Re: "Spiral" and complex systems

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Message text written by INTERNET:wwagar@binghamton.edu

"Dear Pat,

        Your background is indeed different from mine.  I do not
understand one word of what you have written and I do not know why that
should bother me.  Nevertheless, it does.  Has Frankenstein's monster
engulfed us?  Have the "two cultures" split irreparably?  Or is there
hope?

        Warren"


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Dear Warren,

Take heart!  We may use different words, but we are saying the same things.


We both understand that the current world-system serves certain
inegalitarian purposes and we have a pretty good idea of "how it works" 
(thanks largely to some good WS analysis over the past 30 years or so).
Moreover, we both would like to see a new world-system emerge that serves
egalitarian purposes, and we agree that this task needs to be directly
addressed. Our values are in sync. 

There is no cultural split.  In fact, the fields that seriously study
complex systems are closer than ever. We may express ourselves differently,
but the message is the same.

Regards, Pat