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>[img]<a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n3/n1925 >2.jpg[/img]">http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n >3/n19252.jpg[/img]</a> > >[quote]From Achilles Choice by Larry Niven and Steven >Barnes > >p61: [i][b]In Matthew 26:11[/b] Jesus said that the >poor will always be among us,"[/i] Jillian said. Her >words appeared as white strokes upon a blue visual >field. They floated in the air like crisply perfect >skywriting. >[i]"And in that sense, he may have been the first >theorist in the social applications of fractal >geometry. >"The concepts of cognitive dissonance and the >inevitable breakdown of communication therefrom have >been understood for centuries. However, the >unavoidable disintegration of systems as those systems >become more complex and unweildly has rarely been >considered within a socialogical lattice." >... >"A stable society functions much like an organism, >with communications between the organ systems, the >organs, the tissue structures, the cells, and the >organelles. As instructions flow from one level to >another, and the inevitable distortions in >communication accumulate, what happens? >"At the top, a plan may be shaped to provide the >greatest good for the greatest number. But no plan >conceived at one end of the spectrum can take into >account all of the individuals at the other end. It >simply is not possible--there is too much breakdown in >communication along the way. Conversely, any system >which is modular enough to deal intimately with those >at the bottom is too unweildly to be governed from the >top. >"Fortunately for those who govern, the appearance of >fair play is more important than the reality. At least >that's what Machiavelli thought."[/i][/quote] > >I'm sharing this "omwork" with you friends because I >see parallels with what is in this book and the >choices that are made in our world by our leaders or >lack of leaders. The title of the book refers to an >oft-quoted myth: > >[quote]p35: The tale was told to three billion TV sets >during every Olympiad. The gods had offered Achilles a >short, glorious life, or a long dull one. He chose >glory...[/quote] > >[i]My [/i] choice is a long glorious life. Heavy on >the long, the gloriousness can trickle in.. he he.. > >When I was young in California a class project was to >create a world. Mine was "Burpth," a positive energy >Earth where everyone did what they wanted all day. >Little did I know that the millennium would bring the >worse to the top, not the cream. > >[img]<a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://www.123musiq.com/images/JsL-TheGodfather2. >jpg[/img]I">http://www.123musiq.com/images/JsL-TheGodfa >ther2.jpg[/img]I</a> have to see if I can get my "Don >Choprano [i]the godfather of the [b]Highest >Family[/b][/i]" fiction theme / idea to Steven Barnes. >If he can compose around a positivity cult rather than >human sacrifice one, many the copy cults.. I mean copy >cats would all try to out do each other in >positive-visualizing super-heros! Yay! Berkeley >Utopianism has a function in this world! he he.. > >Love and *LIGHT* *BEING*Teom ;) ;) > >[img]<a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://seasidebookstore.com/assets/images/Creatin >g-Health-C.jpg[/img]">http://seasidebookstore.com/asset >s/images/Creating-Health-C.jpg[/img]</a>

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