xmca@weber.ucsd.edu writes:
Anna scrobe:
>
>
>So, Phillip, my point has always been that systems never change on their
>own, it is people who create change (as collective subjects, Paul Dillon
>is
>right, of course), albeit without being aware of the significance and
>ramifications of their actions. See?
thanks for the clarification - i'm sorry - i misunderstood -
>
>Anna (two n's)
thanks for the alert.
>
And as Ana Shane wrote: "My point is that in many situations (not all of
them for sure) people differ in the ability to have a complete oversight
of all the important facts about the activity system are are a part of."
of course, no one can see all of the system - it's just that it seemed
to me that the soviet system collapsed because information systems were
strategically blocked and that because information was blocked, the
collapse took many people by surprise.
phillip
* * * * * * * *
* *
The English noun "identity" comes, ultimately, from the
Latin adverb "identidem", which means "repeatedly."
The Latin has exactly the same rhythm as the English,
buh-BUM-buh-BUM - a simple iamb, repeated; and
"identidem" is, in fact, nothing more than a
reduplication of the word "idem", "the same":
"idem(et)idem". "Same(and) same". The same,
repeated. It is a word that does exactly what
it means.
from "The Elusive Embrace" by Daniel
Mendelsohn.
phillip white
doctoral student http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~hacms_lab/index.html
scrambling a dissertation
denver, colorado
phillip_white@ceo.cudenver.edu
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