Open design is the development of physical products, machines and systems through use of publicly shared design information. The process is generally facilitated by the Internet and often performed without monetary compensation. The goals and philosophy are identical to open source, but reside in a different paradigm.
Phi Beta Iota: The emergent Open Design community is a bit too focused on products, i.e. open source hardware. Open Design can and should apply to all processes, all services, all products. Unlike the assembly line focus on the Industrial Era, Open Design would integrate 360 degree cultural values (e.g. organic food to slow food to food-based dialog) and fully integrate the humanities with the mechanics to achieve Consilience.
Michael C. Jensen; Harvard Business School; Social Science Electronic Publishing (SSEP), Inc. November 29, 2009; Rotman Magazine: The Magazine of the Rotman School of Management, pp. 16-20, Fall 2009 Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 10-042; Barbados Group Working Paper No. 09-04
Abstract: This paper is an interview of Michael Jensen by Karen Christensen on the topic of integrity. There is confusion between integrity, morality and ethics. In our much longer paper on the topic (see “Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics and Legality” (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=920625)) my co-authors, Werner Erhard and Steve Zaffron, distinguish integrity, from morality and ethics in the following way. Integrity in our model is honoring your word. As such integrity is a purely positive phenomenon. It has nothing to do with good vs. bad, right vs. wrong behavior. Like the law of gravity the law of integrity just is, and if you violate the law of integrity as we define it you get hurt just as if you try to violate the law of gravity with no safety device. The personal and organizational benefits of honoring one's word are huge — both for individuals and for organizations — and generally unappreciated.
INTELLIGENCE is DECISION-SUPPORT. The process of intelligence is separate from whether the sources and methods are secret or not. There is nothing secret, unethical, or illegal about the process of intelligence as decision-support.
Original “Class Before One” (2010 Class 001 in Planning)
Phi Beta Iota: As it becomes possible to connect all minds with all information in all languages, one of the most important “memes” is that of “true cost.” Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is being made vastly easier as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) becomes a standard in the supply chain, and as more and more individuals study and post the specifics of each element of a supply chain. Below are just a few of the headlines from this week that caught our attention.
In a seeming effort to disguise the real cost of its National Ignition Facility, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California used inappropriate accounting methods to understate expenses at the nuclear fusion program by $80 million in this fiscal year, according to a recently divulged federal report.
MILLIONS of dollars worth of land has been excluded from the official price tag on Victoria's desalination plant, with a series of peppercorn rents hiding the full cost of the project.
Time for change – Water saving – Ecademy Identify the true cost of water. Do you know how much your business spends on water per annum or how much is water costing you? Check your water bills for the last 3 years and note the annual consumption and cost. …
A groundbreaking verdict for accused veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was decided recently in Canyon City, Ore. when former Soldier Jesse Bratcher, on trial for murder, was found guilty by reason of insanity. It appears to be the first trial in the U.S. where a veteran's post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was successfully considered to mitigate the circumstances of a crime. For more information on the case, visit the National Veterans Foundation website.
