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SteveBC's avatar

I have an engineer's mind and set of techniques. When I sit with this structure you have outlined here, Martin, and "see" it in my mind's eye, I see why this works - in *theory*. It is quite beautiful. Translating it into becoming our reality in this world is of course quite messy and imperfect. However, what I like about this framing is that provides a way to look at what we have and, if you will, grade it against the model to see how well it conforms, yes, but also where it does not and therefore the specific location within the module we need to focus to fix things.

So my question is now, "How do we codify the *process* of asymptotically approaching the model in this or that specific piece of the overall structure?" Other questions are how we define the boundaries of a particular subsystem or module, what level(s) does it work on within the overall System, how do we evaluate its level of Truth, how do we measure how well it works compared to the model and communicates properly with adjoining modules in the System, and so on.

When I was in an engineering-based company in the early 1980s, we would sit around and decide what we wanted something to be like (or how it should work), and then we would say something like, "Well, that's good, we know what we want. The rest is just engineering." And then we would laugh uncontrollably! :-D :-D :-D

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Loxie Lou Davie's avatar

Your Work, Martin, needs no "approval" from Man OR Machine!!! It stands on its own as the Work of a Human Being, himself, still a work in progress!!! Aren't we all???!!! ;-)

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Connie Funk's avatar

Amen and Amen, for sure! Though the learning curve is steep, each of us is called to move out of our comfort zones and frame these challenges as the incredible blessings that they are. Though I do not share your hardwired brilliance ( plus the countless hours you continue to grow and learn) I do possess my own gifts and talents and this is really about being willing to align with the truth, no matter the costs as the benefits are priceless! Every post boggles my mind, which I so appreciate and feel inspired beyond expression! God bless you, Martin.

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Paul Daniel's avatar

Given your abilities and experience Martin, you're the ideal person to reach such a conclusion and it makes an awful lot of sense to an average numpty like me. We do not destroy the old system, we just built a new, righteous one to take its place and the old order will fail and fall away - one could even say that we have to 'build back better' :-)

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George Mason's avatar

"Let those who have ears to hear, build" Amen and Amen !

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jen bravery's avatar

There you ago again...."The Master Wordsmith".......Bloody marvellous...you make my spirit soar.

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