Tom Merilahti's Blog – December 2008 Archive (6)

“It is the function of creative people to perceive relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expressions that seem utterly different, and to be able to Connect the seemingly Unconnected”. –William Plomer



SELF-ORGANIZING-SYSTEMS (S.O.S.)



Watch a large flock of birds in flight in the city. It is a liquid mass of self-propelling feathers. The flock swoops, dives and turns on a mark, before settling en masse on another roof.



Who gives the… Continue

You can't beat the system



The group loyalty and individual sacrifice that are an inherent part of "SICU SOS" (Self Organisating Systems) can only exist in an environment of complete trust. Altruism doesn't survive inequitable contexts. Leadership is essentially exploration, and hierachical systems, in practice, are extremely prone to corruption because they are based on reward and fear. Capitalism is crowded with people trying to… Continue

I have written this originally as an comment on Prof. Pierre Coupet's blog post SOCIAL NETWORKS: Virtualize it Stupid!



... and to give you all a better idea of what the SICU context is all about, and in what kind of a framework you have been given an opportunity to co-operate as a global partner, member, sponsor, collaboration partner and/or an individual client.…



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This was originally ment to be an answer to SKY's comment on the Synergysophy, but it developed to something else than just a comment.



Dear SKY,



I am truly glad about that you seem to be prepared to undersign the Synergysophy! You are really one of the very few people who have perceived the idea and thoughts behind it since 1999 when I published it.



The Synergysophy is a result of my personal experiences I would not like anyone to meet.



It's… Continue

"It is the function of creative people to perceive relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expressions that seem utterly different, and to be able to Connect the seemingly Unconnected".



THE SYNERGYSOPHY



Where chaos begins, classical science stops. There has always been ignorance about disorder in the atmosphere, in the turbulent sea, in the fluctuations of wildlife populations, the oscillations of the heart and… Continue

Do you still remember how exciting it was to wait for Christmas when you were a child? That is why it is so nice to get a letter just before Christmas, a letter that has been sent by the original, one and only Santa Claus from the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland.

Original Letter from Santa Claus



The original letter from Santa Claus is a nice way to remember your… Continue