[LINK] Digital Ecosystem

[Richard Chirgwin]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> Roger Clarke wrote:
>   
>> At 12:52 +1100 3/3/09, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
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>>> This term has popped up a few times, in my recent websurfing...have 
>>> we discussed it on link?
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_ecosystem>
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>>>       
>> The number of times general systems theory gets re-discovered and 
>> re-badged is remarkable.
>>
>> We'd get further, faster and better if the world would actually 
>> internalise its insights (under whichever name people like to use).
>>
>> But I guess we're stuck with most people being unaware of it, some 
>> people ignoring it, and hence its continual re-emergence, widespread 
>> non-comprehension about it, and re-disappearance ...
>>   
>>     
> I'm with Roger here. It seems to be a frequent and general phenomena 
> associated with not learning from history.
>
> eg, SOA seems very much like Client/Server, which is similar to 
> distributed computing.
>
> While I'm in the mood... Is it just me getting old and wrinkly or are 
> our politicians, their advisers and business "leaders" getting less 
> competent?
>
> Are educational institutions in the USA, UK and here producing more, but 
> less qualified graduates?
>   
Cause and effect becoming confused. "Since people with university
degrees get higher pay, we need to make sure that more people *get*
university degrees".

Actually, I think this question is illustrative of the prior question
regarding competence ...
> And to take this completely off topic... There's an old saying "The 
> people who get into trouble are not the ones to get you out of it" The 
> USA and Australia have new flavours of government. The UK doesn't, yet. 
> It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few years re the 
> economy, the war and climate change.
>   
>> </sob>
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>>     
> Quite.
>
>   
<sob>

RC