>Tom Lowe:
>
>time-related graphs. It's entirely possible, even likely, that at some
>point the systems become stretched to the extent that critical negative
>feedback loops turn into positive feedback loops and almost complete
>discontinuity results. In other words, things could turn out a lot worse
>than the models predict, and sooner. Those curves could be a lot steeper
>and go a lot deeper.
I agree. It looks like the LIMITS TO GROWTH gigadeath scenario is coming
earlier than expected.
Life expectancies are already falling in every country of the Former Soviet
Union (AMA). Africa is at the beginning of a full-on Malthusian dieoff.
See "Worldwatch Briefing: Sixteen Dimensions of the Population Problem" at
http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/pr98924.html
Capitalism (and all other isms too) are social systems that destroy their
own premise -- destroy their own life-support systems. See "Life on Earth
is Killing Us" at
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/10/100298/killingus.asp
As capitalism fails in more-and-more countries, these countries will
disintegrate too. Ultimately of course, this will lead to world wars over
natural resources. See Homer-Dixon's work at
http://utl2.library.utoronto.ca/www/pcs/tad.htm
>But my original point was regarding Verzola's argument in favor of
>modularization and the elimination of global variables. It seems to me that
>such a project would have about the same probability of success as
>attempting to modularize the biosphere or the human body. Enzymes that act
What's the alternative? Remember the banjo player in Deliverance? I'll
take the engineers.
Jay
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