Martin Boroson <marty@becomingme.com><br>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>Sent:
Sunday, January 20, 2008 4:23:42 PM<br>Subject: Philosophical Question<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">Dear all:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">I have a couple of
philosophical questions about the concept of a “stable nutrient
environment.” According to Stuart Kauffman, as quoted by
Harrison , this is Condition #1 for self-organization.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">My questions:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">a. What does this
mean scientifically? Presumably Kauffman is talking primarily about
biological systems, as he is a biologist. Does he mean sufficient food
supply? That would make sense – you need sufficient food in order
to do anything -- but on the other hand, fundamental environmental challenges
to a system (such as lack of food supply) are surely one of the perturbations
that can induce a re-organization. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">b. I’m also curious
to know how each of you would interpret “stable nutrient
environment” in terms of organizational change. What would be the “stable
nutrient environment” required? Abundant coffee and cake at
your conference? Lifetime job security for all the organization’s
employees? Or something in between?</span></font></p>
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;)</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">Namaste </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Book Antiqua" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";" lang="EN-GB">Marty</span></font></p>
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