tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post22145407039371036..comments2024-03-28T17:58:56.707+11:00Comments on The Social Pathologist: Engine Failure.The Social Pathologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-1414261750983674952011-05-13T01:40:55.694+10:002011-05-13T01:40:55.694+10:00I get the impression the this guy "gets it&qu...<i>I get the impression the this guy "gets it". Indeed, one of the interesting things that keeps cropping up with regard to effective complex decision making, is how military thinkers seem to have recognised the problems well before anyone else. Clausewitz's "methodism" being an example. </i><br /><br />This is an interesting point. It does make sense though. War is the ultimate "battle of ideas" in many senses. Those commanders who didn't get it right are quickly enough relegated to the wrong side of history. They don't have the luxury of making bad choices and shrugging their shoulders when it doesn't go well.<br /><br />Also interesting is the example of an economist who didn't major in economics. Economics was my major in college, but I can easily see why so often the best economists come from other fields of study (Laffer, Nash, etc). The parts of economics which are true science (I would say all of Micro Econ) are relatively easy to master. My last two years were very easy, because whether I was studying international markets, resource management, or business finance it was really just a rehash of the same theory. Any relatively bright logical thinker can pick this up very quickly.Dalrockhttp://dalrock.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-66777870077315716472011-05-13T00:06:58.743+10:002011-05-13T00:06:58.743+10:00"Now an engine motor, like society, is a huma..."Now an engine motor, like society, is a human designed thing, and its operation is effectively under supervision."<br /><br />"The Marxists believed they could build a better engine."<br /><br />You're making the same mistake that Marxists made. Human society is not a human designed thing; it is an organic, bottoms-up entity that comes about from voluntary cooperation among people. Marx and a host of others have failed to realize this, which is why attempts at designing society always fail. Society is not designed; it simply is.Simon Greyhttp://www.cygne-gris.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-16578697332677862502011-05-12T13:41:20.371+10:002011-05-12T13:41:20.371+10:00Thanks for the book recommendation. I've just ...Thanks for the book recommendation. I've just bought it off Amazon after reading your review.<br /><br />I get the impression the this guy "gets it". Indeed, one of the interesting things that keeps cropping up with regard to effective complex decision making, is how military thinkers seem to have recognised the problems well before anyone else. Clausewitz's "methodism" being an example.The Social Pathologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29137904.post-1590167586449281312011-05-12T13:29:44.599+10:002011-05-12T13:29:44.599+10:00Dietrich Doerner, a German psychologist, wrote a b...Dietrich Doerner, a German psychologist, wrote a book called "The Logic of Failure" which you might find interesting. My review is <a href="http://photonplaza.blogspot.com/2003_12_28_photonplaza_archive.html#107275628844222087" rel="nofollow">here</a>.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com