The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Earlier this week I gave a talk at the U of Vienna on Second Order Cybernetics. It is a story of a scientific revolution in the philosophy of science. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIJsY5-Q5wc See Also: Stuart Umpleby at Phi Beta Iota 2012 Reflexivity = Integrity: Toward Earth/Life 4.0
The triple bottom line — people, profits, planet — is a recent business concept. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_bottom_line. We are now facing major issues on all three: 1. People. The safety of people is threatened by a) vulnerable cyber infrastructure. See the National Geographic video American Blackout; and b) inequality leading to lower standards of living for …
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Downloadable Document: 2011 AAAS Security Policy & Cybernetics Dr. Stuart Umpleby As I understand it, the fundamental problem with secret intelligence is too much self-reference and too little peer review. Stated differently, any advice from a subordinate to a superior has two components — describing some observed system and wanting to please the boss. Peer …
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RM 130212 Cybernetics Management and Security Policy I think the U.S. may be on the verge of making an important strategic mistake in science and in management education. Here are three stories to illustrate the historical background. 1. The Macy Foundation conferences in 1948-1953 led to founding the field of cybernetics. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy_conferences The Am. …
Here is a fragment from a listserve that is related to reflexivity. It explains how social science is different from physical science. Assuming that an approach developed for physical systems can also be used for social systems will miss a key feature of social systems. Very interesting paper on application of science to agriculture, in …
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Interesting term: “ambidextrous organization.” It seems the basic idea is an organization that can both produce a current product and create the next product. In the 9 page wikipedia article there is no mention of Stafford Beer’s work on management cybernetics and the Viable System Model. Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM) lies at the heart …
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