Sunday, May 31, 2009

A better bottom line

Political folk are fond of "bad-mouthing" countries, groups & individuals who don't agree with them, with no respect for objectivity or balance. This is an element of human nature that on a crowded planet may work against temporary coexistence as well as long term sustainability.

An important repair for the bad effects of this tendency might be development of robust and objective tools for monitoring the impact of policy decisions and political strategies on community health. Niche-network layer-multiplicity is a tool based in the physical sciences which could work objectively, for now at least within communities of a single organism type, without regard for race, creed, species, or even solar system of origin. It can guide us away from Jerry Springer moments toward meaningful dialog (when that's what we want).

What will it take to develop it and put it to good use?

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