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 More options Feb 1 2008, 7:20 am
From: jheuristic <jheuris...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 04:20:51 -0800 (PST)
Local: Fri, Feb 1 2008 7:20 am
Subject: Re: VN Blog
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Maximization is not the same as optimzation. It is not a temporal or
differential property. Optimization is harmonious and fragile. There
IS a very diffiicult shift for people. 20st Century b-school and mgmt
always urged 'maximize' profits or 'maximize' production. All the
firms pursing those strategies are gone. It is just not sustainable.
Malignant cancer alway will get you in the end unless treated and
brought back from a maximal state. -j

On Jan 31, 9:06 pm, ejhoffer <ejhof...@gmail.com> wrote:

> There is a yin-and-yang of near-term and long-term interests.
> Maximizing value does not necessarily imply getting as much as you can
> NOW, (doing so could clearly wear a black hat and jeapordize survival
> of the network).  But isn't maximizing over the long-term (keeping
> perpetuation in mind) the same as optimization - from the perspectives
> of both node and network?

> On Jan 31, 7:50 pm, Snowden Dave <dave.snow...@cognitive-edge.com>
> wrote:

> > In the western genre, those with white hats are very very good and
> > those with black hats are very very bad
> > It makes it easier to follow ....

> > Dave Snowden
> > Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
> > Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd

> > Now blogging atwww.cognitive-edge.com

> > On 31 Jan 2008, at 22:47, jheuristic wrote:

> > > In any ecosystems, maximal organisms and inhabitants are malignant and
> > > near death. Maximizing is tantamount to death. Maximized entities
> > > choke out diversity and kills  interdependence. In contrast, optimal
> > > organisms and inhabitants of the value network are robust, resilient,
> > > prosperous and benign. -j- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -


 
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