Posted by: Gokul January 15, 2005
Of Models And Supermodels
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Republicanism is like a potential earthquake in Nepal: (1)-Like an earthquake, it is impending and beyond anyone's control. It has become a systemic inevitability due to the failure of the existing system. The existing system has failed because -It does not learn and adapt. -It is incapable of expanding its boundary. In this age of globalization, no system is an island. -For a system to be stable, the regulator of the system must be part of the system. Evidently, this is not the case with the present system. The regulators have placed themselves outside of the system thereby leading to the inevitable collapse of the whole system. -The existing system uses the failure of its components as a metric of its succcess. This cannibalization is necessarily suicidal. -The existing system, according to the law of requisite variety, fails to accomodate different cultures, languages and ideologies rendering itself primitive. The existing system has existed so far due to the following: -In the begining, it did have some benefits to offer. The model (one central regulation) abstracted many complexities and functioned smoothly for some time. Furthermore, there was no benchmark to compare its performance so its validity did not become a question. -Due to the lack of exposure to the outside world (environment), the system was able to create a boundary and hence protect itself. -The system was efficient in creating inefficiencies so much so that its components were not able to bootstrap themselves for a change. -According to the law of inertia, there is always a resistance to change whether it is physical or mental. (2) Republicanism like an earthquake destroys many things. It destroys values both good and bad. The destruction of bad is surely a welcome thing. Change is a fundamental law of nature. If we do not change in time, change will be forced upon us. There is simply no escape from this "karmic" law of systems. Once we understand that the change is inevitable, then the wise thing is to prepare for it, not to doubt it. The purpose of this preparation is to protect good things that may otherwise will be destroyed during transition. (3) An existing system change its state in two ways: (i) the present system is too dysfunctional even though the system it is moving to is uncertain and probabbly more disruptive than the present one. (ii) the present system is functioning well but there appears an alternative which is even better. All developed and democratic nations belong to the second category while primitive and feudal systems belong to the first one. (4)There are two choices for the existing system: (i)Deny the necessity for change. Engage is a massive disruption and break all the functional components so much so that it reaches LEVEL ZERO. (ii)Accept the reality of change. Realize its systemic deficiencies and transform itself into a viable learning system. Observing the current mindset of the existing system which is too rigid, obstinate and unenlightened, it seems that the second option is too compromising and humuliating a choice for it. Every thing stands with its own force and collapses due to its own weight. This is the principle of self-organization.
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