August 26, 2006

John Robb compares US rule-set globalization with the real thing.

If the US rule-set is Windows, the new, minimal rule-set is free-software. A lot more open and dynamic (but less user-friendly?)
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Dan tdaxp said...

My thoughts:

"Here is where Robb's analogy falls apart. Human progress is based on social connectivity - transcoding from experience to action. As our societies and networks become increasingly complex and meaningful, the "system-layer" architecture of states becomes increasingly important. That is why verticalization of power is associated with the success of civilizations.

Chaotic, anarchic environments do not breed terrorism and do little to threaten us. This is why the Conglese Liberation Front has not succeeded in flying planes into any buildings. What problems we do have are spawned by bad states -- bad CPUS -- not consequences of regime-neutrality. Terrorists are out-competed by blackmarket businessmen, and an organization that tries to split its core competencies between terrorism and business shares the fate of any organization that is in the middle of the road: roadkill."

4:10 pm

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